A GROUP of Southampton students were treated to an inspirational speech from a GB Paralympian. Year 10 and 11 students from Oasis Academy Lordshill were thrilled to have a virtual call with Rugby Paralympian Aaron Phipps at the end of last week. The speech was a prize from the city’s Mayflower 400 Giving Thanks competition. The students had impressed the judges with their messages of gratefulness earlier in the year. The theme continued in this talk with Aaron sharing about how much more grateful he had become for small thing since his life was changed in Year 11. Aaron lost his legs below the knee and some of his fingers when he contracted meningitis as he was finishing secondary school.