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OSCAR programmes all over New Zealand got involved in the 2007 National OSCAR Week activities during September 2007. We received over 150 entries into The Great Kiwiana OSCAR Week Challenge, had a great response to the “Go Kids!” Kiwi Muffin challenge, and received very creative designs in the art competition from OSCAR programmes all over the country.
The Great OSCAR Kiwiana Challenge
This year OSCAR Week is celebrated Kiwiana and included some exciting activities such as
 postcards from around NZ
design a tea towel
orienteering competition
kiwi feast
kiwi kids muffin competition
plus many more
The overall winners of The Great Kiwiana OSCAR Week Challenge was The Lighthouse OSCAR from Paraparaumu. They received a $200 Warehouse Stationary / School Supplies voucher to spend on their programme.
The Lighthouse OSCAR programme threw themselves into OSCAR week and really got their local community involved. They invited guests from a local marae to come in and run Harakeke (flax weaving); they worked with their local BNZ bank and did a fundraiser raising over $100 for the save the BNZ Save the Kiwi; they had their art work displayed in the BNZ Bank; they ran a technology free day and invited guests from a local elderly home to tell the children what it was like living 50-60 years ago in New Zealand; and they finished the week off with a Kiwi festival day with a local entertainer and teacher coming in to teach Kapa Haka.
The Runners-Up also did a great job participating in OSCAR Week. They were Awesome Atawhai Activities from Nelson and Valley OSCAR from Dunedin, each receiving a $50 Warehouse Stationary / School Supplies voucher to spend on their programme.
Awesome Atahwhai Activities took part in orienteering, made bird feeders, designed t-towels, created muffin recipes, held a fish’n’chip evening with parents, built two go carts, went on a skiing trip, went whitebaiting and made whitebait fritters – yum!!!
Valley OSCAR designed tea towels, sent postcards to other participating OSCAR Week programmes around NZ, invited visitors to come in and lead flax weaving, went for a walk around their local community looking for butterfly decorations on houses (used to be big some years ago), made Hokey Pokey and Buzzy Bee sun catchers and took an annual event (jaffa racing) in their town and OSCARised it for their programme.
Some of the other innovative activities that programmes around NZ took part in were running a disco for the whole school, photo essays on t-shirts, holding a pavlova and pyjama party, hut building, collecting money for a local family needing help, eating pork, watercress and potatoes. It was also great to see hear about so many fish’n’chip nights being held around the country involving parents and local community members.
Thank you to everyone who participated in The Great Kiwiana OSCAR Week Challenge this year – it sure looked like you had a lot of fun.
"Go Kids!" Kiwi Muffin Challenge
We received a lot of entries for the "Go Kids!" Kiwi Muffin Challenge with many exciting and interesting flavoured muffins being created. Recipes were short listed to 8 which were all cooked and tasted. Our judging panel awarded the challenge winners to be Paeroa OSCAR Spring Programme with their Lemon & Paeroa (L & P) Muffin recipe. They receives a $50 grocery voucher and an Active Kids cookbook.
Lemon & Paeroa Muffins
1 cup flour
˝ cup raw sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 tablespoons melted butter
Lemon & Paeroa (L & P) and Milk, to mix
Sugar, to sprinkle on top
Mix ingredients together and put into greased muffin tins. Cook at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.
This recipe makes approximately 12 muffins.
Thank you to all OSCAR Programmes who created their own Kiwiana muffin recipes, which included kiwi icons such as kiwifruit, hokey pokey ice-cream, chocolate fish and pineapple lumps. They were all tried and tasted, and were all very yummy.
Art Competition
This year the Art Competition was to design a T-shirt promoting OSCAR that both kids and adults will want to wear which is fun, original and shows what the artist loves most about OSCAR. We received hundreds of entries and the judges were most impressed with the quality and number of entries in each age group. This year we added a category for the 15+ age group with some great results.
Winners of the T-shirt Designs
5-7 year old category
| First |
Rhys Marchant-Ludlow (7) from BOSCO |
Junior Monopoly Game |
| Second |
Madeline Stone (7) from Puddleducks OSCAR Programme |
Playdoh Create Set |
| Third |
Shane Wright (7) from Kids Care |
Crayola Markers and Sketch Pad Set | Winning T-Shirt Designs 5-7 Category 
8-10 year old category
| First |
Zara Aitken (10) from Double Tree Children Club |
Cranium Cadoo Game |
| Second |
Jazmine Burling-Claridge (10) from BOSCO |
Crayola Neon Colour Explosion Pack |
| Third |
Katy Challis (10) from Prebble O's Care |
Crayola Markers and Sketch Pad Set | Winning T-Shirt Designs 8-10 Category
11-14 year old category
| First |
Jenny Hurley (11) from Care 4 Kidz |
Cranium Cadoo Game |
| Second |
Tegan Carney (12) from Mariehau Primary School |
Cranium Ziggity Card Game |
| Third |
Wiremu Rickard (11) from Breakthru Kids |
Cranium Super Jacks Game | Winning T-Shirt Designs 11-14 Category
15+ year old category
| First |
Sonia Stewart from BOSCO |
Pictionary Game |
| Second |
Sarah McLeod from Schools Out |
Cranium Ziggity Card Game |
| Third |
Kristy Duncan from BOSCO |
Rubik's Cube | Winning T-Shirt Designs 15 Category
Highly Commended in the Art Competition
5-7 year old category
Jayden Fianagan (6) from Buller Reap
Tara Hegarty (7) from OSCAR House
Brooke Millar (5) from YMCA Lagoon After School Care
Savannah Weeks (6) from OSCAR House
Jack Dunn (5) from Turaki After School Care Programme
Tyla Grafas (7) from Double Tree Childrens Club
Anna Roberts (7) from Buller Reap
Liam (5) from YMCA Lagoon After School Care
8-10 year old category
Joshua Croudis (8) from Kids Care
Jack Bisset (8) from Highbury After School Care
Pikia (10) from Kreative Kids
Lina Vansevenant (9) from Riverview OSCAR ASP
Brittany Graham (8) from Prebble O's Care
Chad Petersen (8) from Turaki After School Care Programme
11-14 year old category
Phillip Newport (11) from Woodbourne Bread of Life OSCAR
Tiaana Anaru (12) from Kreative Kids
Chynna Craven (11) from YMCA Gisborne
Claudia Spence (12) from YMCA Gisborne
Alena Maria (12) from YMCA Lagoon After School Care
Ella Cooper (11) from Parua Bay After School Care
Olivia Whitley (12) from Mariehau Primary School
15+ year old category
Jennefer Sykes from BOSCO
Ebony Graham from Puddle Ducks OSCAR programme
Kim Summers from Double Trees Childrens Club
Averil Maindonald from Bubbles Ltd
Vicki Wakefield from Parua Bay After School Care
Thank you for all the wonderful T-shirt design entries into this years Art Competition.
The OSCAR Foundation would like to thank to the Big Game Company for their kind support of this years OSCAR Week.
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