Primary and Intermediate school students flocked to Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium on Friday 30th October to witness NZ's largest game of Scrabble on a board over 16m squared.
Gifted Education Centre (GEC) Giant Scrabble was held to raise awareness for the special education needs of gifted children and to help kids learn and celebrate their successes. highlighting this were the ever-flowing spot prizes courtesy of Scrabble maker Mattel NZ Ltd, not only for contestants, but all in attendance.
The uilimate prize, consisting of a generous selection of Mattel games, was taken out by the team lead by St Heliers School student India Hepburn who entered the initial stages of the competetion in September.
"It was so exciting to win first place and the prizes were amazing,'' says Hepburn.
"We had so much fun playing in the GEC Giant Scrabble. It was especially awesome usnig the Scrabble titles we had made in the giant game.''
The gusty weather did not stop the keen players and supporters from getting into the activities. At one point this even included standing on the 1m x 1m plywood Scrabble letter tiles on the giant board to anchor them form being blown away from the wind.
Gifted Education Centre (GEC) organised the event in oredr to highlight the fact that the education needs of gifted children are as real and valid as those with learning disabilities. Approximately five percent of childrenare 'gifted' but unfortunately in NZ their needs are not always accepted or met.
GEC was established in 1995 to cater for the special education needs of the country's gifted children.
For more information please see www.giftededucation.org.nz
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