On the 21 March for Harmony Day we celebrated the cultural diversity of the College and spread the message that everyone belongs.
Students in Years 5, 7 and 8 cut out and decorated hands as a symbol of inclusion, adding what Harmony Day means to them, and displaying the hands on the oval during lunch.
Year 6 students enjoyed a visit from the Indonesian Consulate in Perth, and were entertained by traditional dances from West Sumatra.
The Alang Babega dance imitates the stretching and swooping of the eagle, and is often taught in schools. It is a proud tradition of the Minangkabau people in the highlands of West Sumatra.
The students heard about the Komodo Dragon, found only on four remote islands in Indonesia. Finally they picked up some of the steps to Tari Payung, or the Umbrella dance, which is a friendship dance performed by young people in West Sumatra.
Mrs Harding’s Kindy class invited parents in as guest speakers to share their children’s heritage from Switzerland, New Zealand, Italy and Finland. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn about the culture and traditions of others.
Students especially loved tasting the traditional New Zealand cheese rolls and enjoyed the process of making traditional Italian pasta from scratch.
It was a memorable day, as students learnt about yodeling, rang a traditional Swiss cowbell and discovered that very different animals live in Finland than Australia. We finished the day by learning how to say goodbye in Finnish.
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