Image | Student working

Caption: A student in Mme. Leah Lukezich's Grade 3 class works on her heart before the whole school went outside to create a paper heart garden. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

Image | Two students

Caption: Ciara Harris and Rosa Doucet in Mme. Leah Lukezich's Grade 3 class hold up the hearts they made before going outside to plant them. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

Image | Students speaking

Caption: Three grade 6 students spoke before the hearts were planted including Trina Manhanga, right, Cora Moreno, left, and behind them is Melodie Harman. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

Image | Hope heart

Caption: The hearts all had different messages of hope, love and reconciliation. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

Image | Students plant hearts

Caption: Students planted hearts all over the front lawn of the school. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

Image | Every child matters

Caption: Hearts that read 'every child matters' were planted by some of the students. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

Image | Heart Sheppard School Kitchener

Caption: Students planted hearts to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day at Sheppard Public School in Kitchener. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)