New participants are invited to attend a drop-in practice session to familiarize themselves with the format of the Barrie Literacy Council Spelling Bee. New participants are not required to attend, but are encouraged to try standing at the microphone, practise a couple of words and become comfortable with the set-up. Volunteers will be offering helpful coaching tips. It is not necessary to remain at the practice session for the entire time. Parents and guardians are required to stay with their children. If a child is not already registered, registration will still be taken. However, NO registrations will be allowed after this weekend.
Practice sessions will take place on January 14 & 15, 2012 between 1 & 3pm
Practice sessions will be held in the Centre Court at the Kozlov Shopping Centre.
Qualifying Rounds
Participants MUST sign in 30 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.
Participants must participate in their grade category's qualifying round in order to receive their prize bags.
All qualifying rounds will be held in the Centre Court of the Kozlov Shopping Centre.
| Grade 1 |
1 pm |
Saturday, January 21 |
| Grade 2 |
3 pm |
Saturday, January 21 |
| Grade 3 |
12 pm |
Sunday, January 22 |
| Grade 4 |
3 pm |
Sunday, January 22 |
| Grade 5 |
11 am |
Saturday, January 28 |
| Grade 6 |
1 pm |
Saturday, January 28 |
| Grades 7-8 |
3 pm |
Saturday, January 28 |
Finals
The total number of finalists will be determined by the number of registered participants in each grade category. Up to 10 participants from Grades 1-6 and up to 20 in the Grade 7-8 category from the preliminary rounds will proceed to the finals. The number of participants who will progress will be at the discretion of the Barrie Literacy Council. Final prizes will be awarded to the top first, second and third place winners in each grade category. Participants MUST sign in 30 minutes prior to the start of their competition.
Finals will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2012
(storm date: February 25, 2012 - same times)
The finals will be held in the Centre Court at the Kozlov Shopping Centre.
Grade 1 |
9:00am |
Grade 2 |
10:00am |
Grade 3 |
11:00am |
Grade 4 |
12:30pm |
Grade 5 |
1:30 pm |
Grade 6 |
2:30pm |
Grade 7-8 |
3:30pm |
Last day to register: January 15, 2012
