Students from St Mary’s in Menston took part in a competition aimed at Year Seven pupils who are beginners in a foreign language aimed at improving vocabulary, spelling, pronunciation and memory skills.

The ‘Spelling Bee’ was set up in 2009 as a regional competition and in 2010 became a national competition across England.

Competitions took part at St. Mary’s earlier in the year and four students, Emilia Corkery, Dhugal Sandground, Olivia Brady and Keith Bray were chosen to represent the school in the Yorkshire and Humber Final.