A NORTHSIDE boy is looking forward to participating in the provincial section of a national spelling competition after winning first prize in the Dublin heat.
Jean-Ted Deliver (12), a pupil at St Patrick’s Boys’ National School, Drumcondra, won his heat in the 2015 Eason Spelling Bee competition. A total of 84 spelling enthusiasts from around the county competed.
Jean-Ted will be hoping to spell more danger for his opponents in the provincials and land a place in the overall final in June.
The four provincial winners will battle it out to be crowned the 2015 Eason Spelling Bee Champion. A total of 1,100 schools from all 32 counties entered this year’s competition.
School children from all over Ireland are reciting words from the dictionary in a bid to become the nation’s top speller.
Over the last couple of years, some of the most difficult words spelled correctly by Eason Spelling Bee winners include: pragmatism, malapropism, pantomime, pontificate and bibliography.
Brendan Corbett, Group Head of Marketing at Eason, said this year’s competition is set to be the most exciting yet.
“We continue to be more amazed each year by the incredible talent in each school and by the motivation and determination shown by these children,
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“Spelling is a great way to open up the sphere of learning in a fun way and help to develop reading and literacy skills.
“We can’t wait to meet all of this year’s
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