Sun City News, Page: 7
Students at Two Rocks Primary School, celebrated Australia's
cultural diversity on Harmony Day on 21st March.
The aim of Harmony Day, is to openly demonstrate our welcoming of
people from around the world who come to live and work in
Australia.
It's about teaching our children the facts of our success as a
multicultural nation. Ms Randall, led activities to promote our
Indigenous culture using art as a starting point for
discussion.
Various activities took place throughout the school including
boomerang and didgeridoo decoration, dot painting to create a
message and rope making.
Class teachers widened the cultural scope with age appropriate
lessons during the week to develop students' sense of Everyone
Belongs.
Camp Quality
Puppets sponsored by McDonalds visited Two Rocks Primary School
to entertain and charm students both as a reward for great efforts
in Term 1 and as a teaching tool.
The puppeteers kept the students' attention whilst educating them
about the need for sensitivity towards people with illnesses.
The story line took the form of a boy teasing another child about
their looks.
Then about the journey that child takes in discovering the reason
why some people appear different.
With the power of knowledge and the realisation that their peer is
ill with leukaemia, the boy learns to accept and support his ill
peer.
Two Rocks students appreciated the humour in the puppet show and
came away with a better understanding of the message "It's uncool
to be cruel!"
Take a look at the pictures of the students and our puppets here!
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