Multicultural week at Woy Woy

Woy Woy Public School held an Aboriginal and Multicultural Week to celebrate the multicultural diversity of the school community recently.

School principal Ms Ona Buckley said it was important for both staff and students to recognise and appreciate the diversity of the school.

"Our Aboriginal and Multicultural Week was a huge success," Ms Buckley said.

"It made everyone feel good and it was loads of fun.

"Our students looked the part in all sorts of costume dress from around the world both traditional and modern.

"We had parents displaying objects and pictures of their traditional lands and telling our students about them.

"Our students could get their faces painted by our family from Papua New Guinea.

"Lots of our students had very spectacular, colourful faces.

"We were entertained by a Fijian Dance group.

"They were fantastic and so alive and full of energy as they portrayed some of their traditional dances.

"Some of our very talented students performed in our little concert.

"We had Irish dancing, Aboriginal dancing, singing, and a display of Kung Fu Do.

"Mr Janawirri Forrest played the didgeridoo and sang songs in Aboriginal language.

Newsletter, 27 Mar 2009 Ona Buckley, Woy Woy Public School