Cloughleigh kids are literally top of the class

WHEN it comes to spelling, first-class pupils at Scoil Chríost Rí in Cloughleigh are top of the class.
The pupils came up trumps by scoring excellently in the recent World Spelling Day event, earning the accolade of Ireland’s ‘Top Class’ at spelling.
World Spelling Day is a competition where children can play 100 games, 20 games at each level and then answer as many questions in 60 seconds. This year, 5.3 million children from 218 countries, including hundreds of schools from all over Ireland, participated.
The event encourages pupils of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to have a go at spelling in a fun, interactive and accessible way. Best of all participation in World Spelling Day is free, all pupils need is internet access.
Cloughleigh pupils competed in real time against others from around the world playing spelling games on the World Spelling Day website www.worldspellingday.com.
In the lead-up, pupils in Scoil Chríost Rí were very busy practising their spelling skills. All classes in the school competed in the challenge with Ms Carroll’s first class being declared the best class in Ireland and they were thrilled when school principal Fiona Power told them the good news last week.
To honour their success, they received a plaque from 3P Learning, the company, which organises the World Spelling Day event. This was a great achievement for the class and their teacher Ms Carroll who have put a huge effort into their literacy and spellings practice for this annual event.
They are already looking forward to next year where they hope to regain their crown of being Ireland’s best spelling class.