The first ever Spelling Bee at Normanhurst couldn’t have gone any better. The event, which involved all the pupils from Year 3 to Year 10, brought both our houses together for a friendly yet highly competitive event. The competition started with a classic spelling round, in which the pupils were asked to spell given words. Each house put forward a representative from each year group for a 5-word round, starting with Year 3. However, it wasn’t only down to the representatives of each house at the front: there were numerous uses of ‘audience lifelines’. Many pupils from the audience came to the rescue of their houses. Materialistic, bioluminescence, bludgeon and onomatopoeia were some of the words to be spelt. There were many fair-play moments throughout.
The second round involved the audience directly and, towards the end, it had the chance to turn the tides in the competition. It was a Countdown style round where everyone used sets of random letters to write a single word. The word with the most letters would earn a point. At the end of this round, there was a 3-pointer event, where everyone in the room was asked to write as many words as they could using the letters on display. Each word was worth 3 points. This was the round where all could change because the involvement of the audience would earn a lot of points for each house!
The event came to an end with a lot of laughter, handshakes and applause.
The points are currently being counted. The winning house will be announced and will receive their first ever ‘Normanhurst House Spelling Bee’ trophy.
