Mandurah Baptist College held a special service to recognise those who had defended the freedom we enjoy in Australia.
Riverside Primary School also held an assembly to celebrate freedom.
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Education Support Centre principal Jim Douglas told students a story about a butterfly.
He said the butterfly started as a caterpillar and through the trials and struggle of being in a cocoon, it broke free to fly off as a butterfly. He urged students to show compassion, conviction and forgiveness.