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10-year-old Jillian Strong at her Bellbowrie home, Tuesday, September 17, 2024 - Picture: Richard Walker

New Spelling Bee champs crowned

After over 70,000 student registrations, three riveting rounds and every state and territory in Australia joining the hive, it’s time to meet the national champions of the 2024 PM’s Spelling Bee

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KIDS NEWS 2024: Prime Minister's Spelling Bee - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Education Minister Jason Clare encourage all teachers and eligible students to "have a crack" at this year's Bee. Picture: supplied

It’s game on as Bee breaks record

Record numbers of students, teachers and schools have registered in the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee with more than 63,000 kids in Years 3-8 entered in the school round, running until August 23

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Sydney based Author Suzanne Leal and her daughter Miranda, 8, have been receiving letters from Suzanne's mother's best friend Alison Whittle for years and believe there may have been a resurgence in letter writing during the Covid-19 era. Pictured are some general photos of the letters Alison has sent over the years. Picture: David Swift.

Letters worth writing home about

Writing letters by hand was once a primary form of human communication – it’s a dying art now but experts say the practice should be rescued from the dustbin to help Gen Alpha thrive

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. NOVEMBER 13, 2023: 2023 Prime Minister's Spelling Bee national champions: Years 3-4 (Green) winner Samuel Wright, 9 (grade 4), Years 5-6 (Orange) winner Abigail Koh, 12 (grade 6), Years 7-8 (Red) winner The Bee's first back-to-back champ Zachary Cheng, 14 (year 8) at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Kids go for gold in Spelling Bee

When they aren’t cheering on Team Australia at the Olympics, over 35,000 students and counting from across Australia are going for their own personal best in our national spelling challenge

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Scam smart kids start with ABCs

Scott Pape and other financial experts believe Australian kids need a ‘vital’ tool as Generation Alpha’s digitally-led lives mean they have to be scam savvy from a younger age than ever before

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Zac Cheng has claimed the 2023 PM's Spelling Bee championship title, the 2022 defending champ taking out the Years 7-8 Red level category for the second time.                     Picture: David Caird

PM’s Spelling Bee champs named

After nearly 60,000 student registrations, three exciting rounds and every state and territory in Australia getting busy with their ABCs, it’s time to meet the 2023 PM’s Spelling Bee champions

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 21: The three national winners of the 2022 Prime Minister's Spelling Bee meet with  the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra. Ozi Egesi with the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Top tips from Bee super spellers

As the final week of Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee school round gets underway, the hive is really humming with over 50,000 Australian students already registered to spell their way to success

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pictured with Year 6  Students at  Marrickville Public School, who participated in the 2022 Prime MinisterÕs Spelling Bee and are gearing up for 2023

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PM’s bold a-m-b-i-t-i-o-n-s for Bee

The third annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee starts on Monday as Mr Albanese shares hopes of a record number of Aussie kids taking part to ‘open up opportunity’ in our fast-changing digital world

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TOPSHOT - This photograph shows the prestigious Champs-Elysees Avenue, transformed into a giant classroom hosting participants, as they attempt to beat the record of the "World's Biggest Dictation" in Paris on June 4, 2023. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)

Paris’ Champs-Elysees spellathon

France’s historic capital Paris is known as the City of Light but it is also famously a city of literature and letters, now including hosting a world-record attempt at a mass spellathon event