We’re happy to say that the children have settled in nicely after their 2-week holiday. They seem full of energy and extremely cheerful on the playground.
On the 20th of May, United Nations celebrates World Bee Day (https://www.un.org/en/observances/bee-day), and we want to use this as an opportunity to learn why “we all depend on the survival of bees” (UN, 2022).
Children will spend the morning sessions learning about the bees while engaging in cross-curricular activities. In the afternoon (12.00 pm), we plan to establish a tradition at BIJS – the annual Spelling Bee Contest! I’m sure children would love your support, and we would like to extend our invitation to attend the Spelling Bee contest (more details to follow).
A spelling bee is a contest to put spelling skills to the test. Pupils will be given words that they must attempt to spell correctly out loud in front of the judges (TBC). This will be done individually, with each student being asked to spell the given words. Once a player misspells a word, they are disqualified. This continues until we find our winner who has been able to spell all of their words correctly!
The Phase Leaders will post the Spelling Bee list on each year’s group ClassDojo page.
Putting on a spelling bee competition for kids can be a great way to motivate them to learn their spellings, and adds fun to the process.
Look forward to a spectacular competition!
