Celebrating harmony at Bourke Public School

At the Bourke Public School Harmony Day l-r: Savannah Mackay, Xiah Smith, Sophie Orcher, Ruby Orcher, Tyler-James Walsh, Summer Whitbread, Estden Edwards, Jatayah Orcher, and Dakota Whitbread. Photo Lisa Rankmore

Bourke Public School was awash with orange last Friday as the students, staff, and school community celebrated Harmony Day.

Harmony Day is celebrated in Australia on March 21 each year to recognise the country’s cultural diversity, promote respect, and show appreciation for differences and similarities.

Harmony Day organiser Lisa Rankmore said the day was a big event for the school.

“Harmony Day is celebrated in a big way at our school – it’s our first major event of the year and we love getting into the spirit of Harmony Day,” Ms Rankmore said.

While the younger children celebrated earlier in the week, Harmony Day celebrations culminated last Friday. Wearing orange is part of the theme, with wigs, shirts, hats, glasses, balloons, and streamers covering the school – even the food was orange!

“Our Breakfast Club provided spaghetti and orange juice, which was a really inventive way to stick with the theme,” Ms Rankmore said. […]

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