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.
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11 Aug 2026
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We had some special visitors today to share their sunshine and joy with staff and students! Ruby and Weetbix had so much fun running in the playground and visiting the classrooms! Our children were so good at welcoming them to their spaces, excited for a pat or a sneaky lick!!! Smiles all round. ππΆπΎππΆπΎππΆπΎππΆπΎ
10 Aug 2026
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Itβs an exciting day for our students because the refurbished toilets are officially OPENED TODAY! Last Friday we held a little Re-opening ceremony, with our School Captains cutting some ribbons and today they can be used. The fences are gone and the students are thrilled with their new bathrooms. ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½
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11 Aug 2026
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We had some special visitors today to share their sunshine and joy with staff and students! Ruby and Weetbix had so much fun running in the playground and visiting the classrooms! Our children were so good at welcoming them to their spaces, excited for a pat or a sneaky lick!!! Smiles all round. ππΆπΎππΆπΎππΆπΎππΆπΎ
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Itβs an exciting day for our students because the refurbished toilets are officially OPENED TODAY! Last Friday we held a little Re-opening ceremony, with our School Captains cutting some ribbons and today they can be used. The fences are gone and the students are thrilled with their new bathrooms. ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½
06 Aug 2026
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Congratulations to our all Year 6 students, who over the last month or two have been busily preparing and delivering their Voice of Youth speeches. Students wrote their speeches and then delivered their speeches firstly to their class and then 6 finalists delivered their speeches to all of Stage 3 and staff. It was an honour to witness how much these students had grown and developed from the last time they gave speeches when they were in Year 5 giving speeches to become school captain. After some very serious deliberation between the judges, the following students were selected as our representatives for the next stage - cluster finals of Voice of Youth!! Congratulations to all our finalists and good luck to our school representatives in the cluster final!!! ππ ππ ππ ππ ππ
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In Religion this term, Year 2 is exploring Sacraments. During this unit they have been exploring key symbols from our Catholic faith and other faiths as well. Year 2 invited Mrs Chand as a special guest of honour to discuss how the Om symbol is significant to Hinduism and how the sacred symbol is used in celebrations. It was a lovely learning experience for both Mrs Chand and Year 2. The students enjoyed hearing from another teacher at our school whom they can also relate and connect with :) ππππππππππππ
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Stage 1 enjoyed their excursion out to Lizard Log last week to investigate pushing and pulling. What a beautiful day to get outside to do some hands on learning! It certainly looks like everyone had a fantastic day! ππππππππππππ
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Last Thursday and Friday we had the pleasure of hosting 6 Japanese Primary school students from Sugao Gakuen School in Tokyo. The Year 5 & 6 students were brave enough to accompany their Principal and teacher from Japan all the way to Australia to put their English skills to the test. Both the Japanese students and the St Bernies students were excited to meet each other, learn from each other and play together. What an amazing experience for everyone! Thanks also to some of our families who took the students into their homes to immerse them in Australian living. ππ―π΅ππ―π΅ππ―π΅ππ―π΅ππ―π΅
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Happy happy birthday to all our JULY BIRTHDAYS! They have had a wonderful time celebrating their birthdays this month with family and friends. They had parties at home; went to Flip Out, Winter Fest & Canberra; ate chocolate cake, ice cream cake, strawberry cake & cheesecake. They were excited to get LEGO, ice skating Barbie, books and someone even got a puppy. But most of all they loved celebrating with friends at school. Hereβs to another great year ahead!!! ππππππ₯³π€©ππ»πΈ
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I was looking through the photo's on my phone and stumbled across these beautiful moments during the Stage 2 open classroom after their Stage Liturgy last term! We love welcoming parents into the school, especially the classrooms so our students can share all their fabulous learning! Stage Liturgies, Open classrooms and Celebrations of Learning will be going ahead again this term, so keep your eyes on COMPASS and the school calendar for more information! πππππππππ
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Kindy also celebrated 100 days of LEARNING with a parade in front of the whole school. We are so proud of all of you! ππ―ππ―ππ―ππ―ππ―ππ―ππ―
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Can you believe Kindy have been at school for 100 days of learning already!!! They celebrated today with lots of fun activities based on 100 and of course they dressed as if they were 100 years old!!! Congratulations Kindergarten on being 100 days SMARTER!!! ππ―ππ―ππ―ππ―ππ―
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