As always it’s been an exciting time for MultiPride.

On the last Tuesday of Term 2 the Muslim community put together a wonderful evening of food and performances to celebrate the end of Ramadan. This is our third Eid-Al-Fitr festival and students gave up time during Ramadan to rehearse and work hard on their dances. This year we were also fortunate to have a community group come and cook for us. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association gave up their time and cooked a delicious Biryani and Kheer for participants and the audience. We were also fortunate to begin the performances with a talk by their respected iman, Iman Ahmed Nadeem, who spoke about Ramadan and how it is a time for reflection, self-evaluation and improvement of oneself. The students then performed their dances which then concluded the evening of celebration.

Term 3 Week 3 was our second Asian Festival. At lunchtime on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday students could get their hands tattooed with henna, do a KPop dance class or watch KPop music videos in the theatre.

The students are also working on a welcome banner for the foyer and are researching other ways to make our school more inclusive and welcoming to all cultures.

Annette Evans

MultiPride Coordinator