September's Main Themes: Community Building, Our Neighbourhood, Little Portugal"

Last week, we got to know each other and got to know the routes to the studio. We also started working on our sketchbook covers, visited MOCCA (before the exhibit was even opened officially!) and played soccer in Trinity Bellwoods with our friends from Dewson Afterschool!

For this first month, we will focus on community + community building.

GOALS

a) create a caring, supportive, inclusive culture

b) familiarity with + appreciation for our neighbourhood + Little Portugal

This week we will be setting out our group agreements. A collaborative brainstorm with ideas of how all the kids think we should treat other people will be able to be summed up to these agreements that we will go by during the year:

Universal Rights: Freedoms of expression (including the right to pass), safety & happiness, of every person, plant + animal.

Respect: Accepting everyone and everything's uniqueness and avoiding harm to them (people, plants, animals and things they all create).

Appreciation: Recognizing and acknowledging qualities and contributions to celebrate in everyone and everything around us.

Care: Putting care in everything we do (listening, speaking, playing, making, etc.) and when interacting with others.

We will also work on decorating our homebase, sketchbooks and art boxes, as well as take neighbourhood walks to local galleries and explore Little Portugal.