This week we commenced our first session of the Good Start Program that has been offered to our Maori and Pasifika families in the senior school.  The program is an amazing initiative from Children’s Health Queensland.

We began with a ‘Fala and Salu Ceremony’ to welcome everybody. The ‘fala’(mat) is our cultural way of bringing people together to talk about important things. The fala is a safe place for everyone to share and is a meeting place of respect, value and importance. The ‘salu’ is our cultural broom that is used to clean the fala for the meeting. We use the salu to sweep away all the issues, wrong attitudes and bad behaviour, so that we can come together peacefully to talk about important things.

This week focused on ‘Healthy Kai, Healthy Life’ where our students shared some favourite healthy foods they enjoy at home and school and the importance of eating a healthy and balanced diet. This introductory session saw lots of excitable students relate some of their culture between home and school which was really great to see.  We are very much looking forward to next week's session.