WHAT'S HAPPENING?

During normal One Day School classes: There was much discussion of alphabets, word games, inventing of languages, designing of Scrabble boxes... Plus two lucky classes were selected to visit the Scrabble factory, and found out exactly how the game is made! A famous face or two to popped 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 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Overall 1 179 Morgan Owairaka 200 Sierra Owairaka 145 Eden Hamilton 178 Chris Nelson 179 Jessica Palmerston N. 200 Sierra Owairaka 2 176 Jack Owairaka 197 Adam Riverina 142 Max Owairaka 165 Pearl Hawkes' Bay 176 William Palmerston N. 197 Adam Riverina 3 168 Hazel Owairaka 192 Anna Owairaka 136 Henry Owairaka 154= William Hawkes' Bay, Patrick Hamilton 159 Hannah Palmerston N. 192 Anna Owairaka 4 149 Helen Owairaka 170 Owen Owairaka 135 Luke Hawkes' Bay 149 Netanya Westminster 179 Morgan Owairaka 5 119 Carlos Freyberg 163 Kelvin Riverina 134= Arthur C. McKeefry, Fraser Hamilton 139 Max W Owairaka 142 Maria Palmerston N. 178 Chris Nelson 6 112 Gabriel Owairaka 159 Sarah Owairaka 135 Madeline Tairangi 140 Maddie Freyberg 176= Jack Owairaka, William Palmerston N. Junior Scrabble Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Overall 1 - 90= Tyler, Felix Hamilton - 56 Hannah Nelson 80 William Owairaka 90= Tyler, Felix Hamilton 2 - - 44 Peter Nelson 70= Anneka, Ben Owairaka 3 - 70= Liam Puni Jasmyne, Matthew, Bobby Hamilton - - 80 William Owairaka 4 - - - 65 Stefan Westminster 70= Liam Puni Jasmyne, Matthew, Bobby Hamilton Anneja, Ben Owairaka 5 - - - 60 Taiji, Miguel, Levy, Elizabeth, Emma Owairaka   6 - - - 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

Photos: Rodney Hide makes his move at Owairaka School's Monday class Rodney's looking worried... More points scored at Owairaka ODS Anne Tolley deep in thought Serious stuff, this Scrabble... Anne Tolley and the Thursday Owairaka crew Louisa Wall (Labour list MP) visits Owairaka Louisa checking fair play...

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

Biggest Fundraisers

Tomas (from East Auckland) raised the most money – an amazing $466.00!!! He wins one of the wonderful new MP3 players donated by PHILLIPS™!

Also winning an MP3 player is Logan Mc – another wonderful effort – well done!

Emily J, Hannah and Joshua P, Brandon P and Gabriel C all win prizes donated by MATTEL™ - thank you all!!

Their amazing efforts, along with that made by each and every one of our One Day School™ students participating in this nationwide fundraising effort have been part of earning over $6000 for the Centre!!!

This money will assist students to attend One Day School™ through our subsidy fund, and will also help with the expenses incurred for our first-ever Awareness Week.

On behalf of everyone involved with the Centre, thank you all so very, very much – and huge congratulations to our prize-winners!