Good behaviour brings its own rewards

Jerome Begot, owner and one of the pilots of Cayman
Islands Helicopter, does a pre-flight briefing

Students lift off from Owen Roberts International
Airport last Wednesday.

Aerial view of George Town.

A group of students exits the helicopter after a ride.

Friday, August 12, 2005

Students from George Town and John Gray High Schools who attended the summer programme �From Dry Land to Deep Sea�, have some precious memories to savour after the youngsters had an experience of a life time last week.

Students who had a ninety percent or above attendance rate along with good behaviour, were rewarded with a helicopter ride. Before that experience however the students had enjoyed snorkelling trips, walked the Mastic Trail and toured the Botanic Gardens.

But there were plenty of �oohs� and �ahs� from the 47 students who were given an aerial tour of Seven Mile Beach.

�I�ve never been up in a helicopter. It was an exciting and unique experience for me,� said 13-year-old Sheynae Watson.

She said that she loved the rollercoaster feeling of the ride, which Jerome Begot, pilot and owner of Cayman Islands Helicopter, says all students beg for on each trip.

�This was an enjoyable experience for me and the kids,� he said. �I love children and if in some small way this trip can inspire one of them to be an astronaut, pilot or mechanical engineer that would be fantastic.�

Physical education teacher Jane Kelly was also a little awestruck by the ride.

�It was amazing to see the fingers outline the drop-off sections in the ocean. The water was so beautiful with the many shades of blues and greens. I enjoyed the ride and I know the students did as well. It was a fitting end to the programme,� she said.

Lynda Mitchell, coordinator of the programme, said the trip was incentive for good behaviour.

�To minimise behaviour issues we had to come up with creative ways. But I have to say that the children were well behaved. I believe our students walked away with a renewed sense of respect for our environment because we utilised it as a teaching tool for this programme.�

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