Spelling Bee 2022 The International School of Moscow’s annual Spelling Bee 2022/23 was an exceptional event, which saw students from Years 1 to 6 across all three campuses delving into the wonderful world of spelling. Find out what happened in the intense final here.
The International School of Moscow’s annual Spelling Bee 2022/23 was an exceptional event, which saw students from Years 1 to 6 across all three campuses delving into the wonderful world of spelling. The students returned to school after the October half term holidays and dove straight into practising a range of phonetically tricky words, which was exciting to witness. Moving through the corridors, it was common to hear students testing each other’s knowledge of the words and to see them sharing their practice scores!
Despite the thick snow, dark mornings and freezing temperatures, our hearts were warmed to see the excitement building in the students as the campus finals, which took place on Friday 25th November, were getting nearer. In Rosinka, Krylatskoye Lower Campus and Krylatskoye Upper Campus, students participated in their class finals in an attempt to reach the top 2 places per year group, where they would compete in the campus finals!
On Friday 25th November, we saw some absolutely outstanding competitors, who managed to spell 20 words in less than 60 seconds, which is an exceptional feat in and of itself. One winner and one runner-up per year group was chosen by our impartial 3-person judging panel, with all students cheering and being very supportive of all the competitors.
Friday 2nd December saw all the finalists from Years 1 to 6 travelling to our fantastic Rosinka campus, where they competed for the title of ‘Spelling Bee Winner 2022/23’. The competition was incredibly intense, with our impartial judges working extra hard to keep up with the incredible spelling speed of our competitors, who really demonstrated an exceptional level of hard work, cooperation and sportsmanship, and are an absolute credit to their school!
The spelling scores and speeds were so closely matched, that the Year 5 students ended up competing in a sudden death round, expertly spelling 5 words that they hadn’t seen or practised. After this, a winner and a runner up were announced per year group.
It was incredibly motivating to watch the students as they prepared; I am extremely excited about next year’s Spelling Bee!
A child’s youngest years are a jubilant journey of discovery, exploration and growth. The impact of the caring attention we provide during these youngest years will echo through the rest of their lives.
Did you know… a child’s brain is already 90-95% of its adult size before entering Primary school. They will develop a great deal yet, but the foundational structure has been set.
We were thrilled to hear from Elbina, one of our graduating Class of 2018, who was visiting Russia to spend time with her family over the New Year holiday.
Elbina, who graduated from ISM almost six years ago, has completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology at the University of St Andrews, and is now midway through her PhD study in the field of medicine.
Elbina enthusiastically agreed to visit her old school to speak with our Sixth Form students, and share her expertise about what to expect from university life, how to get the best results in your degree, and those important next steps after graduation.
Krylatskoe Campus
Krylatskaya Ulitsa 12
Krylatskoe
Moscow
121552
Rosinka Campus
Building 41
IRC Rosinka
Krasnogorsky region
Moscow rural
143442
