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Our Friend Finn Burns
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Local Geelong boy Finn Burns and mother Michelle visited Middle School in August to talk to the students about cerebral palsy. Finn is 4 ½ years old and is preparing himself for school in 2009. He is a bright and determined young boy, who loves life, his family, his friends, his ‘Bombers’ footy team and all things young boys like. Due to his cerebral palsy disorder though, Finn has some extra challenges.
10 1. Our Years 5 and 6 Netball team competed in the Round Robin competition at the Leisure Time Centre. A high standard of netball was played by all teams and our girls benefited from outstanding teamwork 2. In giving to the community, our students create their own ‘links’ to the community and feel connected to others 3. Celebrity Chef Jon Ashton teaching students from Years 5 and 6 how to bake his Grandmother’s special bread recipe 4. George Vickers-Willis (Ot Yr8) gets ‘hands-on’ whilst working alongside a Scope employee 5. Libby Sutherland (Cn Yr8) not only spent time working with a number of adults at Scope Industries, but made a ‘special friend’ by being prepared to engage with another person
7. Kathy–Anne Wunta (Cn Yr8) was assigned the task of introducing herself to workers at Scope industries and offering her support; both as a worker and a friend 8. Harry Colley (Hi Yr5) and Oliver Presser (Hi Yr5) working together in Art classes to produce their clay pottery piece 9. Mr Tony Inkster Head of Middle School congratulating Chi Yan Cheung (Bb Yr8) on his wonderful achievements at the House Swimming Competition, held for the first time in our new Handbury Centre for Wellbeing 10. As part of their multi domain unit of work our Year 7 students visited the Melbourne Zoo. Robert Hayes (Ot) Tan Nuntileepong (Bw) Carter Harris-Smith (Hi) and Sebastian Lawrence (Ot), brothers in arms
Finn will soon be travelling to Camp Quality in Canada, where he will have 6 weeks of intense physio to help with his ability to walk in time for his first year at School in 2009. Touched by Finn’s story, the Middle School students decided to raise money for him and raised $1,200 for Finn and his family to fly to Canada so that Finn can undergo his treatment. Our Middle School students have become more informed about cerebral palsy and have taken great pride in being able to support Finn. Our students will follow Finn’s progress (on-line) whilst he is away and Finn will come and visit us again in November to show us his new walking abilities.
6. Each Thursday a group of Middle School students participate in Community Service Activities. One such activity includes walking dogs. Arvin Lourdenadin (Bb Yr8) had the daunting task of looking after ‘Meg’. She’s such a vicious beast!
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