Young students at La Renaissance learn about traditional holiday celebrations

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Grade 3 students at Ecole catholique La Renaissance took part in a collaborative project Reveillon Nouvelon: la jeunesse en action (Youth in Action), which introduced them to a French Canadian traditional New Year’s Eve celebration.

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Rodney Meilleur, identity-building facilitator at CSC Nouvelon, along with musicians Jean-Guy Labelle and Duncan Cameron provided the students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in New Year’s Ever celebrations and French-Canadian traditions. They got to learn more about Francophone holiday traditions, including playing wooden spoons and creating their own call-answer song. At the end of the activity the students participated in the musical show by presenting their own musical compositions.

The cultural and identity-building activity ended with the students sharing their original call and response song in front of the school. Their creation was part of the broadcast of the Reveillon Nouvelon on Monday, Dec. 18. The entire collaborative project was made possible thanks to the support of PassepART and Café Heritage.