Spelling success: Kerikeri 7-year-old tops NZ in ICAS international test
11 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM
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Beau Mounter, 7, has topped the country in the annual ICAS spelling competition. Photo / Supplied
Ingredient. Significance. Restaurant. Refrigerator. Bought.
Those words would challenge some adult spellers but to Beau Mounter they re child s play.
Getting them right plus a host of other tricky words earned the 7-year-old at Kerikeri Primary School the highest score of any Year 3 pupil in New Zealand in the annual ICAS Spelling Bee assessment.
Beau s achievement was recognised late last month with a medal that would normally be presented in person by the competition s Australia-based organisers, but due to the Covid pandemic a virtual ceremony will be held early in the new year instead.