St Joseph’s Cathedral School spent term one learning about the school community’s many different cultures.
Yesterday, to celebrate the end of their learning unit "Our Place", the school hosted a performance evening and a "world cafe" showcasing a dance and food from the cultures the pupils learnt about.
The cultures represented included Indian, Italian, Irish, Mexican and Pasifika.
The unit was pupil-led and older pupils taught younger pupils about their cultures.
The Maori group leaders Elizabeth Samuel, 10, and Thomas Matthews-Nielsen, 9, said it was awesome to see the willingness of their peers to take part and learn about their culture.
"When we were doing the art some of the kids were like ‘so this is how you do the koru’, and it was really cool that they were wanting to learn," Elizabeth said.
Thomas said it was nice to teach others about his culture.
"For us, it was easy to show them what to do and for others it’s the pronunciation and the way that you dance that gets hard for them."
It was really cool seeing them improve from "not that good to awesome."
Deputy principal Erin Doleman said the unit had a focus on collaboration.
Post Covid-19 the school’s community felt separated but the unit brought it back together, she said.
