Assalamualaikum and Good Morning to all.

”To succeed,You have to believe in

something with such a passion,that it becomes a reality”.I Maryam Saadi of
grade 10-S feel privileged to extend my warm welcome and greetings to
Honorable judges,Vice Principal,Heads,Respected teachers and participants
with great joy and immense exultation.We cordially invite you all for the first
ever in house,Girls VS Boys Spelling Bee Contest 2018 hosted at the Senior
Girls Section.We would like to express our gratitude to Miss Fauzia for her
great support in organizing this event.

We will begin our morning program with the verses of the holy Quran.I
would like to call upon Fatima Rafiq of 10-S to do the recitation and
Khadija Ashraf of 10-C to do the translation.

Now I would like to call the school choir for the national Anthem and
school song.

Vocabulary can be defined as knowledge of words and word meanings.

Talking about the importance of vocabulary, the linguist David Wilkins
argued that: “without grammar little can be conveyed, without vocabulary
nothing can be conveyed.” Indeed, people need to use words in order to
express themselves in any language.Whoever said that the pen is mightier
 than the sword definitely knew what they were talking about.To
humans,words are more than a means of communication,they can shape our
beliefs,behavior and ultimately our actions.However, swords can coerce
us,threaten us ,nothing is more powerful than a tool which can shape our
opinions.

Firstly,I would like to introduce our competing teams and participants to

you.Grade 9,10 and 11 consists of two teams each,A and B. From grade 9, we
have Fatima Nawaz of 9-E,,Fatima and Sara khan of 9-S for team A from
Senior Girls section while in team B of Senior boys section ,we have Faizan
Shukoor of 9-C,Aadesh Kumar and Zarrar of 9-S.Now,from grade 10 ,Team A
consists of Taroob Tariq of 10-N,Fatima Rafiq of 10-S and Maryam Khatri of
10-E from senior Girls section .Team B of Senior Boys section comprises of
Saadullah Memon of 10-T,Sameer Mehmood of 10-T and Haris Ali of 10-
C.Now for Team A of grade 11 ,we have Fiza Tanveer of 11-E.Hira Bhutto and
Mishal Abid of 11-t while in Team B of grade 11,we have Bakhtiar Zaidi of 11-
S, Raffay Humayun and Aandal Khan of 11-T .

Before we commence our Contest,I would like to ask our judges ,Miss
Beenish from Prep Boys section and Miss Ammara from Prep Girls Section to
take over their esteemed positions while I read out the rules and regulation
which should be kept in mind throughout the competition.

1. The spelling Bee Contest will be held between the girls and boys of classes
9,10 and 11.
2. Each student will have the liberty to spell the words when their team is asked
a word.
3. Each team will be asked 10 words to spell from the given wordlist.
4. The spelling Bee is an oral competition.Students will not be allowed to write
the words on paper.
5. After the pronouncer give the team a word,the total time given to each team
will be 40 seconds.From this time,the team will have only first 20 seconds to
ask questions about the word and final 20 seconds to spell the word.
6. If the speller starts spelling the word before 40 seconds mark he/she will be
allowed to complete spelling the word but he/she will not be allowed to
retrace.
7. The teams may ask the pronouncer to repeat the word, define it ,use it in a
sentence and provide the part of speech.The request will only be granted in
the first 20 seconds.On completion of the remaining 20 seconds a bell will
sound and on the completion of the remaining 20 seconds seconds a double
bell sound, will indicate ,the time has finished.
8. All members can ask questions and anyone from the team can spell with
mutual agreement.
9. The speller must spell the word only after consulting the team
members.Other members will not be allowed to prompt or stop the speller
once he/she begins spelling the word.
10. Speller must pronounce the word,spell it and pronounce the word
again.Once a word has been spelt completely it will not be asked to repeat.
11. Every letter should be spelt slowly and clearly.
12. The jury will comprise of two judges and a pronouncer.
13. The jury will be in complete control of the competition and their decision
will be final.
14. Teams will be required to stay quiet when a team is being questioned.
15. In case of a tie between teams,an additional word will be asked to each
team till one top scoring team emerges as a winner.
16. Students will receive appreciation for team effort.

Now ,I would request our pronouncer,Miss Hanna Ismail to start grilling our
enthusiastic particpants .

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That was an intense spellbinding hour and I can assure you it was as nerve
wracking for us as it was for the participants.Well done you all!

Now,I would request the honorable judges to come upon stage and announce
the winners of this competition

Hearty Congratulation to all the winners.It was a great pleasure hosting this
competition.I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Miss Fauzia
who generously helped us to make this event come together to become a
success and thankyou Judges ,Miss Beenish and Miss Ammara .Our heads
,Miss Saboohi our TCS network head ,our Vice principal,Miss Wajida Baig
and Academic Network coordinator,Miss Azra Baig.Special credits to Senior
Boys section and Miss Sarah Shamsi for making this a memorable event.
Thnakyou all!