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UEM Land Organises Spelling Competition for Its PINTAR Schools
NUSAJAYA, Monday, 5th November 2012: UEM Land Holdings Berhad (UEM Land), the master developer of Nusajaya, one of the five key nodes Iskandar Malaysia, successfully organised a Spelling competition for its PINTAR primary schools pupils at Theatrette Hall, Bangunan Dato’ Jaafar Muhammad, Kota Iskandar, today.
The programme organised in collaboration with Johor Bahru District Education Department (PPDJB) received 60 participations from 12 UEM Land’s PINTAR primary schools around Gelang Patah. The Spelling competition was organised for Year Six students and consisted of three sessions; preliminary session, knock out session and best speller session.
In the preliminary session, all registered contestants were required to sit for written spelling test to select the best 20 students to proceed to the second session, the spelling bee contest. To avoid any remonstration and dissatisfaction amongst teachers and students, contestants were given the opportunity to pick their words by selecting any numbers (1 to 50), projected on the screen in each round.
The half-day spelling bee contest commenced with 20 qualified pupils competed for approximately one and half hours of heated yet fun and friendly competition. The programme ended with best speller session where top five winners competed to be awarded as the best speller. For this session, contestants were tested and scores were given in two areas – spelling accuracy and ability to construct sentences with given words.
The competition witnessed Nurul Nabila Illyana bt Mohd Ruzuki of Sekolah Kebangsaan Nusantara as the champion, whom took home cash prize of RM450. Muhammad Aliff bin Firzhan from Sekolah Kebangsaan Tanjung Kupang, and Elliyan Mizati bt Mohd Ismail from Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nusa Perintis 1 won the second and third place respectively, took home cash prizes of RM350 and RM250 each. Meanwhile, the fourth and fifth winners are Mohd Aiman Hakeem bin Mohd Azizi and Muhammad Razin bin Ranmani from Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Nusa Perintis 1 and Sekolah Kebangsaan Tanjung Adang respectively, took home cash prize of RM150 and RM100 each.
“I am happy that my achievement has made both my parents proud. Personally, I am still ecstatic because I won the first place award. My instinct told me that I could win the competition yet I still work hard to give my best and never underestimate my opponents”, said Nurul Nabila Illyana, SK Nusantara.
“Overall, it was good. It provided an excellent platform for the students to explore their capabilities. Honestly, my students enjoyed the programme so much. To them it was very challenging and they are eager to compete in similar programme again, next year. They like the adrenaline of the competition, being up on stage and to give their best to seize the moment and subsequently test their abilities”, said Maziana bt Mohd Isa Head of English Panel, SK Nusantara.
The spelling competition is part of UEM Land on-going quests to develop and engender an English-proficient community in all UEM Land’s PINTAR schools. The programme targeted at primary school students aimed at helping students to improve their spelling skills and master their spelling foundation. Additionally, the programme also aimed at enhancing students’ vocabularies, developing correct English language and encouraging students to learn the language.