From 5-9 August, WGHS celebrated Peace Week. Ten student leaders, together with the teacher-in-charge, Ms Sarah Woodward, organised a week of events to commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Nearly 200 students participated in events such as a daily challenge, paper crane folding, a quiz, making peace bracelets, painting peace rocks, learning about peace icons, and designing a peace-inspired outfit made only from newspaper and tape.
Students who attended two or more events earned a Peace Week badge for their blazer.
We were excited to welcome senior students from Rosmini College again this year – it has become an annual tradition to have their support at our events.
On Friday, 16 August, some of the student leaders attended a Peace Symposium organised by the Peace Foundation. We listened to panellists such as Cam Calkoen – Inspirational Speaker, Vira Paky from Save the Children, Caeden Tipler from Make it 16, and Soumya Puri from Soka Gakkai International. We also worked collaboratively with students from other schools to design our own peace icon and presented what we did during Peace Week at WGHS.
It was an amazing day, and we got A LOT of ideas for next year!
Thank you to everyone who participated in Peace Week 2024.