Practice Sessions

Participants are invited to attend a drop-in practice session run by volunteers with the
Barrie Literacy Council Spelling Bee. The practice sessions are intended only to
familiarize participants with the format the Barrie Literacy Council Spelling Bee will
follow. New participants are encouraged to attend one practice session. It is not necessary to remain at the practice session for the entire afternoon as various practice rounds will be offered.

Practice sessions are Saturday January 12, 2008 1-4pm
                                    Sunday    January 13, 2008 1-4pm

Centre Court at the Kozlov Shopping Centre

 

Preliminary Rounds

Participants are encouraged to sign in 15-20 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the competition.
No participant will be permitted to join the competition once the Spellmaster has given the
first word. The number of participants who will progress to the final competition will be at the discretion of the Barrie Literacy Council.
Participants must participate in their age group's qualifying competition in order to receive
their prize bags. All qualifying competitions will be held in the Centre Court of the Kozlov Shopping Centre

 

Preliminary Rounds

Grade 1 • Saturday Jan. 19, 2008   1pm   
                                                                                                                     
Grade 2• Saturday Jan. 19, 2008 3pm

Grade 3• Sunday Jan. 20, 2008 1pm

Grade 4• Sunday  Jan. 20, 2008 3pm

Grade 5-6• Saturday Jan. 26, 2008 1pm

Grade 7-8• Saturday  Jan. 26, 2008 3pm

 

Finals

Up to 10 participants in Grade 1-4 and up to 20 in grade 5-6 and grade 7-8 from the preliminary rounds will proceed to the finals on Saturday February 9, 2008. Final prizes will be awarded to the top first, second and third place winners in each age category. Participants can sign in up to 30 minutes prior to the start of their competition.

The finals will be held in the Centre Court at the Kozlov Shopping Centre.
      

Grade 1 9:00am
Grade 2 10:30am
Grade 3 12:00pm
Grade 4 1:30pm
Grade 5-6 3:00pm
Grade 7-8 4:30pm