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3 weeks ago | 
news.com.au | Shona Hendley |Diana Jenkins
READING LEVEL: GREENThe world was still reeling from the global Covid pandemic when the nation’s top young spellers first buzzed into the hive for the first Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee back in 2021. Four years of competition, more than 210,000 registered students and 11 national champions later, the 2025 Bee is fast approaching its July 21 launch. What better way to celebrate its big 5th birthday bash than by catching up with Australia’s junior spelling stars?
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Diana Jenkins
OPINIONMaybe it’s down to devices, and too many people in their early 20s prizing their virtual lives over the real McCoy, but my most recent “service” experiences have reinforced my growing concern that for all their tech savviness, Gen Z, as a cohort, is missing a vital chip. An old friend and I headed to Sydney’s Barangaroo on Sunday to meet three other school friends.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
geelongadvertiser.com.au | Diana Jenkins
OPINIONMaybe it’s down to devices, and too many people in their early 20s prizing their virtual lives over the real McCoy, but my most recent “service” experiences have reinforced my growing concern that for all their tech savviness, Gen Z, as a cohort, is missing a vital chip. An old friend and I headed to Sydney’s Barangaroo on Sunday to meet three other school friends.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
townsvillebulletin.com.au | Diana Jenkins
OPINIONMaybe it’s down to devices, and too many people in their early 20s prizing their virtual lives over the real McCoy, but my most recent “service” experiences have reinforced my growing concern that for all their tech savviness, Gen Z, as a cohort, is missing a vital chip. An old friend and I headed to Sydney’s Barangaroo on Sunday to meet three other school friends.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Angela Saurine |Diana Jenkins
The fourth annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee saw a national final of “firsts”. For the first time in the competition’s history, no student scored 30/30 in the tough third round – all three new champions scored 29/30. Only the second NSW champion since free classroom news site Kids News launched the Bee in 2021, Sydney’s Aditya Paul has entered the free spelling challenge every year.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
cairnspost.com.au | Diana Jenkins |Angela Saurine
READING LEVEL: GREENAussie kids have shown their might in the school round of the fourth annual Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee. Run by Kids News, the Bee’s record-breaking 70,557 student registrations nationwide were driven by two more new records: 2752 teachers at 1170 schools. The top 200 students in each state and territory across the three age categories now advance to finals, starting Monday.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
kidsnews.com.au | Shona Hendley |Diana Jenkins
READING LEVEL: GREENA record number of teachers have signed up for the free, online Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee, registering a record number of students across years 3-8. Over 63,000 stand counting are currently competing in the national school round. And there is still time to enter and play – the school round ends this Friday 23 August. Run by Kids News, the Bee’s busiest day for page views coincided with the release of NAPLAN results, with the Bee clocking over 51,000 views on August 14 alone.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Diana Jenkins
Fresh out of the maternity ward after the birth of her second son Carter, Jules Robinson clearly likes a challenge. After adding “author” to her crowded CV with the release of her new book of down-to-earth Aussie wisdom Ask Jules, she and husband Cam Merchant are also midway through renovating. A giant workman even crept past the newborn as Jules was saying she was “not a natural writer”. “I’m a great storyteller, I’m a great communicator, but with writing I really had to find my way,” she said.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Diana Jenkins
Olympians aren’t the only Aussies going for gold, with teachers nationwide registering over 35,000 students the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee in its first two weeks, as experts weigh in on performance culture making a classroom comeback. Team psychologist for Australia’s Winter Olympics team in 2006 and the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, performance coach, speaker and author Gavin Freeman said “performance” was simply part of being in the world.
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Jul 27, 2024 | 
news.com.au | Diana Jenkins
VIDEOArming kids with tools to protect them from digital fraudsters starts with their ABCs, experts say, as improving online security measures for children becomes increasingly essential. With the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee passing 20,0000 student registrations in its opening week of the school round, the Barefoot Investor and father of four Scott Pape said literacy was “absolutely vital” for protecting children – and their financial decisions – online.
