Young, gifted and from Taranaki
06 Oct 2008 10:14pm
Taranaki’s best converged on Manukorihi Intermediate yesterday to exercise their brains and test their brain power.
The 77 students from Hawera, Devon and Manukorihi Inermediates were taking part in Opti-minds, a creative problem-solving competition held all over Australasia.
The 11 teams took part in three categories – science and engineering, social science and language and literature, while looking like they were having a ball.
Taranaki organizer, John Niwa, said the competition was about students co-operating creatively and using their different intelligences together.
Devon Intermediate student Phillip Bailey 12, was in group Six and a Half Brains. The group won the science and technology section by creating a mini-shelter and then presenting it to the judges in a very whacky play.
Phillip said he had struggled to keep his feet still while performing.
I was a bit nervous today but I tried to hide it, he said.
He had enjoyed working in a team and meeting other students during the challenge, which was really fun.
An international Opti-minds competition will be held at Manukorihi Intermediate in November.
Results: Spontaneous challenge: Hawera Intermediate Team one.
Science and Engineering: Devon Intermediate – Six and a Half Brains.
Social Science: Manukorihi Intermediate Opti-girls.
Language and literature: Devon Intermediate Sugar Free Mints.
Daily News 20/09/08
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06 Oct 2008 10:14pm
Taranaki’s best converged on Manukorihi Intermediate yesterday to exercise their brains and test their brain power.
The 77 students from Hawera, Devon and Manukorihi Inermediates were taking part in Opti-minds, a creative problem-solving competition held all over Australasia.
The 11 teams took part in three categories – science and engineering, social science and language and literature, while looking like they were having a ball.
Taranaki organizer, John Niwa, said the competition was about students co-operating creatively and using their different intelligences together.
Devon Intermediate student Phillip Bailey 12, was in group Six and a Half Brains. The group won the science and technology section by creating a mini-shelter and then presenting it to the judges in a very whacky play.
Phillip said he had struggled to keep his feet still while performing.
I was a bit nervous today but I tried to hide it, he said.
He had enjoyed working in a team and meeting other students during the challenge, which was really fun.
An international Opti-minds competition will be held at Manukorihi Intermediate in November.
Results: Spontaneous challenge: Hawera Intermediate Team one.
Science and Engineering: Devon Intermediate – Six and a Half Brains.
Social Science: Manukorihi Intermediate Opti-girls.
Language and literature: Devon Intermediate Sugar Free Mints.
Daily News 20/09/08
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