Christchurch Special assembly

Hello My fellow Bloggers! 

On Monday the 18th of March our school had a Special assembly. This assembly was to show respect people in Christchurch who lost their loved ones and to the Muslim families at our school. We sang the National Anthem and sang our school song Aotearoa. We had  2 minutes of silence. The song Aotearoa talks about how New Zealand is a home to everyone and how this country is a safe place to live. We CAN stop racism by donating money to the Muslim family's you can use this website Give a little  to donate and help them.  Think about:  what can you do to stop racism? Please leave a comment on how you can stop it. Also in our special assembly we went outside to our friendship bench and planted a Kowahi tree, the reason why we planted the tree next to the friendship bench was because we are all a team and friends in this country. We made cards for the helpers and family's too.Why did we plant a Kowhai tree instead of another tree? We planted a Kowhai tree because Kowhai is part of our school name and we represent that tree. Last Friday the 22nd of March most New Zealanders went to a mosque and gathered around for the Muslims to go back inside of the Mosque because some Muslims were scared about it happening again but New Zealand made it a safe place for them again. We  had our community fun day on Friday and did the 2 minutes of silence. Here are some photos of the day.

I think that it was really good that New Zealand came together for this event because it's telling the whole word that we CAN help those who have been lost. I also think that you guys can help them by making cards for the family's and helpers.