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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22 Sep 2026
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Having ‘Backflips Against Bullying’ present to our children this year was fabulous. They were able to share some fabulously simple strategies with our students to stand up to ‘bullying’! My favourite take away: STAY CALM & STAY KIND!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛22 Sep 2026
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Our Stage 1 students did a terrific job leading us in their Stage Liturgy a few weeks ago!! They lead us through prayers, readings, reflections and beautiful singing with such confidence! I am so proud of how you have all grown!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
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22 Sep 2026
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Having ‘Backflips Against Bullying’ present to our children this year was fabulous. They were able to share some fabulously simple strategies with our students to stand up to ‘bullying’! My favourite take away: STAY CALM & STAY KIND!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
22 Sep 2026
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Our Stage 1 students did a terrific job leading us in their Stage Liturgy a few weeks ago!! They lead us through prayers, readings, reflections and beautiful singing with such confidence! I am so proud of how you have all grown!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
21 Sep 2026
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What about these photos from the Kindy Stage Liturgy….. beautiful! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
21 Sep 2026
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Just had to share these gorgeous photos off our Kindy kids sharing their work with their parents after their Stage Liturgy a few weeks ago!! Our children simply love sharing their school work with their parents!!! They are always so proud of all their hard work and so they should be they are AMAZING!!!! 💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️💛⭐️
18 Sep 2026
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Who is going to be coloured this afternoon??? Who has raised the most money this past week??? Can we reach our target of $10,000??? C’mon Bernie’s we can do it!!! 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
11 Sep 2026
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Last stop before the trip home!!! What a view! We are so blessed to live in such a gorgeous city! 💛☀️💛☀️💛☀️💛☀️💛☀️
11 Sep 2026
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Stage 2 are in the city enjoying their excursion, let’s pray the weather is kind to them!! What a wonderful experience and fabulous learning all wrapped into one!!! 💛😊💛😊💛😊💛😊💛😊
10 Sep 2026
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What a fantastic day of teamwork, determination and school spirit! Our students took to the court, showing great sportsmanship, supporting one another and giving it their all. 👏✨
08 Sep 2026
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We finally finished our Minecraft puzzle today to find one piece missing- arghhhhh!!! This was certainly a team effort with students from K-6 all jumping in to put pieces in!!! This one tested out patience that’s for sure. The purple part in particular caused us some stress and confusion but we got there in the end. Hopefully the balloons allow for a quick challenge we can complete before the holidays. 💛🧩💛🧩💛🧩💛🧩💛🧩
07 Sep 2026
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As always Kindergarten did a wonderful job sharing their Stage Liturgy with their parents and friends. It is so beautiful to be able to witness their growth not only in their learning but also in their growing FAITH! Thanks to all the parents, grandparents and friends who were able to come along. 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
06 Sep 2026
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A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to this awesome athlete who placed 1st in High Jump and 3rd in Long Jump at the Diocesan Athletics Carnival!!! This means he has now qualified for the MacKillop Athletics Carnival!! Awesome effort and achievement!! 💛🥇🥉💛🥇🥉💛🥇🥉💛🥇🥉
05 Sep 2026
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A massive THANK YOU to our students from Kindy, Year 1 & Year 2 and their families who came along to our Parish Mass last Sunday!!! The students participated in the Gospel procession, the Offertary procession, read Prayers of the Faithful and sang the reflection song! And they were AMAZING!!! 💛⛪️💛⛪️💛⛪️💛⛪️💛⛪️💛⛪️