Today is the 21st of March which is Harmony Day.

The message of Harmony Day is Everyone Belongs. It is a day to celebrate Australia’s diversity. It is a day of cultural respect for everyone who calls Australia home – from the traditional owners of this land to those who have come from many countries around the world.

We celebrated Harmony Day at school by dressing orange clothes, doing lots of activities together, discussing all the wonderful differences that we all have that make our world a wonderful place to be and then we went to a whole school assembly.

Each class was given a body shape to design around the theme of a specific country. Our class decorated a body with an Indonesian theme. We found out where Indonesia is (not far from Australia), what countries make up Indonesia, what the capital city is (Jarkarta), the population of Indonesia (over 238 million people), the types of clothes they traditionally wear, what the weather is like (warm and tropical) and activities they like to do. Every class did an amazing job designing their people – there were people from Scotland, England, South Africa, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Australia Aborigines and many more. Each classes person was designed and created with lots of care – it was very interesting to hear some facts about each country during our assembly.

Ms Terrell read a book by Mem Fox called Whoever You Are. It is a very interesting book that looks at different cultures from all around the world and how we can all live together in peace and harmony.

Here are some photos of our day.