VCAL 'Colour Run'

By William Lumsden

As part of the Year 11 Intermediate VCAL program one of our outcomes was to plan and organise a complex community activity for our school. Our theme for the Semester was mixed abilities. We have worked alongside SCOPE, Nelson Park and Blackwood Specialist Outdoor Education Camp to become more educated and understanding of issues faced for young people living with a variety of disabilities.

While we were all on camp we had a bit of a discussion about what type of event we should hold to tick off this outcome. We came up with a lot of ideas including a walk, bbq, activities day, a 24hr run and of course the colour run. We all came to a group agreement that the colour run was the best idea for the students at school while raising awareness about disabilities.

Kelly Cartwright agreed to be the ambassador for our project. She came along on the day and first spoke to the school community at the whole school assembly in the morning and she then spent some time with us VCAL students. We had a bit of a Q&A session with Kelly where we got to ask her questions about her prosthetic leg, her experiences winning gold at the Paralympics, as well her training and life in general. Kelly was really informative and approachable and we look forward to working with her again in the future.

The day went really well and lots of people donated their $10 to participate in the event.

Some of the activities included were a blow up obstacles course, blind egg and spoon race, 3-legged race, commando crawl, over and under hurdles and a one-legged hop race. The students that participated had a fun filled and informative session out on the oval. At the end of the day we were all very exhausted but happy and proud of how the day went and what we achieved. We would like to say a quick thankyou to all the staff and students who were involved and that we hope you all had a fantastic day, like we did.