Harmony Day and Harmony Week: Stamp Design and Student Activity

This resource is part of the Gifted and Talented Teacher Harmony Week collection of teacher resources designed to support kindness, connection, and wellbeing in the classroom. Created as a printable teacher resource, it helps educators foster positive classroom culture while supporting meaningful learning experiences.

Create a meaningful and visually rich Harmony Day display with this symbolic, student-centred activity that brings connection, belonging, and identity into your classroom.

Using the familiar concept of a postage stamp, students visually depict what Harmony Week means to them. Just like a postage stamp, the message of harmony day spans across towns and countries. 

Students have two design options:

Option 1: Students visually depict the message of Harmony Week on a postage stamp, allowing the postage stamp to emphasise a strong message that can be carried across towns and countries. 

Option 2: Students design their own stamp to represent who they are, where they come from, and what harmony means to them. Students are given specific step by step instructions to complete a segmented postage stamp. 

When combined, these individual pieces form a powerful collaborative display that celebrates diversity while reinforcing the idea that we are all connected.

Why use a postage stamp for Harmony Day?

A postage stamp symbolises:

• Connection across distances
• Sharing stories and messages
• Belonging in a wider community
• Many unique pieces forming one collection

This allows students to engage in deep thinking about identity and inclusion, while creating a display that is both meaningful and aesthetic.

This teacher resource includes:

• Teacher examples: provide students with visual examples. Discuss colour choice, large designs and meaning. 
• Activity 1: design your a universal postage stamp
• Activity 2: design a personal postage stamp representing individual strengths and celebrating belonging

Format: PDF

Note: Traditionally, the colour orange represents deep conversations and social communication. Orange is the colour used to represent Harmony Day. 

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