Farewell Pongkun!

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 This week the children finally got to go to the park and release all that pent up energy. Did that mean they were less talkative in class? Absolutely not!

During our UOI lessons we have continued to look at how Native Americans have dealt with a long history of being treated unequally in Northern America. We listened to a few children's stories on Youtube based on real stories of Indigenous people who were taken away from their families and sent to live in 'boarding schools' or 'residential schools'.

We also read a children's book about how the Native American tribes joined forces to resist European occupation but that after 300 years of resistance, sadly, they lost and accepted treaties. I showed the children videos of ceremonies such as Pow Wows and the girl's coming of age ceremony in a Native American tribe. We also drew pictures of Indigenous people in their special dress.

Today they researched a tribe of their choice from anywhere in the world, and as National Geographic had a great website for kids, most children chose a Native American tribe to research. Taichi decided to do an Amazonian tribe and we found out that they do a Death Ritual in which they drink the blood of their recently deceased relatives, then eat the ashes mixed with banana afterwards! They believe it gives them strength.

In literacy we looked at Cause and Effect in relation to exploration and African American activists Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. We also did some grammar practise and the children completed an informal test from the US which looks at their knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and reading comprehension.









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