Harmony Day Booklet - Lower Primary
The Harmony Day Booklet – Lower Primary is a fun and engaging resource designed to help young students understand the meaning of Harmony Day and the importance of kindness and inclusion. Through interactive activities, students explore friendly vs. unfriendly actions, acts of kindness, and ways to make everyone feel welcome in their school community.
This resource is perfect for Harmony Day lessons, social-emotional learning, and building a classroom culture of respect and inclusion.
Learning goals
- We are learning to identify the places we live in and belong to, e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town and describe why these places are important.
- We are learning to understand the ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain special connections to particular Country/Place.
- We are learning to create story maps or models to represent the location of places and features.
- We are learning to identify the places we live in and belong to, e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town, and describe the features of these places.
- We are learning to understand the reasons why some places are special to people, and how they can be looked after.
Curriculum alignment
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
• Print in A3 for a whole-class discussion activity or A4 for individual student booklets.
• Pair students with buddy classes for sorting card activities if fine motor support is needed.
• Offer a verbal discussion option for students who may find writing challenging.
Extensions
• Have students create posters promoting kindness and inclusion.
• Role-play different scenarios where inclusion and kindness can be applied.
• Create a "Kindness Challenge" where students track acts of kindness throughout the week.