In Pictures: The Big Spell 2016
Last year, a record 1,805 participants took part in The Big Spell 2016. See some of the best images from the event as pupils from all over the country vied for the top prize of $5,000.
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Yu Neng Primary School pupils demonstrating their knowledge of animal names at the Singapore Zoo on Jan 26, 2016, at the launch of the fifth RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship.
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Many pupils arrived at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre for the preliminary round of the RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship well before the start of registration at 8am on Mar 26, 2016.
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More than 1,800 pupils took part in the first round of RHB-ST National Spelling Championship held at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre on Mar 26, 2016.
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Sophi Tan Xuan, from Raffles Girls' Primary School, is the top speller at the RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship 2016.
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Mrs Soo Kim Bee, a master teacher and arbitrator in the North zone, checking the video playback for the part where the contestant spelt “dominant”, during the zonal round of the RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship 2016.
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A pupil writing down her answers in the first round of RHB-ST National Spelling Championship held at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre on Mar 26, 2016.
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More than 1,800 pupils took part in the first round of RHB-ST National Spelling Championship held at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre on Mar 26, 2016.
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Winners of the RHB-Straits Times National Spelling Championship 2016: (from left) Aloysius Khoo, 12, from St Joseph’s Institution Junior was third; Sophi Tan from Raffles Girls’ Primary School was the champion; and Ho Wing Yip, 11, from Catholic High School (Primary) was second.
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Participants all set and raring to go at the first round of The Big Spell 2016 on Mar 26, 2016 at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Little Red Dot’s Motivated Dot mascot interacting with participants at the holding area of The Big Spell 2016 preliminary round at Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Yu Neng Primary School pupils hold up the letters for the word “rhinoceroses” which clinched their win during the game of “human Scrabble” at the launch of the fifth RHB-The Straits Times National Spelling Championship (The Big Spell) at the Singapore Zoo.
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Emcee and Kiss92 radio deejay Charmaine Yee taking a wefie with pupils at the first round of The Big Spell on Mar 26, 2016.
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