Harmony Day celebrations 2017
30 March 2017
In celebration of Harmony Day on the 21st Of March, Catholic education schools and colleges across Western Australia celebrated the cultural diversity of their communities in many different ways.
Take a look at the images below of what some of our schools got up to!
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- After a week of multicultural activities and classroom discussions, students from Mary’s Mount Primary School enjoyed a special visit from Bernard Mangakahia, a performing artist and storyteller from the Polynesian Islands.
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- Secondary students and staff members of Sacred Heart School, Beagle Bay created a Harmony Garden which was blessed by Fr Hilary. Each class planted a plant in the garden which was created as a place of harmony for people from all cultures.
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- St Francis’ School in Maddington invited local musician Othman “Ozi” Hishmeh to entertain students with music and stories, before a shared lunch of international dishes. Students also made friendship bracelets and tried their hand at henna art.
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- Students at St Helena’s Catholic Primary School celebrated with a culinary feast across the school, and followed with games, dancing, singing, story-telling, and information sharing from across the world.
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- Students at Newman College in Churchlands, were joined by Uncle Phil Geia, an Aboriginal cultures educator from Palm Island, Queensland. Uncle Phil shared his knowledge around Aboriginal cultures and encouraged the students to try some traditional Palm Island dance and language.
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- Students at Trinity College in Perth had the opportunity to try their hand at different cultural activities, including African drumming. The school library also created a display to represent their multicultural school community, showing the different countries where students and staff were born.
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- Students from Orana Catholic Primary School enjoyed a special assembly dedicated to celebrating cultural diversity, and also shared in group activities and creating multicultural artwork.
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- Kindergarten, Pre-Primary, Year 1 and 2 students at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School in Esperance worked together to build a ‘Harmony Tree’, on which they wrote or drew ways they could be respectful to other people.
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- Harmony Day at Aranmore Catholic Primary School was celebrated in many ways among the year groups. Students from Year 3 to Year 6 took part in a moving assembly. Information was given on the history and the meaning of Harmony Day, followed by a slide show and reading of Mem Fox’s book “I’m Australian Too”.
