2009 Premier's Spelling Bee

Update

The State Final will be held on Wednesday 18 November at the Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo.

 

Times for the State Final are as follows:

Junior Division: 9.30am-12.30pm

Senior Division: 2.00pm-6.00pm

 

In 2009, ABC Local Radio will be streaming the entire State Final on its website (http://abc.net.au/streaming/abc-video.asx) from 9.00am on Wednesday 18 November. Tune in to watch the action as it unfolds!

 

The final half-hour of the Senior State Final (5.30pm-6.00pm) will also be broadcast live on 702 ABC Sydney and all ABC Local Radio stations state-wide.

 

A list of all 2009 State Finalists can be downloaded below:

2009 Premier’s Spelling Bee State Finalists [.pdf, 56 KB]

 

This year a record 86,000 students across NSW were involved in the Premier’s Spelling Bee. Thirty-five Regional Finals were held all over NSW between 21 September and 2 October with over 2900 students from 750 schools competing for a place in the State Final.

 

About the Competition

The Premier’s Spelling Bee was introduced in 2004 as a fun and educational way for primary school students to engage with spelling. The program includes activities to encourage all students to engage with spelling and to promote improved literacy in combination with the English K-6 Syllabus. The competition is open to all government primary, central and community schools in NSW and comprises two divisions – Junior for Years 3-4 and Senior for Years 5-6.

 

Regional Finals are held in various locations across NSW at the end of Term 3. Each year the State Final is held at the Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Sydney, with the final half hour of the Senior Final broadcast live on ABC Local Radio. The competition attracts significant publicity through media and television coverage.

 

To see a video of the 2008 Premier’s Spelling Bee State Final, filmed by Teachers TV Australia, please click here.

 

2009 Competition Entries

 

The 2009 competition was successfully launched at Darlington Public School on Thursday 21 May by the Hon. Nathan Rees, Premier of NSW and the Hon. Verity Firth, Minister for Education and Training. Students from Valley View Public School and Narara Valley High School performed musical items from the musical “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”. Four students from the 2008 Junior State Final demonstrated their outstanding spelling abilities in a mini Spelling Bee.

 

Information about the 2009 Premier’s Spelling Bee can be downloaded below.

2009 Premier's Spelling Bee Competition Information [.pdf 70 KB]

 

The 2009 Premier’s Spelling Bee is supported by a number of sponsors. Westpac is the Principal Sponsor. Media Partners are the Sun-Herald and ABC Local Radio. Macquarie Dictionary is the Official Wordlist Supplier. QANTAS and Franklin Electronics are Supporting Sponsors.

 

 

 

Past Winners

	Years 3 & 4 Winner	School	Years 5 & 6 Winner	School
2008	Jordan Powell	Warragamba Public School	Mitchell Rowett	Bundanoon Public School
2007	Chloe O'Bryan	Finley Public School	Felicity Cheng	Abbotsford Public School
2006	Meredith Cheng	Abbotsford Public School	Elena Heran	Albury Public School
2005	Joanne Vo	Picnic Point Public School	Tahmid Shahriyar	Wilkins Public School
2004	Katrina Chau	Guildford West Public School	Ishraq Ahmed	Casula Public School