{"id":97536,"date":"2015-08-25T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/97536\/almost-time-for-the-spelling-bee\/"},"modified":"2015-08-25T09:31:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T07:31:33","slug":"almost-time-for-the-spelling-bee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/08\/25\/almost-time-for-the-spelling-bee\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost time for the Spelling Bee"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spelling Bee roadshow, powered by Hirsch\u2019s, recently visited Kensington Ridge Primary, which was the winning school in last year\u2019s Spelling Bee competition.<\/p>\n

Now in its second year, the Spelling Bee competition is one of the events held under the auspices of Caxton, to promote literacy.<\/p>

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The event is aimed at giving our future leaders an opportunity to develop their public speaking skills, improve their speech and promote unerring usage of the English language, pronunciation and spelling.<\/p>\n

Brigitte Thysse, regional public relations and marketing manager of Hirsch\u2019s Johannesburg, spoke of the importance of literacy and why it\u2019s important to host and be involved in this initiative.<\/p>

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Branch manager for the Caxton Near-East region Christopher Mcinga chats to the children from Kensington Ridge Primary School, during the Spelling Bee roadshow, held at the school, recently.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christopher Mcinga, Caxton Near-East branch manager, said the aim of the competition is to enhance the learning process and to expand the pupils\u2019 horizons beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n

Participating schools will be contacted soon regarding details of this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Spelling Bee, contact Daniel Seleme on 011 916-5349, or email to him at dseleme@caxton.co.za.<\/p>\n

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