Say Yes More!
What a exciting day we have had today!
This morning the children met a real life Guinness World Record holder, Mr Dave Cornthwaite. Dave got his first World Record back in 2008 (he has quite a few under his belt now) for deciding to say ‘No’ to the rat race and ‘Yes’ to living a dream and getting on a specially modified skateboard to cross Australia from Perth to Brisbane!
Dave talked in detail about his life and adventures to date – kayaking the Murray River in Australia from the source to the sea; cycling on a tandem from Vancouver to Vegas; stand up paddleboarding the Mississippi from source to sea etc – and shared his ‘Yes’ philosophy along the way. It was an amazing and exciting journey which really proved the point that anyone can do anything that they really put their minds to! Check out his adventures for yourselves at www.davecornthwaite.com
So what has Dave inspired us to try to do? This is what we would like to accomplish:
Nathan – Running to London and back
Maya – Ride a horse across Chile
Hazel – Have my own radio show
Ella – Go around the world to see all the animals
Emily M – Be Prime Minister
Fay – Own a guinea pig
Ayr – Skateboard across Mexico
Joe – Cycle around the coast of Great Britain
Sam I – Peddle scooter from John O’Groats to Land’s End
Holly – See the Northern Lights
Abbie – Kayak across the Atlantic
Flynn C – Sleep with Gelada Baboons
Morgan – Go to the North Pole to see what is there
Ruby S-M – Go and see the Northern Lights
Alice – Try to swim 5 miles
Jakey – Learn to fish
Jessica – Learn to paddleboard
Fergus – Scoot to Sheffield
Elfie – Travel from the bottom of Canada to the top to see the Northern Lights using different modes of transport e.g. husky sleds
Bertie – Cross Country skiing for 100 miles
Emily B – Run around the world
Ezri – Kayak the Amazon
Leela – Go bungee jumping
Lauren – Paraglide or go around the world on a bike
Alex – Go to every country in the world
Flynn H-D – Become a drummer and play all around the world
Daniel – Collect all the Lego ‘Lord of the Rings’ characters in the world and make the biggest castle ever
Amelie – Climb Mount Everest
Oscar – Visit every country in the world
Alfie – Learn to use an aquaskipper
Bryn – Climb Angel Falls
Finn – Learn to play the guitar
Abi – Become a famous singer
Sam F – Make animation movies
Ruby R – Become a famous hairdressing pop star
Laura – Cycle around the world
Keira – Become a famous singer and dancer
Jesse – Learn to whistle
Heidi – Swim to Africa
Adam – Snowboard off cliffs
Dylan – Skate across the world
Tilly – Swim to Spain
Robin – travel to Sydney using 8 different types of transport
Ryan – Explore the whole world
Sidney – To ride on a Jaguar
Maddy – To swim the Grindleford River from start to finish
Kiran – To swim in deep water
Marcia – Look after leopards
Toby – Go to France by bike, then sailing boat, then scooter
Theo – Swim to Australia
Charlie – Go skateboarding
Hugh – Skateboard across Australia
Grace – Go on a scooter
Oliver – Scooter down my hill
Wilf – Skateboard to Africa
What dream would you really like to do?
Posted on January 22, 2014, in General Information. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
I would like to be able to count to a high enough number to work out how many kids there are in that class! (Don’t post this!) X
That made me laugh and brought a tear to my eye. Lovely. Would be brilliant to see how many of them have realised their dreams in 20 years time…
give Dave a high five for inspiring so many kids to be adventurous.