Harmony Day

On Thursday 19th, it was Harmony Day, a time to honor the diversity of Australia’s population. The RE and Wellbeing leaders were responsible for hosting the harmony parade full of vibrant colours and coin challenge. We celebrated all cultures, traditions and outfits. It was a day full of fun, fostering inclusion, excitement and enjoyment. We leaders were so happy everyone decided to join along and participate. It seems everyone understood the importance of belonging. Everyone from our little, innocent, preps to the great grade sixes were very excited and engaged fully during the parade.  And the coin challenge was a blast, being very successful, and helped grow much more money than we expected for Caritas Australia. This makes a big change for lives, and a big, great, unforgettable memory for our students. 

Isabella

During Harmony Day, we also did a Coins for Caritas Challenge, where each class would go to the Performing Arts and line up the amount of coins in their box. Whoever had the longest line got 1 house point each and whoever had the most money got a house point each. When everyone was at the quadrangle after finishing the parade we announced the winners and the winner of the longest line was Prep Barron and the winner of the most money was also Prep Barron! They were all so excited to win not one, but two challenges. The class ran out and celebrated their win. 

Evelyn

The Harmony Day parade was a well expressed way to show the school’s diverse culture and reflects on how our community can live in a unique and culturally successful world, where everyone can feel and be accepted. Each grade could show how their culture thrives by dressing up to show their cultures best points. It also showed how it is possible for everyone to live in a peace, living and harmonic world, where no one would and will not be discriminated against, just because of their race.  

Owen

In conclusion this Harmony Day was definitely one of the most multicultural, with people coming together as one from different cultures, including Korea, Indonesia, China, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, Italy, Japan and many more! And making lots of money in the coin challenge. But more importantly we came together, being inclusive and expressing our cultures in a whole new way. 

Joel