Help Potato Patahtoes get to Wellington
Fundraiser to get Team Potato Patahtoes to Tournament of Minds national competition on 13th September in Wellington
Royal Oak, Auckland
Team Potato Patahtoes is a Tournament of Minds (TOM) team from Royal Oak Intermediate specialising in the discipline of Language and Literature. The members of Team Potato Patahtoes are Josiah, Mark, Hazel, Alex, Leo, Shevonne and Elroy. This amazing group of students won the Auckland regional competition, Go Team Potato Patahtoes. We are SO proud of you!
They now have an opportunity to compete in the national finals in Wellington on September 13th. They will be competing with teams from around the country. What an incredible opportunity for these young learners! We hope you can help us to get them there!
Funds raised here will contribute to paying for each child's entry fee, as well as the travel and accomodation costs involved in taking 7 children and accompanying adults to Wellington.
What is TOM? TOM is a program for all primary and secondary students providing the opportunity to solve authentic, open-ended challenges that foster creative, divergent thinking whilst developing collaborative enterprise, excellence and teamwork in a challenging and competitive environment. Find out more here: https://tom.edu.au/about
Use of funds
Money raised will be spent on competition entry fees, as well as travel and accomodation cost for team.
Latest update
Spuds are off to Sydney 13 September 2025
Just to let you know potatoes patahtoes won their division in the national Tournament of Minds competition today.
They are off to Sydney at the end of October to represent NZ
Thanks so much for your generous donations that have helped them get this far
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