Top from left: Jonathan Honore of the Roseau SDA Primary (first place), Megan Vidal of the St. Martin’s Primary School (second place), Kahden Parrillon of the Convent Prep (third place)
Bottom row from left: Juanique Esprit of the SMP (fourth place), Chrisse Piper of the Goodwill Primary School (fifth place)
The Roseau SDA has captured the top spot in the first round of the Dominica Broadcasting Station (DBS) Ministry of Education; Courts sponsored reading competition which took place at the Public Service Union (PSU) building on Monday.
The school won with 291 points, followed closely in the 2nd place by the Saint Martin’s Primary school with a total of 275 points.
The Convent Preparatory School with 273 points came in 3rd place.
Fourth place went to the Saint Mary’s Primary with 259 points and the 5th spot went to the Goodwill Primary School with a total of 255 points.
The competition saw other participants from the Morne Prosper, Wotten Waven, Trafalgar, Laudat and Roseau Primary schools.
The Reading competition is aimed at encouraging reading among children.
There will be six competitions in round one, and will see 10 schools in each district compete for their spot in the grand finale.
The first one was held on Monday at the Public Service Union (PSU) building where 10 schools were expected to participate, however the Roseau Primary was absent due to illness.
Schools from the south eastern district, from Giraudel to Grand bay will go head to head in Grand Bay on Wednesday.
On Thursday schools from the east ranging from Atkinson to Delices will compete.
Next week Tuesday the entire west coast from St. Joseph to Goodwill will contest.
Next week Wednesday, schools from Penville to Concord on the north east will go at it.
On Thursday, the north western district –Clifton to Salisbury will close round one.
Round two will take place on June 16.
Round three will take place on June 23rd and the finals will be on July 4th at the Arawak House of Culture at 3:00 pm.
This is the 7th year of this competition, and it is the brain child of Production Manager at DBS Radio Felix Henderson.
congrats to all the participants
well done megs love u
Dipping a number would apply in the case where the organizers want to have different passages for the children to read. In this situation the children can stay in the same room while each one reads his or her piece since they will be choosing their own story by dipping.
This competition is a great way to motivate children to read, assist in improving their reading and raising the literacy levels in our primary schools. The intentions are very good. However the manner in which the competition is conducted lend itself to some unfairness. Children are tested in reading in national assessments on the same passage or story. Students are to read the same story to determine their level of reading. In this reading competition the children are all given a different story to read. It has been observed that over the years some children get more difficult stories than others. One may even say that some schools get more difficult passages than others. This is because the stories are chosen and given to whatever school the organizers feel they should be given to. Here are two suggestions organizers of this competition should consider. The children can all be given the same passage to read in which case one child reads at a time. The rest of the children should be in another room where they can’t hear what is being read. Then the children are called in one at a time to read in the room. Another way in which this can be done is to number the stories or passages and allow the children to dip a number. The number dipped would determine the passage that the child reads. This would help greatly in reducing the appearance of bias in the competition. Some schools are feeling it and parents who have observed the competition are complaining and don’t want their children to take part. Thank You.
congrats SDA
Yay!!! That’s my school..
I am soooo proud of how Dominican children on a whole read and write. Where I am right now, when I was in high school the way the students read was like they were in grade 1. Counting words. My teacher loved me to read because I know how to do so thanks to my teachers in Dominica. THANK GOD for all our Dominican teachers..keep up the good work students!
DNO please help keep our kids motivated by printing their names. Yes its good to give kudos to the schools but give more kudos to the kids involved. Don’t you think they would be quite excited to see their names appear in your article? A simple call to DBS would very likely provide their names to go with the schools you already have.
Congratulations Jonathan Honore for coming in first. Keep up the good work.
congrats SDA continue to shine.
This competition is a great way to motivate children to read, assist in improving their reading and raising the literacy levels in our primary schools. The intentions are very good. However the manner in which the competition is conducted lend itself to some unfairness. Children are tested in reading in national assessments on the same passage or story. Students are to read the same story to determine their level of reading. In this reading competition the children are all given a different story to read. It has been observed that over the years some children get more difficult stories than others. One may even say that some schools get more difficult passages than others. This is because the stories are chosen and given to whatever school the organizers feel they should be given to. Here are two suggestions organizers of this competition should consider. The children can all be given the same passage to read in which case one child reads at a time. The rest of the children should be in another room where they can’t hear what is being read. Then the children are called in one at a time to read in the room. Another way in which this can be done is to number the stories or passages and allow the children to dip a number. The number dipped would determine the passage that the child reads. This would help greatly in reducing the appearance of bias in the competition. Some schools are feeling it and parents who have observed the competition are complaining and don’t want their children to take part. Thank You.
Dipping a number would apply in the case where the organizers want to have different passages for the children to read. In this situation the children can stay in the same room while each one reads his or her piece since they will be choosing their own story by dipping.