Aug 3, 2011
by LAUREN McMAH
FORGET travelling the world in 80 days - it took Carramar Public School students just one to experience all the cultures of the globe at their Multicultural Day on Thursday.
Armed with “passports”, the students spent the day visiting classrooms which had been transformed into countries such as Chile, Indonesia, Fiji, Cambodia, Kenya, Syria, New Zealand, India and Serbia.
They were able to learn about the history, geography, customs and cultures of each country they visited.
Organising teacher Roslyn Welling said the students had spent term two preparing their classrooms for the day.
“Multicultural Day is about an appreciation of the different cultures of the school and understanding and tolerance of each others’ countries,” she said.
“For those students that come from different cultures, it’s a chance to be proud of that.
“There are 43 different cultures that represent the children and their parents, and that’s from a population of just 243 students.”
Students also held their bi-annual ceremony of flags, dressed up in traditional costumes that reflected their heritage and enjoyed an international banquet.
Year 3 students - who had been studying India during term two - entertained the school with a Bollywood-inspired dance to Jai Ho by the Pussycat Dolls.
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