Harmony Day is a day to celebrate Australia's multiculturalism. The day focuses on respect for others, belonging, inclusiveness and to share what we all have in common. Today, we got a different lesson for Harmony Day. To begin, we want you to imagine it is your birthday and you're allowed to choose either one of the gifts below. They're both the same size. When asked which one we'd pick, some chose the pretty wrapped gift and some chose the newspaper-wrapped gift. Some reasons for selecting the pretty gift included:
Decisions, decisions... After discussing and justifying our decisions on which gift we'd choose, it was time to open the gifts to see what was inside of them. SURPRISE! The pretty box that was well presented with gold ribbon was full of rocks! The newspaper-wrapped gift, though, was full of delicious chocolate. This experience also works for choosing the people we call friends. Although someone may wear the best clothes or live in the nicest areas, it doesn't always mean they're nice on the inside. It doesn't matter what colour you are, if you speak with a different accent or where you're from, it's what's inside that counts when making friends. But... what about the chocolate? The newspaper-wrapped gift was full of bags of M&Ms. Why are they in there? What's the best part of an M&M? The chocolate! Where's the chocolate? On the inside! We had one student blindfolded and we challenged them to try and guess what colour M&M they were given when they put it in their mouth. You know what? They couldn't do it. It didn't matter what colour the M&M was on the outside, the yumminess was on the inside. This is a Harmony Day lesson we'll keep with us forever...
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