CRUCIFEROUS, boisterous and tzatziki – would you know how to spell those words without peeking?
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Josh Ridon will rub shoulders with some of the state’s top spellers later this year.
The Singleton Heights Public School pupil was selected to participate in the Regional Finals of the NSW Premier’s Spelling Bee.
Ten Hunter students are in the running to be crowned NSW’s best speller at the state final in Sydney, in November.
Josh will be among more than 80 other children competing in the prestigious competition.
Winning a spot in the State Final is quite an achievement, with around 3,200 students from almost 1000 public schools across NSW competing in the regional finals this month (4-15 September) and more than 153,000 students taking part in this year’s competition.
To make it to the regional finals, the junior finalists had to correctly spell words such as refugee, raucous and congregate. Meanwhile, senior students were challenged with words like cruciferous, boisterous and tzatziki.
NSW is the top-ranked State in mean spelling scores at all year levels in this year’s NAPLAN.
The Premier’s Spelling Bee is just one of the many initiatives that are improving the literacy skills of public school students across NSW.
Josh will compete in the challenge at the ABC Centre, Ultimo, on Wednesday, November 8.