Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Prime Minister’s Spelling Bee.
At the school level, the winners of each Year Level were:
| Woodlea | Year | Maddingley | Year | |
| Marvin P | 3 | Yashas M | 3 | |
| Akalvir M | 4 | Vivaan V | 4 | |
| Stella C | 5 | Arjun C | 5 | |
| Neel M | 6 | Robinson | 6 | |
| Yuvraj Singh W | 7 | Avi I | 7 | |
| Viraaj J | 8 | Palaash K | 8 |
The students who have qualified for the State/Territory Finals are:
| Name | Class | Schools Round National Place | |
| Vivaan V | 4F | ||
| Jisha S | 4C | ||
| Akalvir M | 4WC | ||
| Stella C | 5WB | ||
| Neel M | 6WC | ||
| Ridhima J | 6WB | ||
| Yuvraj Singh W | 7WC | 1st | |
| Rayan A | 7WC | ||
| Aarav S | 7WD | ||
| Avi I | 7D | ||
| Kashvi S | 7H | ||
| Ronan N | 7H | ||
| Athulya V | 7WE | ||
| Sanuja Nethum S | 7D | ||
| Ethan M | 7WB | ||
| Palaash K | 8I | 18th | |
| Vahini B | 8A | 26th | |
| Isha S | 8H | 45th | |
| Aarush M | 8C | ||
| Aarash Amit C | 8I | ||
| Vivaan O | 8C | ||
| Hitesh M | 8D | ||
| Viraaj J | 8WD | ||
| Akshith Krishna K | 8A | ||
| Thanvi V | 8WB | ||
| Ocean L | 8WE | ||
| Aanav M | 8G | ||
| Grace V | 8WB | ||
| Eva P | 8WE | ||
| Dhavanesh V | 8WC | ||
| Adesh Singh P | 8C | ||
| Navdeesh B | 8WB | ||
The State/Territory round will take place this week at both campuses.
Competition dates and times will be communicated this week.
Feona West – Teacher Librarian
Book Fair Update – Maddingley and Woodlea
Thank you so much to all our BMG families for your amazing support of our 2025 Book Fairs. Commission from the book sales will be used to purchase more resources for the school.
We are currently waiting on the delivery from Lamont of the last of our orders.
If your child has not yet received their order then please contact Mrs West at westf@bmg.vic.edu.au. Do not contact Lamont Books directly. Thank you.
Feona West – Teacher-Librarian and BMG Book Fair Coordinator
Book Club News September
Issue 6 of the Scholastic Book Club catalogue is available to order from.
Click here to go to the ‘How to order’ page
Click here to be taken directly to the issue page to place an order with the option to order from Issues 5 and 6
Diane Dunn (Maddingley Campus) and Feona West (Woodlea Campus) – Scholastic Book Club Coordinators
Story Writing Competition Winners
Congratulations to the following students who have won the 2025 Annual BMG Story Writing Competition.
Students were challenged to write an original, authentic story with the prompt: ‘Why is that there? Something is not right.’
Winners will be presented with a certificate and a QBD gift voucher.
STORY WRITING COMPETITION 2025 WINNERS
Winner | Honourable mention | |
Year 8 | Hardeep K 8WA | Aadi M 8F |
Year 7 | Aria S 7D | Grace S 7WC |
Year 6 | Japnoor G 6D | Antara B 6WD |
Year 5 | Divisha S 5WC | Ariana S 5WA |
Year 4 | Miya S 4WB | Sohanska A 4F |
Year 3 | Risima N 3D | Neevan P 3WC |
Year 2 | Avyaan N 2WA | Mukunth Ganesh K 2C |