By Brendan Rees
Harmony Day celebrations filled Cranbourne’s Rangebank Primary School on Wednesday, 21 March.
The school was treated with a special visit from their Indian sister school, Bluebells School International, which is based in Delhi.
Year Five students from Bluebells gave a presentation about the Indian culture and their way of schooling life, before performing an Indian dance.
Rangebank Primary School principal Colin Avery said it was a memorable occasion, “full of culture and interest.”
“The bonds that have been established through regular skyping sessions and visits to each other’s school, has cemented a long term relationship that provides benefits to both schools.” He added: “Harmony Day is about acceptance not tolerance”.
Special guests at the assembly in the school’s newly extended hall included Pauline Richards, who stepped in Member for Cranbourne Jude Perera; Sophie Colquitt from the international division of the Department of Education and Training; Education Improvement Leader from the Education Department Anne Martin and school council president Lawrence Hamilton as well as Indian delegates from Bluebells School International and Bluebell’s teacher Sarbani Kaur.
