Sewing Success

 I wanted to show you all an exciting venture that has grown out of participation in Whakaaro for one of our students.

Lejla Arnautovic-Wootton is in year 7.  She has been a part of Whakaaro for several years and worked hard on developing her self and time management skills as well as exploring problem solving and creativity across a wide range of contexts and mediums.  She is a veteran of the Tournament of Minds competition, having been a member of the team who made it all the way to internationals in 2018, and has been part of the team to win honours at the national final, two years in a row.

Part of her skill development in TOM, required her to learn to make costumes.  Lejla took the opportunity to find out how to use the sewing machines at school.  From there, she has pursued her sewing, learning to create hair scrunchies and now, face masks.  Not only is Lejla creative, she is a competent entrepreneur with a great attitude towards expanding her reach.

Earlier this year, Lejla began developing a profile on Instagram to market and sell her products.  She has acquired a mentor and is building a successful enterprise.  

With over 400 scrunchies sold and her face masks now taking off as a second product line, Lejla is achieving something really exciting and is a terrific ambassador for our gifted education programme at Whakarongo.

If you would like to support her she can be found on Instagram at: