Celebrating Harmony Day
The students of Year 1A were excited to celebrate Harmony Day together.
Students shared discussions and completed activities throughout the week, with a focus on embracing diversity and ensuring all people feel valued and included.
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One of our Literacy activities involved learning about similarities and differences between themselves and a classmate.
They discussed things like their favourite food, colour, place and hobby, the people in their family, their pets and the languages they speak.
It was a great way for everyone to get to know each other better. Students then created a Venn Diagram to share what they had discovered about each other.
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“My Mum made my hair long. We chatted about not being mean and respect. I wore a pretty dress with glitter and gem stones. I was shy when we were doing the parade but it was still fun.” – Sahib (pictured above)
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“Harmony Day is about being nice and kind and also friendly to other people. I wore my birthday dress and my light brown turban.” – Abhay (pictured above)
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“We leant about respect and being kind. I did a ‘harmony wordsearch’ and I got to wear a flower dress.” – Evelyn (pictured above)
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“On Harmony Day we took a photo of everybody in the class. Everybody got to wear their culture dress-up and some people got to wear orange. Harmony means respect.” – Romir (pictured above)
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“I was dressed up in my Sari. Harmony Day is about the whole world, we need to be kind, happy and not angry. We need to be kind to each other.” – Adriel (pictured above)