{"id":167152,"date":"2017-11-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/167152\/spelling-is-their-forte\/"},"modified":"2017-11-24T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T07:31:29","slug":"spelling-is-their-forte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/11\/24\/spelling-is-their-forte\/","title":{"rendered":"Spelling is their forte"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post\" class=\"post-166132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-school-news category-top-stories tag-germiston tag-germiston-city-news tag-melissa-hart tag-movies tag-pitter-patter tag-pitter-patter-academy tag-schools tag-wychwood content-print\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Four learners from Laerskool Elsburg recently competed in the WOW National Spelling Bee Competition in Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Kandondo (11) was placed second and Rirothe Siebani (11) was placed fourth out of 34 learners from all nine provinces.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The other two learners Sinawo Dhlamini (11) and Ofentse Phetla (10) made it to the last 15 spellers.<\/p>\n<p>The school is proud of them and thanks everyone for the support.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RELATED ARTICLE:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/162347\/children-head-for-nationals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Children head for spelling nationals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"post\" class=\"post-166132 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-local-school-news category-top-stories tag-germiston tag-germiston-city-news tag-melissa-hart tag-movies tag-pitter-patter tag-pitter-patter-academy tag-schools tag-wychwood content-print\">\n<div 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