Celebrating Gifted Awareness Week 14-20 June

Maia's Chindogu invention

Check out this Moustache Brush and Beard Curler!
The Upper Clutha S.T.A.R. programme kids are creating Japanese Chindogu inventions – useless (or are they?). Click to see more of their works ( micronations) and what they think about S.T.A.R.

Danielle Nicholson, facilitator of the S.T.A.R. programme, is offering an information evening for interested parents and members of our community to share and discuss how we identify gifted children. Come along Wed 24th June, 7.00pm, room 12A, Wanaka Primary School.

The S.T.A.R. (Students Thinking Achieving Reaching ) programme enables children professionally assessed as gifted, to gather once a week for a programme designed to meet their emotional, ethical, social and academic needs. Research shows that gifted children learn in a different way, often need help to achieve, and thrive when they are working with like minded peers. This programme is administered by Central Otago REAP.

Children are born gifted – regardless of their socio-economic or cultural groups. The future of the S.T.A.R. programme is threatened by lack of funding – can you help save this valuable programme? Donations, big or small, can be made by contacting Central Otago REAP 0800 267 327 or admin@coreap.org.nz