Spelling bee kit for Year 2-9 (KS1 to KS3): everything you need to run a classroom or school spelling bee, with 320 words in four levels, rules, a pronouncer script, score sheets, contestant numbers and certificates.

Run a welcoming spelling bee in one hour. Four suggested levels each have 80 words: 20 easy, 20 medium, 20 hard, 15 tie-breakers and 5 championship words. Pupils get clear study lists, and the person reading the words gets each one with its part of speech, a short definition and a sample sentence.

What is included (81 pages, supplied in two PDF files with the same content: colour and ink-friendly black and white)

• Teacher guide: choosing a level and running a bee in one hour
• Pupil rules poster, adult rules and a read-aloud pronouncer script
• 320 words in 4 study lists and 4 pronouncer lists (definitions and sentences)
• Judge score sheet, round-by-round tracker and speller check-in sheet
• Contestant numbers 1 to 40
• Certificates (participant, class champion, runner-up, school champion and best effort)
• Parent letter, 10-day study tracker, 6 practice games and letter tiles

Ways to use

• A class, year group or whole-school spelling bee
• Spelling practice and word work in literacy lessons
• An end-of-term event, or a house competition
• Homework: study lists for families
• Home education groups and family spelling challenges

Print only the pages you need. The certificates are landscape, and the rest are portrait.

PDF, US Letter (choose “Fit to page” to print on A4). English.