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Samford Arts Trail starts this weekend A REWARDING LOOK BEYOND IMPRESSIONS YOU’VE GOT KINDFIRST MAIL
Samford School from bottle Like many State young womenwent her 21-yr-old Anticipation is building for age, the Samford green toValley orange onTrail 18 March, celebrating Samford local, Sinead and Surrounds Arts andSkorka-Brennan Open Studios, dreamed finding the perfect job. KindnessofDay. and allOne got commencing thisStudents weekend andstaff continuing that would her confidence butThirty also involved send and receive kindness for the nexttobuild four weekends in June. give her independence and jobtheir satisfaction. memorabilia five local artistsand will acknowledgements display talents In a world where preconceptions about throughout the day. Samford Valley, Samford throughout the disability are still an issue, she was finding Village, Yugar through to Warner, Cedar An unmissable team of teachers and employment really difficult to Creek, and Dayboro. studentsClear hadopportunities aMountain blast welcoming students come by. You see, Sinead is a young woman Join the talented artists and artisans for and families through the front gate duringa with Down Syndrome and because of with this, great day out (orwhich several!) our beautiful school drop-off, wasin complete she is often treated like a child, instead of region. an impromptu dance-party and dazzling a young adult. You can pick up awhich Studio every Guidestudent (which ‘Be Kind!’ display Ironically, Sinead is an accomplished includes a map) from the Slab Hut contributed to. represented Australia in gymnast, having at Samford, Information Centres and selected day Olympics also marked theGames introduction theThe Special World in Abu retail outletsState in theSchool area, Kind or head to www. of Samford Mail, which Dhabi in March this year, bringing home creativesamford.com/2019-arts-trail/ for a allows handwritten four medals, two of messages them goldofinkindness bar and downloadable digital version. The Guide and encouragement to be beam events. She was also thedelivered recipient to of features the artists exhibiting in theanyone Trails, students staff. The school invites the 2019 and Dickson Young Sportsperson of as asAward. a great rangewould oftoworkshops on in well the school community write kind the Year You thinkathese offer for you to enjoy. note to a student or staff member achievements alone would open doors for For the unfortunately first this not. year, the Arts Trail her –drop but and it in time the Kind Mailbox, will be working with MBRIT and the award-winning and Mountain critically inEnter the school office foyer. Letters Wine Tours to offer a ‘Wine and bus acclaimed ABC documentary series need to be clearly addressed to Art’ tour. This will be a great day out with Employable Me, which followed the the recipient and not enclosed in stories of winepeople tastingwith and disabilities food experiences, while nine as they battled envelopes. Kind Mail will then be enjoying a great variety of local art. Tours to find work. The documentary, which was delivered by students. can bein booked on theto Mountain Wine aired April, aimed show potential All classes will get hands-on Tours or Creative Samford websites. employers the capable people behind their with Kind Mail over the coming One of the featured this year is condition andartists highlight the importance weeks, with students writing and Danielle Latta, Running Duck for peopleB to feelowner valued.ofThroughout the receiving to others in the Danielle Studio in letters Dayboro. Thiswith year, series, participants worked experts, job isschool. undertaking Endangered Project, coaches and theiran families to uncover their Samford State and School skills and artwork talents them to to draw roles whereby willmatch beDeputy created Principal, John Mauch, said that animals that harnessed their strengths. attention to the plight of many
hoped to beautiful work in aged care with in Sinead the wild - from big lions and the goal of to improving the of lives thoseown she elephants the smalls ourof very cared for. Taking toward her goal, endangered pygmysteps possum, the variety and she completed a Certificate 3 in Care numbers are overwhelming. AsAged an artist, and was looking for an employer to give Danielle finds herself looking a lot deeper her a chance. That employer was Anglicare into every aspect of her surroundings Symes Grove, where Sinead a partvisually, spiritually and secured emotionally. time role, from helping residents with theirallows daily Drawing these observations needs days awith week.the viewers of the her totwo connect “I make artwork. cups of teaDanielle and coffee serve resulting willand donate meals and drinks. I feed someone if they a portion of the sale of artworks sold can’t feed themselves. I help with activities from this collection, to the corresponding like craft or physio classes, take for animals’ preservation fund, in residents your name. walks, or push someone in a wheelchair or Danielle’s studio is Number 23 in the Arts wheelie bed so that they can participate in Trails booklet. special activities, for example in a concert. I will also run activity programs in the future,” said Sinead. Anglicare Symes Grove Manager Sharon Marsden said Sinead had been a welcome addition to the team at the home. “We were thrilled to offer Sinead the chance to follow her passion of working in the aged care sector. She is a valued member of our team here at Anglicare and brings a lot of joy, compassion and empathy in the way she interacts withPossum our residents.” Pygmy by Danielle B Latta Sinead believes that the series has made Creative Samford Inc. is the of people more aware of what it’s organiser like to have the Arts Trail, and Coordinator Ann Russell a disability and try to find a job. “It’s so is hoping thattothis year’s much harder even be Trails invitedwill forattract a job new visitors as well as those returning to interview. Being in the Employable Me experience them again. “This unique art series was a huge opportunity for me to experience benefits not the artists, but show that everyone hasonly different qualities many other local businesses, and strengths, disability or not,”with she visitor said.
activities from Kindness Day willshe actsaid. as Asked what she liked most about her job, numbers increasing every year,” aSinead starting point forfrom ahelping greater embedded said, like people. The trails will“Irun 10amother to 4pm over That is why I had ideaintoJune, workwith in Aged framework within the school. the first four weekends the Care already since High School. find it “Weweekend have a wellbeing team and thisI event fifth playing host to some great most rewarding when I am able to make fits into the This school’s Positive workshops. is your chanceBehaviour to get your the residents happy cana help friends together andand enjoy great day out for Learning framework. While thisto is make one their lives a little bit easier. I find it very in the country. day to highlight kindness, it will expand rewarding to getwellbeing to know each For more information, see and the to promote the of ourresident students, know what their needs are and how they like Creative Samford Website, keep up to staff and the wider community, so we can something done. It makes me happy when date on Facebook www.facebook.com/ all look out for each other,” John said. they are happy.” samfordartstrail, Annapproach Russell at “We’re creatingor a contact consistent trails19@creativesamford.com. to how we teach and model kindness and respect, ensuring our Prep to Year 6 students all hear the same message and the same language, and that language is what parents use at home as well,” he said. “With all of the COVID restrictions we had to work with in the past few years, we weren’t able to connect with the greater community in a way we really wanted to. Now we have more opportunities in invite the community back into the school to see the great things happening here.” StaffDays at Samford School are Happy by LanceState Boucaut Photo courtesy of Jeremy Simons incredibly grateful for the school community and the care everyone takes with each other to choose kindness. Real Estate .................................... 26-35 Tanya Hall Trade & Business/Classifieds ...... 36-46 Community Contact ..................... 47
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