This week has been unique as it has been a shared National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence as well as Harmony Day all rolled into one. The students have been focusing on getting along with each other, inclusion, being kind to each other and making promises to create a safe emotional and physical community for everyone. A huge banner has been worked on by all the classes and is on permanent display in our gym.

Room 4

This term Room 4 has been exploring BUCKET FILLING. Did you know that we all have an emotional bank account? When we do something with kindness for someone we don’t just add to that person’s bucket, we also add to our own. This fills our emotional bank accounts with more positivity and leaves us emotionally richer. To spread kindness in Room 4 we have been busy making our own buckets and leaving special notes and surprises for our classmates to find. 

It is our goal in Room 4 this year to lift up, support and spread kindness throughout our lives, especially at LPPS. 

Room 8, 9 & 22

On Monday we met our buddies in room 8 & 9. We sat down and the teachers explained what we were going to do. We got given Harmony Hearts to colour in while we waited patiently for our turn. Ms Jones, Ms Leaney and Ms Hayley organised icing, biscuits and decorations, we used party mix for the decorations. We got to choose between pink and blue icing and after we finished decorating our biscuits we got to eat them. They tasted amazing and we had so much fun!

The best Monday afternoon that has ever existed!

Juliet & Alice 
Room 22

Room 18

This week in room 18, students selected a culture, country or religion to research. They looked specifically into traditional clothing, what the items are called and why they are important. As you can see on our multicultural world, they represented a vast array of cultures from the Kenyan Masaiare Dresses to Dutch clogs, Japanese Kimono’s and the Muslim Niqab’s.

We made the world out of recycled paper to not only be sustainable but also to portray that we are to treat our planet with the kindness and respect it deserves, just like people! We are proud to display this meaningful and heartful piece of art in our room. Happy Harmony Day!

Brittany McKay 
Classroom Teacher

Room 20 & 21's Harmony Day Feast

Over the last few weeks to celebrate Harmony Day Room 20 and 21 wanted to acknowledge and appreciate the cultural diversity that our classes have to offer. What’s a celebration without food!? Here in Australia we are so privileged to indulge in such a variety of foods from all over the world. We decided to research our heritage, choose a country our families originated from and bring in a sample of food from there to share with our classmates and buddies.

We had such a fantastic time tasting over 20 different foods and learning lots of interesting things about different countries!

Alex Bowe & Brenton McGorman
Classroom Teachers

Random Acts of Kindness Certificates