Aurora Grove is celebrating Black History Month with many different lessons and experiences from Kindergarten to grade 8. Below is just a little bit of what's been going on.
Our 2nd floor hallway display highlights figures from Black History around the world, and encourages our students to celebrate their rich history and the ancestors who came before us all. It's a loving reminder to our students that they were born to shine and can do anything!
Our main floor display highlights Canadian Black History and is part of a school-wide visual art collaboration for grade 5-8. In class, students are preparing for the collaboration by learning about Freedom Quilts on the Underground Railroad with their teachers. They will then go on to create their own self portraits as part of a larger ‘Grove Patchwork Quilt’ that will show both our connection to Black History and to one another. Stay tuned for the finished display in a couple of weeks!
Our grade 4 students are watching videos and reading stories about significant Black Canadians and then they are drawing portraits of one of the key individuals who inspired them.
Our grade 7 and 8 students are engaging in "A Person A Day" Black History Month trivia to learn about and celebrate Black Candians from the past and present.
We'll share more of our school-wide learning during Black History Month throughout the month of February.
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