The National Final is now closed. Congratulations to all the students who competed this year.
Key information to register your class
+ Registration is FREE for all students in Years 3-8 at Australian schools,
including registered home schools.
+ Online competition only. Entrants answer 30 random spelling words per round.
+ Three reading levels for Years 3-4, Years 5-6 and Years 7-8.
+ Teachers required to sign-up students. Students must not have turned 15 before February 1, 2022 to enter.
+ Go to REGISTER MY CLASS on the top navigation bar to create a Teacher Account and register your students.
+ Teachers must use an education email address such as edu.au / edumail /
education.nt.gov.au etc to create an Account.
+ Each student must provide a signed Consent Form from parents/guardian to be eligible.
+ Entrants have from August 15 to August 26 to sit the School Round.
+ Teachers must verify that each student competed within the competition rules for results to be validated.
+ See more information under HOW IT WORKS.
SCHOOL ROUND August 15 – August 26, 2022 Opens: August 15 at 9am AEST STATE/TERRITORY FINALS September 1 – September 2, 2022 Opens: September 1 at 9am AEST NATIONAL FINAL September 8, 2022 Opens: September 8 at 9am AEST
Closes: August 26 at 5pm AEST
All entries must be completed by 5pm AEST on August 26, 2022, when the School Round closes.
State
finalists will be announced on August 29 in an email to the teacher who registered them, and on kidsnews.com.au
Closes: September 2 at 5pm AEST
All entries must be completed by 5pm AEST on September 2, 2022, when the State/Territory Finals close.
National finalists will
be announced on September 5 in an email to the teacher who registered them, and on kidsnews.com.au
Closes: September 8 at 5pm AEST
All entries must be completed by 5pm AEST on September 8, 2022, when the National Final closes.
If a tiebreak is required it will commence at 11.30am AEST on
September 9, 2022, and close at 12.30pm AEST on September 9, 2022.
National winners will be announced on September 14 in an email to the teacher who registered them, and on kidsnews.com.au
SPELLING RULES
The Collins English Dictionary (13th Edition) is the final authority and sole source for the spelling of words.
We have adopted some specific Spelling Rules for certain types of words. It is important your students are aware of these:
–ise instead of ize (as in ORGANISE).
–our instead of or (as in COLOUR)
Hyphen in words including double letters (eg, o-o for CO-OPERATE)
single m and no e (as in PROGRAM instead of programme / GRAM instead of gramme).
WHEN TYPING ANSWERS IN THE BEE:
Upper case and lower case letters are both accepted.
Entrants must not use emojis, special characters or punctuation, such
as full stops or commas, in their answers as this will register as an error.
PRIZES
Every student who competes will receive a Participation Certificate.
National winners (3 in total, one in each category) will win:
A return flight to Canberra to meet the Prime Minister for each category winner (and their parent/guardian)
One night’s accommodation in Canberra for each category winner (and their parent/guardian)
1 x iPad
1 x $250
HarperCollins book pack
1 x national winner certificate
School prizes (3 in total, one in each category):
The school of each national winner will 1 x $1000 voucher to spend on books, technology or other equipment and supplies
National runners-up (6 in total, two in each category) will win:
1 X $50 HarperCollins book pack
1 x National runners-up certificate
National finalists will receive:
1 x National
finalist certificate
State finalists:
1 x State finalist certificate
School entrants:
1 x School champion certificate for each school winner
1 x Class champion certificate for each class winner
1 x participation certificate for all entrants