PR E PA R ATORY S C HO OL
We believe there is kindness
students in games if they are lonely and they
have no one to play with. In the classroom,
we help each other with ideas and listen
to the teacher’s instruction and even when
the teacher is out of the room we behave
appropriately. We are kind and caring at
home to our family members and we do the
same as we do at school.
Harmony Day 2017
Harmony Day celebrates Australia’s cultural
diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect
and a sense of belonging for everyone. Our
diversity here at Guildford Grammar School,
and in Australia, make them a great place
to be and live. Harmony Day is a celebration
of our cultural diversity – a day of cultural
respect for everyone who calls Australia
home. It is held every year on 21 March and
the day coincides with the United Nations
International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination.
Tatem (3B): On Harmony Day we took a
picture with all the people from Pre-Primary
to Year 6 together and the teachers. The
day was to remind us to be kind to others.
Everyone! Everywhere!
Some of our students were asked what
Harmony Day means to them:
Haider Khan and Liam Park (Year 2):
Harmony Day is about kindness and respect
for all people no matter what their skin
colour, hair colour or eye colour is. Everyone
in the Prep School wore their Kindness t-shirt
on Harmony Day. It reminded us to be kind
to everyone including our families. We are
happy that we recognise this special day.
Levi and Max (5T): On Tuesday 21 March
and then on the following Friday, all the
members of the Preparatory School wore
special navy-blue t-shirts with Believe There
is Kindness printed in white on the front of
them. This was to promote Harmony Day
and our theme of Kindness.
On Friday 24 March, we all attended a special
“Kindness” assembly then we had a whole
Preparatory School photo taken in the nature
playground with us in our t-shirts. In Art
every student made wonderful, imaginative
Kindness rocks which are displayed
throughout the school. I personally enjoyed
making the kindness rocks and seeing all the
awesome designs and patterns that everyone
created. I hope you enjoyed Harmony Day as
much as I did and remember: Believe There
is Kindness!
Emma (Year 6): On 21 March we celebrated
Harmony Day. One of our school focuses
this year is Kindness and Mr Wight made
us all T-shirts which said Believe there is
kindness. In Art we all made colourful rocks
with happy little faces, symbols or messages
and we chose where to place them in the
new playground. On Harmony Day we had
a special Assembly and we took a photo
of everyone in the new playground. It was
very special because we were all wearing
our t-shirts. On the holidays our task was to
spread the word by wearing these T-shirts
when we were out and about. We also took
a photo of ourselves and sent it to Mr Wight.
Andre (Year 4): On Harmony Day everyone
in the Prep School wore Harmony Day
T-shirts that said Believe There is Kindness
and in bold it said Be The Kindness. In Year
4 these are the ways we are kind. Year 4’s
help people in lots of different ways, like
helping cheer up students and including
Tunesday T uesday
The School of Music at Guildford Grammar school is always
looking for new and exciting performance opportunities in which to
involve the students, and with the new buildings at the Preparatory
School some great new performance spaces have been created.
Towards the end of 2016 we decided to begin a series of Tuesday
lunchtime concerts near the “Maze” in the small amphitheatre, to
feature the Preparatory School ensembles, showcasing all of the
hard work and practice these energetic musicians have contributed
over the course of the year.
The 2016 the Preparatory School Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band and
String Ensemble all performed at fortnightly intervals, playing with
great energy and spirit. These concerts were a roaring success and
To be kind you can help someone when they
fall down. If someone is sad you can help
them by being their friend and playing with
them. You can be kind to someone with
a disability by reading a book to them or
helping them pack their bag. I have worn
my Be The Kindness T-shirt at home. I think
I will wear it to the beach, when I go there.
Kindness Day was really fun!
Alistair (PPJ): We sang at the Assembly
to show all the adults what Kindness is.
Kindness is sharing and also helping some
people that are hurt to feel better.
Poppy (PPJ): We sang about Kindness at the
Assembly to show that Kindness is a good
thing. We need to learn about Kindness
so we know to help and care for others.
Kindness is when you help somebody. It is
very nice to help people.
Islay and Zeke (PPJ): Last term, Year 1 went
to Assembly to celebrate Harmony Day. We
had an amazing time. We wore our kindness
T–shirts. These were dark blue and had
writing on them. It said ‘Be the Kindness’.
This means you have to be kind, caring and
thoughtful to everyone even though they
might be different. We had a fabulous day
and my favourite part was wearing the
kindness T–Shirt.
it was decided that the concert series should continue into 2017.
These performances have now been given the illustrious title of
the “Tunesday Tuesday Concert Series”. The first of these concerts
featured a Music staff ensemble with songs from The Wiggles,
Star Wars, Chicken Dance and Wallace & Grommit.
Over the coming weeks before winter arrives in earnest, the
Preparatory School String Ensemble Two and Guitar Ensemble will
be performing so keep an eye out for the posters advertising these
performances!
It has been great to see so many students supporting their friends
by coming to listen and as parents are very welcome to come and
watch, we hope to see you at a “Tunesday Tuesday” concert soon.
Mr Martin Pervan
Head of Brass Instrumental Music Studies
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