Sau Ta O - Come with me

Ministry of Education Student Achievement Facilitators
29 January 2015

Talofa lava - Samoa
Malo e lelei - Tonga
kia Orana - Cook Islands
Fakaalofa lahi atu - Niue
Ni sa bula vinaka - Fiji
Talofa ni (taloha) - Tokelau
Talofa - Tuvalu

Talanoa - Unrestricted talk

• more open to share deeper things
• creating an environment to share in an unrestricted way

Names - O ai lou igoa?

Culture and Cultural Responsiveness 

• Culture is a blend of thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs, values, and behaviour patterns that are shared by racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups of people.
• PICS 

C the physical aspects of culture

• skin colour
• dress
• stories
• celebrations
• ethnicity
• food
• music
• craft

c the harder, invisible aspects of culture - 

• beliefs
• values
• the way we speak
• education
• concepts of self
• ... (PIC)

(Berryman)