Five Tottenham schools organised a spelling competition at St Pauls All Hallows School on Wednesday the 3rd of December.

The other schools taking part are St Francis de Sales, Lancasterian, Risley and Devonshire Hill.

Children have been practising hard and learning to spell some tricky words such as ‘accommodation’ and ‘rhythm’. Mr Lane, the head teacher at St Francis de Sales, said, “I am very pleased that this event is taking place and we want to build on this success and have more inter school events that focus on literacy and maths."

Ahead of the event, Jessica from year 6 of St Francis de Sales said, "I am looking forward to this. We are confident because NaNa-Yaa, who is in our team, always gets 10 out of 10 in spellings."

The head teacher of St Pauls and All Hallows, Mrs Sharon Easton, was the MC and she kept a tight reign as the event unfolded. Only 12 points separated the first and last position. The children had a brilliant time and are looking forward to the next competition! 

The eventual winner after a close competition was St Francis de Sales School. Year 6 pupil Shinee said, "We are really happy."

The schools are planning a Tottenham maths competition and are looking for the next generation of maths geniuses  in Tottenham schools.