Tools down

The previous night, Winberg had given us some good news – we were all allowed to sleep in. However, the torrential downpour that decided to occur meant our sleep in wasn’t happening today. Half of the boys decided to continue working the previous day which meant they had a delayed start on the worksite today – thanks to the other half of the boys who went to the site earlier!

As the delayed group walked down later into the morning, comments were made about how slow they were to arrive, but when one tool wasn’t picked up, Matt certainly enjoyed the giving the comments back!! Before the boys left the site for the last time, a photo was taken with Sol, a local tradie who was quick to become a legend amongst the boys.

Back at the house, the boys were divided into groups and quickly began planning lessons for classes they were teaching that afternoon. Charlie, Jono, Luis and Liam taught music. Ethan W, Matt, Billy and Elijah taught English. And Ethan E, Rohan, James and Flynn taught maths. The real lesson seemed to be learnt by the boys, who recognised that an hour was a lot of time to fill!

Later at the house, Liam continued his teaching career as he attempted to introduce a new card game to the group. Even with distracted naughty student, Billy, the game was quickly picked up with Elijah and Shower winning! This was then followed with a very competitive round of Spoons, which saw Matt crowned as champion.

For dinner, the teachers were invited to the brothers residence whilst the boys enjoyed dinner at the Blue Sky Home.

At reflection, the boys discussed how their faith, values and Lasallian beliefs had been impacted by the experience. All agreed that the experienced had only strengthened the values taught at St Bedes. Additionally, we noted how far the Lasallian community stretched and acknowledge how lucky we felt to be apart of it.

We all headed to bed, knowing we were in for an emotional Thursday where we would need to begin saying our goodbyes to the Blue Sky Home.