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Harmony at Toc Public

Apr 15, 2022

TPS SRC representatives for semester one helped celebrate Harmony Day. (Back, from left) P Almond, P Hennebery, S Jones, H Bodey, J Harrison, A Kruizinga, B Brunskill, O East; (front) M Saraikin, I Watt, C Johnson, D Watt. Full names not provided due to school polit.

Tocumwal Public School has emphasised the importance of kindness and empathy during Harmony Week celebrations last week and promoted the theme ‘everyone belongs’.

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Principal Darren White said Harmony Week celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity.

“It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone,” he said.

“Created in 1999 to celebrate unity and diversity, Harmony Day was originally an Australian celebration but is now marked worldwide by conscientious citizens.

“It was created to encourage everyone to respect each other and appreciate the country’s multicultural background.”

Students participated in art activities and practised The Kindness Song, which was then performed at Friday’s assembly.

“The promotion of being kind and valuing people’s differences is extremely important,” said Mr White.

“If we can all think of kind things to say to each other the world would be a better place.”