Congrats to everyone who took part in this year’s Top TEN-FINGER Typing competition. Special congratulations to three of you who got over 50 words per minute (wpm)!!! Emily Maher in 5th with 52wpm, Kadie Johnston in 6th with 57wpm, and this year’s overall winner Lennon Berigan in 5thwith 58wpm. The school record is 72wpm (Andrew […]
New School Record… Lots of New Records!!
Wow! The fastest typing speed of any child at Talbot ever is 39 words-per-minute…. NOT any more!! Two children have smashed the record in this year’s ten-finger typing competition. Leah Sanusi in 6th class, take a bow! You set a new official record of 59 words-per-minute. 59! And in practice Leah got up to 72 […]
Talbot’s Sure Got Ten-Finger Typists!!! New School Record!!!
Want to know how to succeed? How to learn? P_a_t_c_ Can you fill in the missing letters? Do you know what the word is? (Answer at the bottom of this message.) Last year Leah Sanusi was in 4th class, and she got a brilliant 17 words per minute (wpm) in the final of the Talbot’s […]
Winning Story: ‘The Three Keys’ by Anna Ngo
Here, for you to enjoy at home, is the second of the two winning stories (of Talbot’s Got Writers! Christmas 2012). Congratulations, Anna. Read it one time to enjoy it, and then look at it again to notice the amazing words and sentences. Anna wrote three stories for the competition, each brilliant. This story is […]
Winning Story: ‘The Blood Red Door’ by Megan Thorpe
Here, for you to enjoy at home, is one of the two winning stories (of Talbot’s Got Writers! Christmas 2012). Congratulations, Megan. Like I said at Assembly, I am still blown away by Megan’s stunning writing style. Read it one time to enjoy it, and another time to learn from her how she creates entertaining […]
List of Amazing Writers in Talbot…
Yes, like I announced at Assembly today, here is the list of amazing writers who entered the Christmas “Talbot’s Got Writers!” competition. I urge you to ask them to lend you their story. They’re amazing stories, amazing writers! It’s as if these writers have really studied how to make a story entertaining. They’ve clearly listened […]