Director of Mary Bailey House and OOSH

Mary Bailey House

During Harmony Week we celebrated the cultural diversity in our community. We engaged the children in discussion about their family; the countries that their parents come from and the languages that they speak at home. We spoke about our first Australians and our multicultural country. At the end of the week the children our preschool teacher Danielle asked her children, ‘What do we know about Harmony Day?’ they replied:

Lucy: ‘Harmony is peaceful and love. Some people look a little different they speak Italian or Mandarin.’
Eleanor: ‘We don’t have the same skin.’
Caitlyn: ‘Mummy is light skin, Daddy is dark skin.’
Danielle: ‘All over the world we look different.’
Valeria: ‘We love that we are different.’
Ruby: ‘Me and my sister, only my mum has white skin, Popo has white skin.’

On Harmony Day, the children were invited to make orange bracelets. When doing so some drew love hearts, while others drew their families, to remind us that Harmony Day is about love and embracing our differences.

OOSH

Less than two weeks until school holidays! If your child is looking for something fun and interesting to do during the break, I’m certain that our Vacation Care program will have it. The incursion and excursion program has a good variety of experiences that we’re sure will tempt and please all.

Vacation Care is open from 7:00am to 6:00pm every day during the school holidays, except on Public Holidays. If you would like you child attend, please then contact our OOSH Coordinator Frances Windon at ooshmail@ssc.nsw.edu.au

Jackie Baxter
Director of Mary Bailey House and OOSH