Woah!I cant believe I am here.I am a young,13 year old girl from Soweto,South Africa.I have always been fascinated by the world of poetry but I never knew that I would become a teenage author.I grew up in a home where books were embraced.To me books were a place where I could have awesome adventures while sitting in my bedroom.I thank all my teachers who nurtured my talent especially Mrs .M.Glade and Mrs.C.Mclean and wonderful principal Mr.R.Peters.I would also thank my mom,Mary Beyile and family for all the support.
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My cool experience in jhb 2016 .it is really nice to come to south Africa and a privilege to to participate in the spelling bee africa competitions.
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Taking part in the first ever African spelling bee is the greatest opportunity that I've ever landed. South Africa is such an amazing country and I've loved every minute I was here, except the cold weather!
Being here has really enriched my vision and has motivated me to follow my dreams. I hope to have a phenomenal story to tell in the future. Because of my experience here, I have no doubt that I will get there.
Legends were born in silence.
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Posted by Janice Scheckter on
14 July 2016 11:15 AM
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Firstly I would like to introduce myself as Lesego Kgatitswe my age is 12 im born in 2004 today is a very special day for me and i wish myself all the best I am at Monash University today at the spelling bee and Im meeting quite a lot of people and they are actually interesting.
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Itinerary
Wednesday, 13 July – Sunday, 17 July 2016
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
13:00 Arrival of Spellers, coordinators and chaperones – Collection at airport
Transfer to accommodation at Krugersdorp High School
18:00 Dinner – Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund
Thursday, 14 July 2016
07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast at KHS
09:00 – 11:00 Preparation, rules, orientation and t-shirt fitting at KHS
11:30 – 15:00 Lunch at Monash, tour, presentation and exhibition (Monash, ABA, Ducere & ASB)
15:30 Leisure time at Clearwater Mall
17:45 – 19:30 Movie
19:30 Dinner at Clearwater Mall
Friday, 15 July 2016
07:00 – 09:00 Breakfast at KHS
09:00 – 12:00 Mandela Day Celebrations at Nelson Mandela Children’s fund
13:00 – 15:00 Mandela House and Hector Peterson - Soweto
16:30 – 18:00 Rehearsal/Dry Run at Riverstone Lodge
18:30 Dinner
Saturday, 16 July 2016
07:00 – 08:00 Breakfast at KHS
09:00 – 14:00 African Spelling Bee Championship and light lunch
15:00 – 18:00 Leisure time
19:00 Dinner - Braai
Sunday, 17 July 2016
07:00 - 09:00 Breakfast and Departure
09:00 – 13:00 AGM – Monash SA
Coordinators depart
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With less than 2 weeks to go - its all sysytems go for the 1st Annual African Spelling Bee.
Nine Spelling Bee organisations from across the continent have joined together to establish the African Spelling Bee Consortium in order to host the first ever AFRICAN SPELLING BEE to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on 16 July 2016. Together the Spelling Bee organisations have run national competitions impacting well over five million young people.
The African Spelling Bee Consortium has partnered with Monash South Africa (MSA) to organise and host the African Spelling Bee Championship. MSA is proudly sponsoring the grand prize of a fully paid undergraduate tuition scholarship to the spelling champion. Professor Alwyn Louw, Monash South Africa Academic President, said "Our collaboration with Spell It over the years has provided sponsorships for 14 learners to attend Monash South Africa and we are pleased to continue this support for promising young learners".
The competition delegates will meet in Johannesburg for the final event hosted by African Spelling Bee Consortium and their partners the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Fleet Africa, Nedbank and Monash South Africa. South African Airways has also partnered with the African Spelling Bee Consortium to be the official carrier for delegates from across the continent.
The African Spelling delegation consists of 27 learners – the top three finalists from nine of the participating countries – their chaperones and competition coordinators. The participating African countries include Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Botswana, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa.
The Africa Spelling Bee Championship will take place on Saturday, 16 July at the Nedbank Auditorium. The programme will begin at 9:00 and will consist of four distinct rounds. After a challenging first three rounds where contestants will have to spell multi-lingual words, the remaining finalists will battle it out in the final fourth round as they attempt to spell the ‘25 Championship’ words.
The winner of this round will be named the first 2016 Africa Spelling Bee champion, and will be presented with the MSA undergraduate scholarship prize.
During their stay, delegates will participate in an educational tour starting on 12th July that will include a visit to the MSA campus, a visit to Vilakazi Street, the Hector Pieterson Museum, Sandton Square and number of other points of interest. In addition a mini-African Union session will be hosted by staff and students of MSA
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