Ms Cheryl Glover

Principal Tuesday 2nd of August, 2011

Premiers Spelling Bee 2011

Dear Parents/ Guardians,

The Premier’s Spelling Bee is open to all students in New South Wales government primary and central schools. There is a junior division for students in Years 3 and 4 and a senior division for students in Years 5 and 6.

Information about the Premier’s Spelling Bee, including the word lists that students need to study for the competition, are posted on the Arts Unit website at https://www.artsunit.nsw.edu.au/speaking-competitions/spelling-bee/2011-premiers-spelling-bee. These lists can be accessed with the following user name and password:

User Name: Teacher Password: arachnophobia.

The word lists will also feature on our school website.

Words for the competition are provided by Macquarie Dictionary and are divided into several categories. Junior and Senior students study different wordlists. Regional and State Finals also include unseen words in later rounds.

Mrs Batalis and Ms Demetriou will run a school based spelling competition on Tuesday 23rd of August to determine 2 junior representatives and 2 senior representatives from our school.

We are due to enter our 4 representatives in the regional final on Wednesday 21st of September, 2011.

at Georges Hall Public School. Further information will follow once we have selected students to represent our school at this regional competition.

Junior and Senior winners from each Regional Final go on to compete in the State Finals.

The State Final will be held on Wednesday 18th November at the Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, 700 Harris St, and Ultimo. The last half hour will be broadcast on Richard Glover’s Drive program on ABC local radio,

Please sign the attached permission form below to allow your child to take part in this competition at school. If you do not have internet access at home, Mrs Batalis and Ms Demetriou can assist you in obtaining the word lists required by your child.

This note needs to be returned to Mrs Batalis or Ms Demetriou by the 9th of August. 2011.

Thank you,

Mrs Batalis and Ms Demetriou

Premier’s Spelling Bee Coordinators

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Premier’s Spelling Bee 2011 – Permission Note

I give permission for my child ______of class _____ to take part in the Premier’s Spelling Bee competition run by Mrs Batalis and Ms Demetriou.

I understand that if we do not have internet access at home, we can see Mrs Batalis or Ms Demetriou about obtaining the required word lists.

Parent’s / Guardian’s Signature: ______Date: ______