Activity resources - all ages

General activity and event ideas

  • Talk it up: celebrate the theme of "Many Stories – One Australia" and meet someone new from your class, school or community and learn about their culture. Do an oral history project by interviewing someone from a different country and share it with others. You could write, record or even film the interview.
  • Sport, dancing and eating: play world sports together and involve everyone, learn new dances from countries across the world, or enjoy foods of different cultures.
  • Arts and crafts: use your creative abilities to make something that symbolises the different cultures of your local community. You could even hold a poster or art competition.
  • Music and sounds: apply your musical talents to reflect your experience of different cultures or traditions — rhyme, rap, or rock to a story about culture and experience. You could even hold a concert for everyone to enjoy.
  • Listen and learn: invite an immigrant to Canada to come and share their story and culture with your class. You could even research more information about their story or write about your own.​
  • Learn from others: Create a ​human library at your school. Invite members of your community to act as a "living book", and share their knowledge, experience, and wisdom with students. A variety of cultures, experiences, and backgrounds provides a rich experience.
  • "Fill Your Bucket" day: Read "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" to school and have students give compliments (on a bulletin board, on paper on desks, online, etc.), acts of kindness, encouragement, recognition, etc.
  • Love language: Have a week-long contest where students guess at which language the word 'love' is being spoken in.  Award prizes at the assembly.
  • Acts of kindness: 25 Random Acts of Kindness Campaign.

Lesson resources

​Create something

  • Harmony Day Bookmarks​: Students can design a bookmark with art, words, or poetry to show their understanding of what Harmony Day really means.​ Each school then chooses 5 to send to the Harmony Day Committee so that they can be printed and distributed with the Harmony Day package next year. 
  • Photography and Writing Contest:Students snap photos that ​explore the cultural traditions of family, school, or community. A short 200-word caption must be included with the photo.
  • Passport Folio: Students prepare an electronic portfolio (based on the structure of a passport) showcasing each student’s personal cultural heritage and family history​​.  Templates and exemplars coming soon.​​​
  • ​Anti-Bullying Hands Display.pdf

Organizations and programs

  • MONTH OF LOVE: Changing lives one month at a time - our own Rhonda Draper from SD23 leads this initiative with students throughout the district.
    • http://monthoflove.ca/
  • Canadian Centre for Diversity
  • Global Citizen Kelowna​
  • Harmony Day Australia: Resources and ideas.
    • ​http://www.harmony.gov.au/http://www.harmony.gov.au/