One Day School

One Day School is a programme run by the George Parkyn National Centre for Gifted Education. One day each week some students have a day off normal school and attend One Day School. To attend One Day School an IQ test needs to be taken and people are accepted if they are found to be in the top 5% relative to the participant's age. One Day School operates throughout New Zealand in school classrooms not being used for normal lessons. There is a cost, currently NZ $60 per week. The George Parkyn Centre offers some fee subsidies and is currently trying to reduce the overall cost. The George Parkyn Centre has other programmes including GO!, which is short for Gifted Online. At One Day School there is a set format to the day. There is generally a topic for the term. It is usually broad such as time, identity, strength, etc. Then each week a new subtopic is covered such as time travel, nations' identities, strength in relationships, etc. The day is divided into three parts-Think/Reason/Discuss, Read/Write/Research and Make/Do/Create. Think/Reason/Discuss is where the teacher introduces the topic and prompts discussion. Later in Read/Write/Research students do as the name suggests. It is also so for Make/Do/Create.