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All of the area’s local schools showed their support for Pink Shirt Day, May 20, with its anti-bullying and mental health messages.
However, two Primary schools took it to the next level – gathering students together to create a big impact and taking photos of the result with a drone.
Red Beach School created a giant pink shirt, and Ōrewa Beach School a pink heart.
“We had lots of fun waving at the drone and learning how to make a heart shape with up to 400 children,” Ōrewa Beach School’s principal Katherine Pascoe said.
Pink Shirt Day began in Canada in 2007 when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying, after a peer was bullied for wearing a pink shirt.
