Ilam School Cultural Day!

All of us took a trip around the globe today, celebrating our unique school and the amazing array of cultures that we have here!

We had a fantastic assembly and were so lucky to watch dances, music and singing by children from different countries. 

Children danced from countries such as Afghanistan and India. We listened to songs from the Ukraine played on recorder and the National Anthem of the Phillipines and a Saudi Arabian song were sung also. 

Our Cultural Day also included performances by the Ilam School Kapa Haka group, the Pasifika group, our Middle School Choir and a group of professional Japanese drummers! 

Our shared lunch was delicious! There were so many different cuisines to try.

Ilam School Cultural Day

Today we celebrated the many cultures we have at Ilam School with a "Cultural Day". 

 Room 3 children made a real effort to dress up! We discussed the different cultures in our class and the traditional costumes of those cultures.

Room 3 children in their costumes

A silly pose!

Representing....CHINA!

Representing.....The USA!

Representing.....THAILAND, VIETNAM and KOREA!

Representing.....The MALDIVES and The PHILLIPINES!

Representing.....HOLLAND, ENGLAND and ISRAEL!

Representing......NEW ZEALAND!

Representing.....CANADA and SAMOA!

Micah from Room 4 with his lovely basket of home grown produce

Hanan with his little sister Florence

Later, we paraded down the street in a procession filled with the colours of the many costumes and flags.

After morning tea we watched a concert together. There were dances, martial arts displays, a Korean Drum dance, singing, piano playing and a Japanese drum group.  

Afterwards, we shared a delicious lunch consisting of food from different cultures. 

In the afternoon, we took part in activities such as Calligraphy, Origami, South African games and Samoan dancing.

We started off with simple origami patterns and moved onto harder ones