Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
The Heads of House are running an
inter-house Spellathon!
Each tutor group needs to produce a
spelling champion.
ROUND 1:
You will be given a list of 25 words by
your tutor to learn.
You will have a week to learn them.
Your tutor will give you a spelling
test during a registration and the
person with the highest score will go
through to the next round to
represent your house.
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
ROUND 2:
The spelling champion from each
form group will be given approx a
week to learn another 25 words.
They will represent their house and
their year group at a lunchtime
spelling bee in the hall (Mon 18thThurs 21st).
Each house will have between 1-2
representatives in each year group.
The winner from each year group
will receive 50 house points for their
house and go on to ROUND 3 on
Friday 22nd November.
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
ROUND 3:
The winners from year 7 and 8 will go
head to head and the winners from
year 9 and 10 will go head to head in
a final spellathon battle (Friday
lunchtime in the hall)
The words could be from the 50
words they’ve had to learn to get this
far but there will also be some new
words thrown in to increase the
challenge!
ONLY THE STRONGEST SPELLER
WILL SURVIVE!
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
Important dates!
4th-8th November- Tutors give tutees their
spelling lists to learn.
11th-15th November- ROUND 1 tutor groups
have spelling test in tutor time and find their
tutor group Spellathon entrant.
Monday 18th November- ROUND 2 for Year
7 in the hall at lunchtime.
Tuesday 19th November- ROUND 2 for Year
8 in the hall at lunchtime.
Wednesday 20th November- ROUND 2 for
Year 9 in the hall at lunchtime.
Thursday 21st November- ROUND 2 for Year
10 in the hall at lunchtime.
Friday 22nd November- ROUND 3 for the
overall winners from Years 7, 8, 9 & 10.
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
So- time to get learning and get
spelling to try and bring glory to your
House!
Who will be the Queen Bee of
Spelling?
BRING ON
THE SPELLATHON!
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
Round 1 Words Years7-8.
There (Look over there!/ Not here- there!)
Their (Their dog is funny. / Their car is broken.)
They’re (They are- They’re very nice people.)
Two
Too (Don’t drive too fast. / I’ve eaten too much.)
To (I need to get from Carshalton to Sutton.)
Which (Which way should I go to find D8?)
Witch
Break (Break time is the best. / Don’t break that mug!)
Brake (Brakes on a car.)
Plain (I don’t like patterned paper, just plain.)
Plane (I’ve never been on a plane before.)
Quiet
Quite
Friend
Mention
Height
Health
Guard
People
Weird
Weight
Personality
Though
Comfortable
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
Round 1 Words Years 9-10
accommodate
achievement
acquiesce
advantageous
apparent
beneficial
conscious
conscience
controversial
definitely
desperate
dissatisfaction
embarrass
exaggerate
garrulous
histrionic
idiosyncrasy
inconsequential
indigenous
indispensable
maintenance
miscellaneous
necessary
noticeable
obsequious
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
Round 2 Words Years 7-8
Appearance
Because
Assessment
Believe
Happened
Energy
Chocolate
Interesting
Exciting
Happiness
Activities
Aloud
Allowed
Thorough
Exaggerate
Achievement
Embarrass
Necessary
Obsession
Possession
Onomatopoeia
Prejudice
Privilege
Receive
Sincerely
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
Round 2 Words Years 9-10
accommodate
achievement
acquiesce
advantageous
apparent
beneficial
conscious
conscience
controversial
definitely
desperate
dissatisfaction
embarrass
exaggerate
garrulous
histrionic
idiosyncrasy
inconsequential
indigenous
indispensable
maintenance
miscellaneous
necessary
noticeable
obsequious
Inter-house competition:
SPELLATHON!
Round 1 Words Years 9-10
obsession
occasion
occurrence
omniscient
onomatopoeia
panacea
predecessor
prejudice
principle
privilege
probably
procedure
receive
recommend
repetition
separate
sincerely
stationary
supersede
susceptible
ubiquitous
unnecessary
vacuum
vengeance
whether