Students at St Bernadette's Primary learnt about different cultures and traditions first hand.
Schools across the Diocese of Parramatta celebrated Harmony Day on 21 March. Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity reflected in this year's theme, ‘everyone belongs’.
Students from Holy Family Primary, East Granville were encouraged to wear something that represents their cultural heritage. More than 30 nationalities were celebrated as families were invited to share a picnic lunchand African-Brazilian dancers performed and taught students how to play the drums.
Students from St Nicholas of Myra Primary, Penrith celebrated Harmony Day with an ‘English-a-thon’ including fun activities based on book studies and a trivia quiz with questions based on students’ knowledge of favourite books. Students celebrated cultural diversity by wearing the traditional dress of their culture or the colour orange – the nationally-recognised colour of Harmony Day.
Orange clad students from St Bernadette’s Primary, Lalor Park invited parents and volunteers to take part in a number of activities and began their day with a moving prayer service where parents recited the prayers of faithful in their native language and their children said them in English.
Executive Director of Schools, Greg Whitby, said Harmony Day is an important occasion to celebrate the diversity of our school communities.
‘Harmony Day is a great opportunity for us to recognise the diverse cultural backgrounds of families in our school communities and promote understanding and a sense of belonging,’ said Greg.
Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
www.parra.catholic.edu.au
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08 Sep 2025
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We pray all our dad’s, grandpa’s and father figures had a fantastic day yesterday on Father’s Day!!! Thanks to everyone who came along to our Father’s Day pancake breakfast and liturgy last Friday. We hope you enjoyed this time with your children celebrating the love you share!! A big thanks to all the staff who worked hard to ensure a lovely celebration. 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛![683352593576951_1298820785363459-1]()
07 Sep 2025
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Happy happy Father’s Day to all our wonderful St Bernie’s dads, grandpa’s, uncles and father figures!! We pray you all have a fabulous day and feel the appreciation we have for you and all you do for us! And what better way to celebrate than to welcome a new baby. Congratulations to Mr Reddy on the safe arrival of Princess Isha! 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
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We pray all our dad’s, grandpa’s and father figures had a fantastic day yesterday on Father’s Day!!! Thanks to everyone who came along to our Father’s Day pancake breakfast and liturgy last Friday. We hope you enjoyed this time with your children celebrating the love you share!! A big thanks to all the staff who worked hard to ensure a lovely celebration. 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
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Happy happy Father’s Day to all our wonderful St Bernie’s dads, grandpa’s, uncles and father figures!! We pray you all have a fabulous day and feel the appreciation we have for you and all you do for us! And what better way to celebrate than to welcome a new baby. Congratulations to Mr Reddy on the safe arrival of Princess Isha! 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
04 Sep 2025
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A MASSIVE THANK YOU to our wonderful Parent Group for organising yet another fabulous Father’s Day Stall for our kids to visit today!!! The joy on the faces of our children as they buy dad something special is priceless!!! Thanks for always looking out for our children and always going above and beyond. 💛👔💛👔💛👔💛👔💛👔
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Book Week is always a blast for everyone BUT I especially love how our staff always get on board and join in on the fun. Just look at these teams - FABULOUS!!!! 💛📖💛📖💛📖💛📖
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A HUGE shout out to this amazing little gymnast. In August she had the opportunity to both train and compete at the Waverley Gymnastics Centre in Melbourne. She was lucky enough to meet Australian gymnast Emily Whitehead and then compete. This super star placed 1st on vault, 1st on beam and 2nd on floor resulting in her finishing 1st overall individually and 1st overall as part of her team!!! Well done you should be so proud of yourself and the work you did to achieve these fantastic results!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
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BOOK WEEK is always so much fun and the costumes this year were again FANTASTIC! Thanks to all our wonderful parents, relatives and friends who helped to ensure our kids looked amazing. Just have a look at our Stage 1 kids! Adorable!!! 💛📖💛📖💛📖💛📖
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