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I love my job. I am very
privileged to do what I do with a lot of fabulous people that I meet
along the way. I spent a total of seven and a half magical
days at an under-served Toronto District School Board elementary school,
Bala
Community School
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This time I was lucky to have Sandy Horne with me. Once again the focus was on the anti-bullying Medicine Wheel and what it is to live in a good way. The teachings were dedicated to the June Solstice, the day they would perform for the school; the longest day of the year, which is a very sacred time for Indigenous people. This was a class full of thoughtful children, with really good ideas. They may be young, but out of the mouths of babes came ingenuous wisdom. The children decided that their honorary clan would be the "Peacekeeper Clan". Simply outstanding. Sandy and I worked the kids hard, and they responded with such good cheer, and learned fast, a number of songs, plus drumming on the big drum. We also wrote an original song, "Peacemaker Song", the music is ours, but the lyrics belong to the kids. It is a beautiful song. Our two days of hard work culminated in a Solstice Day (June 21) assembly in which the children performed four songs, and a poem. I also had the kids from February reprise their original song, Brown Bear Clan Song.
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