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Awareness
week
sponsors:
Thank
you!
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The
Gifted Education Centre
To Go Beyond the Known
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ABOUT
US >
NEWS AND EVENTS > AWARENESS
WEEK > SCRABBLEATHON |
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In
conjunction with Mattel NZ Ltd, the owners of  TM,
the Gifted Education Centre will be holding a Scrabbleathon
throughout Awareness Week.
There
will be fun, prizes for TM
excellence, and spot prizes. So grab an entry form
here,
get sponsored, and help raise some money for your
Gifted Education Centre while having some great fun
at the same time.
Rules
are here.
Highest scores are here.
Some photos here. Prize
winners are here.
Many
thanks to Mattel NZ Ltd for their assistance and support,
and to Philips for providing prizes.
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WHAT'S
HAPPENING?
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During
normal One Day School classes:
Discussion
of alphabets, word games, invent a language, design
a Scrabble box...Plus play a game of Scrabble, and
send your score in - the best daily and overall scores
will win prizes kindly donated by Mattel!!
Get
sponsored, and the two biggest money raisers will
each receive a Philips 1GB MP3 player!!
Plus
two lucky classes will be selected to visit the
Scrabble factory, and find out exactly how the
game is made!
Expect
a famous face or two to pop in for a game as well,
including:
MPs
Rodney
Hide, Anne Tolley,
Louisa Wall at Owairaka ODS
MP Dail Jones at Westminster ODS
Mayor Mr. Jono Naylor, Diana Neild and
Dr. Farah Palmer (ex Captain of the NZ Womens
Rugby Team) at Palmerston North ODS
Deputy Mayor Rachel Reese at Nelson
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High
Scores:
Regular
Scrabble
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Overall
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179
Morgan
Owairaka
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200
Sierra
Owairaka
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145
Eden
Hamilton
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178
Chris
Nelson
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179
Jessica
Palmerston N.
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200
Sierra
Owairaka
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176
Jack
Owairaka
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197
Adam
Riverina
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142
Max
Owairaka
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165
Pearl
Hawkes' Bay
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176
William
Palmerston N.
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197
Adam
Riverina
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168
Hazel
Owairaka
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192
Anna
Owairaka
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136
Henry
Owairaka
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154=
William
Hawkes' Bay,
Patrick
Hamilton
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159
Hannah
Palmerston N.
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192
Anna
Owairaka
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149
Helen
Owairaka
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170
Owen
Owairaka
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135
Luke
Hawkes' Bay
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149
Netanya
Westminster
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179
Morgan
Owairaka
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119
Carlos
Freyberg
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163
Kelvin
Riverina
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134=
Arthur
C. McKeefry,
Fraser
Hamilton
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139
Max W
Owairaka
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142
Maria
Palmerston N.
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178
Chris
Nelson
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112
Gabriel
Owairaka
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159
Sarah
Owairaka
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135
Madeline
Tairangi
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140
Maddie
Freyberg
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176=
Jack
Owairaka,
William
Palmerston N.
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Junior
Scrabble
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Overall
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90=
Tyler,
Felix
Hamilton
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56
Hannah
Nelson
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80
William
Owairaka
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90=
Tyler,
Felix
Hamilton
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44
Peter
Nelson
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70=
Anneka,
Ben
Owairaka
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70=
Liam
Puni
Jasmyne,
Matthew,
Bobby
Hamilton
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80
William
Owairaka
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65
Stefan
Westminster
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70=
Liam
Puni
Jasmyne, Matthew, Bobby
Hamilton
Anneja,
Ben
Owairaka
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60
Taiji, Miguel, Levy, Elizabeth, Emma
Owairaka
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Most
points from 1 word:
69
(Quit - double letter/triple word!) Anna, Owairaka
44 (Quiz) Grayson, Westminster
42 (Quota) Owen, Owairaka
38 (Ozone) Elliot, Nelson
30
(Dozen) Fraser, Hamilton
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Photos:
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Rodney
Hide makes his move at Owairaka School's Monday
class
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Rodney's
looking worried...
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More
points scored at
Owairaka ODS |
Anne
Tolley deep in thought
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Serious
stuff, this Scrabble... |
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Anne
Tolley and the
Thursday Owairaka crew
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Louisa
Wall (Labour list MP) visits Owairaka |
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Louisa
checking fair play...
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And
the winners are...
Well,
everyone who took part! But in particular the following:
Overall
winner
Senior
Sierra
– Owairaka
Junior
Tyler
and Felix – both from Hamilton.
Top
single word score
Anna
- Owairaka
High
scores for single words
Grayson
– Westminster
Elliot – Nelson
Fraser - Hamilton
Daily
prize winners
Morgan
– Owairaka
Eden – Hamilton
Chris G - Nelson
Jessica – Palmerston North
Hannah – Nelson
William R - Owairaka
Highly
commended prize winners
Adam
- Riverina
Jack - Owairaka
William - Palmerston North
Spot
prize winners (drawn at random from all participating
classes)
Kerry
B – Tauranga
Julia B – Tairangi
Taylor D – Riverina
Tom G – Owairaka
Josiah – Christchurch
Sue K – Freyberg
Patrick L – Hamilton
Luke – Tauranga
Stuart W – Riverina
Sebastian M – Owairaka
Georgia L – Palmerston North
Anton – Hamilton
Prizes
are being packed and dispatched over the next few days.
Congratulations
to all – enjoy your goodie packs from Mattel.
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