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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19 Aug 2025
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What about Stage 3 I hear you say and let’s not forget staff - we ALL loved the Photo Booth!! Smile. 💜🧡![683352593576951_1282955186950019-1]()
18 Aug 2025
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Stage 2 looked fabulous at the Photo Booth on Bullying NO WAY Day!!! Connection, understanding, acceptance, collaboration, kindness are just a few of the ingredients of a happy and inclusive community and boy do we have those in bucket loads at St Bernie’s!!! 💜🧡
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19 Aug 2025
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What about Stage 3 I hear you say and let’s not forget staff - we ALL loved the Photo Booth!! Smile. 💜🧡
18 Aug 2025
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Stage 2 looked fabulous at the Photo Booth on Bullying NO WAY Day!!! Connection, understanding, acceptance, collaboration, kindness are just a few of the ingredients of a happy and inclusive community and boy do we have those in bucket loads at St Bernie’s!!! 💜🧡
15 Aug 2025
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Stage 1 loved the Photo Booth on Bullying NO WAY Day!! We loved having the time to just be with each other, get our faces painted, nails polished and dance to some fun ‘friendship’ themed songs!! Be BOLD, Be BRAVE, Be KIND! 💜🧡
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What an awesome day we had yesterday celebrating being ’BUDDIES not bullies’. We had so much fun in the middle session connecting with each other, having a laugh and focusing on KINDNESS!!! Here’s a few gorgeous photos from Kindy at the Photo Booth. 🧡💜
13 Aug 2025
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Stage 3 are absolutely loving having the opportunity to develop their basketball skills. Lunch times are becoming pretty busy on the basketball court with everyone practising!!! I can’t wait for the end of the term and perhaps a student vs teachers game!!! 💛🏀💛🏀💛🏀💛🏀💛🏀
12 Aug 2025
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As we continue our focus on Bullying No Way Week this week, it’s beautiful that we can also reflect on the amazing models we have who share our Catholic faith!!! Last week we celebrated St Mary MacKillop. What a perfect example of someone who put the needs of others ahead of her own!!! An example of loving all people, especially children, and finding ways to ensure that each and every child was treated equally and had the same opportunities no matter what their circumstances. This week is a time to really highlight the importance of understanding and kindness. Let’s always endeavour to treat others the way we want to be treated - with love and kindness. 🧡💜🧡💜 Don’t forget Orange/purple mufti TOMORROW (13.08.25)
11 Aug 2025
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Stage 3 Pre school visits resume this week with our Year 5 & Year 6 students going to Lalor Park Pre school to read and play with the preschoolers!! We love this initiative as our leaders get to serve our community while having an awesome experience!! 💛📖💛📖💛📖💛📖
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A MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS to our beautiful Year 6 Voice of Youth school Finalists who all presented their speeches to Stage 3 yesterday! It was an incredibly difficult decision to select our school representatives. All our finalists should be so proud of themselves. They shared their passion, knowledge and skill so beautifully. A big shout out to our 2 students and 1 reserve who will now represent our school at the next level. 💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻💛👏🏻
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Our school community came together to celebrate Principal Appreciation Day today! To our wonderful Principal, Mrs Samojlowicz — The staff, students, and families of St Bernies would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and love to you. You lead our school with humility, passion, and most importantly love. Your dedication and leadership bring sunshine to all of us at St Bernies. Thank you for being an incredible principal! 🤩😍🤩😍🍔🍟☀️🌻🤩😍🤩
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Stage 1 are also working on their basketball skills and let me tell you they certainly are giving it a good go!!! I can’t wait to see how far their skills develop by the end of the term!! 💛🏀💛🏀💛🏀💛🏀💛🏀
05 Aug 2025
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Wowsers what a fabulous day we had yesterday - ‘Dress as a scientist’ was a HUGE success. Not only did our children look fabulous they also enjoyed the Science Show! Thanks to Mrs Chand, teachers, parents and everyone involved in providing this fantastic learning opportunity for our students!!! 💛🔬⚗️🔭🥼🧪
31 Jul 2025
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