each year australia celebrates harmony day - a day for inclusion and a celebration of cultural diversity. the children at ellen stirling primary school can choose to wear an orange shirt or their cultural dress. looking at what my kids chose to wear says so much... joseph in his easy as orange shirt and madeline in her samoan lava-lava print skirt made by her nanna.
and this photo says the rest. i wish i could tell you this was an outtake - but this is just real life. hahaha. he did not want to smile or even have his photo taken, but was cracking up after this.
the school had planned a full assembly including them all being able to sing the harmony day song "everyone belongs" but it (along with everything else) was cancelled due to ongoing issues with covid-19, so instead they did special activities in their classrooms and sang the song in each class.
guess it's a very good time to all pull together isn't it! this is a crazy time for everyone, especially these poor kids who really just can't completely grasp all the changes and precautions. it feels mean to them, not as though it will protect them.
thankfully one of the kids remains relatively unaffected - alex is just carrying on as usual while the world rages around him. lucky guy.
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