Concert for tolerance

STUDENTS from Prep to Grade 6 learnt a valuable lesson at a Hampton Park Primary School concert.
“The Colours of the Wind concert highlighted in song and dance that we are all connected to one another and to the land, regardless of our background,” principal Christine Wakeling said.
Students entertained audiences with music, a New Zealand Haka dance, twirling Poi and beating bamboo sticks.
Preps performed a traditional North American Indian song and staff performed their interpretation of the song Colours of the Wind.
Grade 5 and 6 students amazed the audience with their Hoop dance, Ms Wakeling said. “They wove themselves in and out of five hoops each, creating animals, birds and flowers to a powerful beat,” she said.
“They were led by a Polynesian visiting educator, Bernard Mangakahia, who works each year with the school to inspire students and teach them the importance of tolerance and facing challenges with confidence.”
Ms Wakeling said staff, students, and parents thought the event was a success.
“It was certainly a night to be proud to belong to Hampton Park and to celebrate an Australian society that accepts and appreciates cultures from anywhere on earth.”