The Peace Foundation New Zealand, started Schools' Peace Week to educate people of the consequences of nuclear war and to campaign for a world of nuclear weapons. The date of Schools’ Peace Week commemorates Hiroshima Day on 6 August, and Nagasaki Day on 9 August. The event has become increasingly popular in New Zealand and abroad each year and students are engaged in various activities, which promote peaceful practices in our schools and communities. By making small changes we are able to empower people to create a safe world based on justice and human rights as well as to build a sustainable environment and peaceful relationships.
We have been making peace jigsaws which will link together to show unity. We will also design a mural which will be painted onto the school wall in Term 4. Yesterday Joanne from the Express newspaper came to interview us and take a photo. She was amazed at how much work we were doing around the theme of Peace. We also made posters to show what a peacemaker and a peacebreaker is. The children are trying hard to be peacemakers in our classrooms.
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