On Monday the 22nd of March the beautiful children of Holy Name came to school dressed in orange to celebrate Harmony Day. Harmony Day is a special day where our community comes together to share the message that EVERYONE BELONGS in our great country.

The day began with all children gathering to hear the messages of Harmony Day. Representatives from each class spoke to the school community about the importance of living in peace and harmony with one another and recognising that everyone has unique gifts and talents. The children spoke about all the different cultural backgrounds and countries around the world that our families come from as well as showing where they are located on the world map. Our assembly concluded with the EAL/D (English as an Additional Language/Dialect) students leading the school in the song “Everyone Belongs”.

In the morning session, the EAL/D pupils collected family donations of fruit with origins from countries around the world. There were oranges (Asia, grapes (The Mediterranean), apples (Kazakhstan), pineapples (South America), mangoes (India, strawberries (France), bananas (The Philippines) and blueberries (North America) just to name a few! Thank you for your generous donations of fruit pieces and fruit platters. A special thanks to Benjamin Cooper, Indy from 1W's dad, who brought in a donation of fruit from Woolworths at Forster. All children enjoyed a fruit cup at lunch time that was prepared for them by the EAL/D students.

In the middle session, each class showed off their artistic prowess by giving their best effort in the Harmony Day colouring in competition. The EAL/D students along with Mrs Morse, judged the competitions and presented the class winners with a book award before home time.

Thank you to everyone for joining in the celebration of Harmony Day at Holy Name where EVERYONE BELONGS! 

Mrs Bronwyn Morse

EALD Teacher