Our focus in the We CAN Be Friends program this year has been perspective. We got to try many different fun activities such as wearing 3D glasses and looking at the book:

Did the 3D glasses change your perspective of the book?

Next, we got to make our own glasses to show how we each have our own perspectives that are different from each other.

In another class, we read and talked about filling each other’s buckets.

We also discussed what makes a good friend and why each of us value certain qualities in a friend.

What is important to you in a friend?

April 2 is Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness and our school will be wearing blue and taking a walk around the neighbourhood. 

Why should we promote Autism Awareness?

Today we started our first lesson of We CAN Be Friends with Mrs. Pakenham!

This program is put out by the Canucks Autism Network to educate students about autism. We got to enjoy this program last year in our school and we are so happy to do it again this year with new activities and more learning.

This year we will be focussing on perspective and friendship. Mrs. Pakenham read us this story today:

What do you remember about our friend, Pinkus?