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Speaker 1: A bit of a change of page right now, and

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Speaker 1: as I mentioned, are new program's being rolled out at

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory primary schools tomorrow which aims to address the

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Speaker 1: shocking statistics around body image. Embraced Kids is going to

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Speaker 1: teach kids how to move, nourish and be kind to

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Speaker 1: their bodies in a fun and empowering setting. Now joining

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Speaker 1: us is one of the schools participating in the program.

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Speaker 1: It is Essington School Principal Paul Nihous.

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Speaker 2: Goodboarding to you, Paul, Good morning to you, Katie. How

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Speaker 2: are you Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Really good. Great to have you on the show in

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Speaker 1: your new role. I know you've been in there for

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Speaker 1: a little while. Now tell us a bit more about

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Speaker 1: this program.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks Katie. I think Embraced Kids is obviously is

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Speaker 2: an offshoot of the Embrace connection and very much about

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Speaker 2: as you just alluded to, shining the light on body image.

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Speaker 2: It's a really an offsheet again of a really comprehensive

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Speaker 2: well being program that we have here at Essington School.

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Speaker 2: Other schools are engaged with, and that key element of

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Speaker 2: body image, nutrition exercise. It's just a really nice empowering

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Speaker 2: program that we're really excited to be to be partnering

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Speaker 2: with We've been part of the Embrace Kids movement, if

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Speaker 2: you like, for a number of years at Essington. We've

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Speaker 2: got a cohort of young student leaders going across to

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Speaker 2: the program on Thursday and participating tomorrow in that program

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Speaker 2: and bringing some of those positive messages back for the

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Speaker 2: rest of our school community. So yeah, very excited to

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Speaker 2: be involved. And you know, this is a fantastic initiative

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Speaker 2: by by the Embrace Embrace group.

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Speaker 1: And why was it something that the school sort of

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Speaker 1: wanted to take part in initially?

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Speaker 2: I think again, it just really is a nice compliment.

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Speaker 2: The Embrace Collective bring a set of experience, expertise and

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Speaker 2: resources that will that I guess, strengthen the programs that

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Speaker 2: we have. So again, you know, we've got a great

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Speaker 2: group of teachers, amazing teachers here at Essington, and they

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Speaker 2: know they have subject matter expertise, and not everyone has

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Speaker 2: subject matter expertise in these particular these particular areas. So

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Speaker 2: the Embraced Collective have been producing films, they've got resources,

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Speaker 2: they've got the narrative, the research if you like, to

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Speaker 2: really really value add to what is already a really

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Speaker 2: comprehensive well being program. That we have here, but it

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Speaker 2: just it's just the rigor and the and the expertise.

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Speaker 2: The stats are there, the stats speak for themselves. We've

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Speaker 2: got a significant cohort of young female students in particular

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Speaker 2: with with body image you know, concerns, but it's also

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Speaker 2: apparent that it's not just limited to young young girls

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Speaker 2: and young female students. It's it's right across the board.

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Speaker 2: So I guess that's a that's a powerful message as

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Speaker 2: well for all of our students and young people here

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Speaker 2: at Essington.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you just wonder. I mean, like I sort

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Speaker 1: of think to myself, I've got kids that are around

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Speaker 1: know what they see on social media and what they

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Speaker 1: see as being like normal bodies when they're not.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and I think, and again, that's another one

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Speaker 2: of those elements that sits within that well being space. Katie,

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Speaker 2: and you and I have spoken about some of these

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Speaker 2: issues before in terms of young people and how we

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Speaker 2: want to promote those positive, positive messages out there in

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Speaker 2: our community, and this is one way to do it.

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Speaker 2: You know, we're all we're all beautiful, we're all uniquely different,

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Speaker 2: and how do we respect differences, how do we respect

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Speaker 2: everyone in a really positive space? And I guess this

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Speaker 2: is one way, of course, we want young people to

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Speaker 2: also be healthy, you know, with nutrition, with exercise, et cetera.

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Speaker 2: So it's just a it's just a really nice comprehensive

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Speaker 2: message that again we're really excited to be to be

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Speaker 2: involved with Embrace. And again we've got some student champions

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Speaker 2: who are going to attend that program tomorrow. We'll then

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Speaker 2: bring that back and as as a student leadership group

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Speaker 2: sort of project that voice right across our school, which

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Speaker 2: is I think a really nice way of you know,

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Speaker 2: having young people share their message as opposed to just

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I reckon it's a great way to do it.

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Speaker 1: I actually think it's you know, to have the kids

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Speaker 1: way that they're more likely to listen to than, you know,

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Katie. So, and again I think that the power

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Speaker 2: of the power of peers and young people speaking and

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Speaker 2: is the most powerful way of delivering these messages, but

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Speaker 2: actually more importantly having impacts, right because we can all

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Speaker 2: we can all deliver a message, but what we want

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Speaker 2: to do is we want to change change that body image.

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Speaker 2: We want to change perceptions where appropriate, change behaviors and

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Speaker 2: get young people to be respectful of themselves in their

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Speaker 2: own bodies but also respectful of others. Oh good stuff.

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Speaker 1: No, I think it's a great thing for the school

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Speaker 1: to be involved in, and I'll be keen to find

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Speaker 1: out how it sort of goes. I'd be even interested

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Speaker 1: if they're up to it, you know, if any of

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Speaker 2: People, absolutely, And I was just going to say, I'd

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Speaker 2: love for you. We've got amazing young people here at Essington,

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Speaker 2: and again you don't need you and I necessarily talking

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Speaker 2: about it, but I'd love to have one of our

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Speaker 2: student leaders actually get on the phone and share a

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Speaker 2: bit of their story with you, Katie. And I think

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Speaker 2: that'd be again a really powerful way to get that

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Speaker 2: message more broadly out to our community as well. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: we'd love to take you up on that opportunity.

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Speaker 1: No, we will definitely we will talk about that and

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Speaker 1: certainly be keen to do that. Paul Nighthouse, the Essington

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Speaker 1: School Principal, lovely to speak to you this morning. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for your time.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Katie, you have a great day you too. Thank

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Speaker 2: you