The school started a breakfast club on Tuesday, which has already received the students’ stamp of approval.

Eight students out of the 56 enrolled at the school turned up for a taste of the program.

Organised by the P&C and Our Community Place neighbourhood centre, with the support of Mac’s IGA Boolaroo, the breakfast club aims to provide students with a nutritious start to the day.

On the menu is Weetbix donated by IGA and fresh fruit courtesy of the neighbourhood centre.

The school canteen provides milk and sugar and the volunteers to run the breakfast club.

Every Tuesday, from 8.15am to 8.45am inside the school hall, students are invited to stop by, eat a healthy breakfast and socialise with other students over colouring in and other activities.

As well as providing a nourishing breakfast, Our Community Place coordinator Gay Sumiran said the program aimed to link students and their parents and caregivers with the neighbourhood centre’s services.

It offers free food programs, a family exercise class and a homework support group, among other things.

“The purpose of this is to reach out to families in the area and show them what we have to offer,” Mrs Sumiran said.

Boolaroo Public School P&C president Karen McCraw, who was instrumental in organising the breakfast club, said it was also about bringing the community together and working with local businesses to support one another.

“[The breakfast club] is very much based on Boolaroo’s community spirit,” she said.

It also helped to build students’ social skills, teaching them values such as responsibility, punctuality and manners, Mrs McCraw said.