Billy Kos talks to a city and country school about how they will celebrate their school's cultural diversity.
“Harmony Day celebrates other people’s cultures and the need to respect each other to make sure everyone belongs,” said Year 4 student Tammy Xia. “On Harmony Day we all unite to celebrate who we are, what our culture is and understand people’s differences so we can make Australia a better place and have everyone belong,” said Year 6 student Adel Bawajani. “Harmony Day reminds me to appreciate all students from our many different cultures and respect all our differences,” Year 4 student Isabella Monsalve said.
At Sirius College Shepparton, Harmony Week was a chance for students to understand and celebrate other cultures through traditional dance, food and ...
“They’re so happy and so proud to bring their culture to school and dance, and just reflect on their traditions and culture,” she said. “It is nice to see when students come in their traditional clothes in different colours and they all look different.” “It is a way to stay together and learn how to live in peace and harmony with each other; diversity is the strength of Australian culture,” she said.
St Marys School celebrated Harmony Day this week, with a special assembly. Many children represented their own heritage by wearing their traditional outfits and celebrating so many rich cultures and languages in our community. Advertisement.
St Albans Heights Primary School will host an event on Thursday March 24 to celebrate the cultural diversity of Australia during Harmony Week.
“If they do need help or require support, we want to ensure that they feel safe and comfortable with us to come to the hub or the school and ask us for support because there is a lot of support we can offer them.” “I think for a lot of our family that come to Australia and are new to our country and new to our school and a lot of the time, it can be isolating, especially during COVID and lockdown, it made that situation worse,” she said. “We also have a lot of newcomers to the country and people that have English as a second language, a lot of families that have their own communities, but we’ve got some families that have not connected to their communities yet either.