Bohally Brain Busters

By Chris Valli

Bohally students Caitlyn Forsyth, Imogen Hughes, Mia Harris and Lauren Read are maximising their potential.

The Year 8 students can add ‘Brain Busters’ to their school resume.

Caitlyn, Imogen and Mia took part in ‘Brain Busters’ a kids TV quiz show in Christchurch earlier this term. The show is filmed by Whitebait Media and screens on TV2 at 3:40pm on weekdays.

Imogen says the opportunity to be part of the show came about via an online interview.

“If you do really well you make it through,” says Imogen. “I did the quiz and got 100% and they sent me an email asking if I wanted to participate. I was like heck yes,” says Caitlyn.

Meanwhile, fellow student Lauren Reed will be involved with the show earlier next month after completing the quiz last November.

“Mrs Whitaker (teacher) posted it on (Google) classroom and I took part in the quiz. The other day they messaged my Mum and said that I got a place,” says Lauren. Mia says the experience was ‘really cool’ as there was a bunch of stuff to do with the crew looking after everyone.

“We each had a speciality subject,” says Caitlyn. “Mine was sequencing (social studies).”

Year 8 and 9 students play a general knowledge round before stepping forward to answer questions in a specialist subject of their choosing (Maths, Spelling, Reo

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Rangatira, Science, History or Memory).

The top two players take on the in-studio obstacle course and the final player takes on the quiz master one on one for maximum winnings. Everyone on the show wins prize money.

The filming for the show took place in week three earlier this term and the girls spent a whole day in the studio.

Teacher Cat Whitaker says Bohally’s participation with the programme over the past 12 months has seen at least nine students involved with the show (Year 9s now at college).

“We were super pleased that they had the ability to pass the initial test and make the cut for TV,” she says. “It was a big thing that they had the opportunity and I am really proud of them.”

Meeting presenter Chris Kirk, a former What Now presenter, was a personal highlight for the girls.

“He was funny and we made a lot of tiktok together,” laughs Caitlyn. “We didn’t see him much as he was often busy getting his hair done or eating lunch.”

The students are tight lipped as to how they got on as part of the conditions of being on the show is ‘full disclosure’ and they can’t let anybody know of the outcome until it airs.

“It was a great experience overall. You pretty much had to talk to a wide range of people,” says Caitlyn. “If you get camera shy it can be rather awkward. Having a camera in your face, you have to be confident.”

The episode is due to air within the next fortnight.

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Marlborough Prostate Cancer Support Group

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