By Molly Magennis
Sacred Heart Primary School in Newport celebrated diversity and inclusion this week as a part of Harmony Day 2022.
On Monday 21, students featured in a parade dressed in their heritage’s traditional clothing or flag colours, and got to witness a traditional Chinese dragon performance as part of the national celebration of Harmony Week, which runs until Sunday 27.
Teacher and learning leader at Sacred Heart Cathy Palmer said there has been a big focus on community at the school this term, and that Harmony Week was a great way to celebrate diversity and the different cultures that exist within their school community.
“We have so much to share with each other within our school and Newport,” she said.
“We celebrate it each year and normally each previous year was celebrated with a big multicultural lunch, but you know, COVID put a bit of a stop to that.”
“So we’re sort of amping it up, I suppose, with some really big treats such as incursions and performances and yeah, just celebrating, being together after a rocky two years.”
