United Nations Day

Although we may not have been able to celebrate Unite Nations Day in our usual colourful way in school this year with mouth-watering food and flags fluttering from every balcony, we certainly managed to capture the essence of this special day with our online UN Day Show.

With more than 25 countries represented within our school community, IBSB continues to offer hope for the future that nationalities can live side by side in peace and harmony. During the assembly we celebrated each community’s presence in a number of ways, beginning with the ‘International welcomes” in the languages of our multicultural community, and followed by a rich programme of songs and dance by students in their native costumes. We created a UN Day moment to remember with the help of some HPL competencies without even realising it! We showed perseverance, confidence, imagination, and resilience. Our school community had the ability to overcome the disappointment of not celebrating UN Day in the traditional way, remaining confident, flexible, and optimistic, reminding us that we are all connected like one big family, working and learning together in solidarity.

Ms Orla O’Dwyer