Juba Primary Schools Mini Competition 2024

Juba Primary Schools Mini Competition 2024 Presentation

1. Juba Primary Schools
Mini Competition 2024
EMPOWERING SCHOOL CHILDREN TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

2. About the Competition
TheJubaPrimarySchoolsMiniCompetition(JPSMC)2024isthethirdedition
ofthiscontestbeingorganizedbytheExcellenceFoundationforSouthSudan
(EFSS)throughitsSouthSudanNationalSpellingBee(SSNSB)projectfor
interestedpublicandprivateprimaryschools.
SchoolswillcompeteinSpellingBees,SpeedChallengeQuizzes,Speechand
AcademicDebatethroughexchangevisits.
Thisisconductedforprimaryschoolchildrenwithaninnovativeapproach
thatcombineslearningwithfunandcompetition.
ThiswillencouragethemtoexploretheEnglishlanguage,expandtheir
vocabularyandimprovetheircommunicationandcomprehensionskills.

3. About the Competition
Step 8:
Completing
Feedback
Form
Step 7:
Grand
Finale
Step 6:
Commence
ment
Step 5:
Fixtures
Announce
ment
Step 4:
Team
Assessment
Step 3:
Teachers’
Envisioning
Step 2:
Admission
to
WhatsApp
Group
Step 1:
Online
Registratio
n

4. About the Competition
ThiscompetitionwillhappeninTermIIIfrom30
th
Septemberto30
th
October
2024
Therewillbetwopreliminaryroundsinthegroupstagesbeforethetop08
schoolsproceedtotheQuarterFinals,Semi-finalsandbest02totheGrand
Finale.
IntheGrandFinale,wewillannouncethewinner,topspellers,quizzers,and
bestteamcoach.
Therewillbe16primaryschoolsinthisthirdeditionofthecompetition.
ThecompetitionispartofourvisionofensuringthateverySouthSudanese
childreachestheirfullintellectualpotential.

5. Program Objectives
A.To advocate for child education in South Sudan and foster a change in community
attitudes whereby everybody is given the opportunity to succeed.
B.To develop critical problem-solving skills of pupils to learn to think more creatively and
get a chance to test their knowledge in new, real-world situations.
C.To provide orientation/training to pupils and adjudicators, responsible teachers in their
respective schools to enhance the promotion of debates, public speaking, quizzes,
spelling, and writing and provide a skilled foundation to build a career –therefore
reducing levels of lack of confidence in children.
D.To empower pupils to believe in their dreams and to enable them to acquire
presentation skills (through formal and informal prospects) so that they can live to
realize their potential.

6. Importance of the Program
A.It enables the participating pupils to express themselves freely through the different competition
categories and to develop the spirit of healthy competition. Stimulate playing, acting, recitation,
speaking and narrating in pupils. These activities help in achieving overall functioning of
education.
B.These activities guide pupils and teachers on how to organize and present an activity, how to
develop skills, and how to co-operate and co-ordinate in different situations -all these help in
leadership qualities.
C.It provides avenues of socialization, self-identification and self-assessment when the child meets
organizers, fellow participants, teachers and people outside their school during exchange visits.
D.Inculcate the values to respect other’s views, feeling and perfects in decision making.
E.It develops a sense of belongingness, provide motivation for learning and the values like physical,
psychological, ethical, academic, civic, social, cultural recreational and disciplinary values.

7. Expected Outcomes
1.Developedlearners’speakingskillsandabilitytoexpressthemselves
verballyinfrontofagroup,whichbuildsconfidence.
2.Learnersresearchskillsaredevelopedandbroadened,theirhorizonsto
beginexploring‘big’ethicalquestionsteachingthemtoseethingsfroma
rangeofperspectives,buildself-esteembecauseitishighlyvalidatingfor
childrentobeaskedtheiropinionandshowthemthattheirthoughtsand
voicematter.
3.Formationofdebateandreadingclubsinschoolsthatshallofferchildren
theopportunitytotakepartincompetitionsagainstotherteamsfromthe
sameordifferentschoolslocally,nationallyorinternationally.

8. Team Formation
Quiz and Spelling Teams should have 05 pupils per team in each round.
The speech is only one speaker per school in a particular match.
The teams for the debate must consist of 03 speakers speaking in each round.
That means each school will have three teams; a debating team (03 members),
a speech person, and a Quiz and Spelling Team (05 members) for every round
they will participate in.
Schools can decide to have two different teams for the spelling and quiz
respectively.
Contact teachers should mentor and prepare as many pupils as possible ahead
of each competitive round. We advise schools to hold an internal contest to
choose the best representatives before the inter-schools competition.

9. Format of the Competition
1.The competition will happen through school exchange visits hosted by the
proposition team in every round.
2.The school opposing the motion shall be the visiting team and shall transport not
more than 30 participants to the competition at the host school.
3.All debates will be prepped motions which means that the teams will be told the
motions and their side (whether they are opposers or proposers) at least four (03)
days ahead of time. This year, the themes will be CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION.
4.Words for spelling bee or quiz questions will not be told in advance.
5.The results of each competition will be announced after the match by the
adjudicator(s).
6.Teams will have an opportunity to approach judges for personal feedback should
there be extra time.

10. General Debate Rules
1.Allnormaldebatingruleswillapplyinthiscompetition.
2.Thismeansthatdebateswillbeadjudicatedbasedoncontent,style,
strategy,rolefulfilmentandengagementthroughPointof
Information(PoIs)andrebuttal.
3.Anycoachesmaynotassisttheirteamsduringthedebate.
4.All03speakersmustspeakfor5minutesandsummaryspeechesat
theendofthedebatein4minutesand30secondsbytheteam
captain.
5.Speakerswillhaveanadditional20secondstofinishtheirsentence
incasetheyarecaughtbytime.

11. Team roles
The captains
The captain gives two speeches –an opening speech, and a summation after all the rest of the team has
spoken. You do not have to use the same captain for each debate, you can rotate the roles if you want to
give different students the chance to be captain.
The captains’ opening speeches
The captain of the proposition is responsible for defining the motion, breaking it down to its relevant parts
and giving their team’s interpretation of it.
It is very important that the captain of the opposition then responds to the definition given by the captain of
the proposition. The opposition captain may then accept, challenge or broaden the proposition’s definition
by giving their own team’s definition of it.
Each captain should introduce their teammates and the arguments they will make. As well as addressing the
motion and introducing the team, each captain should advance an argument of their own, but bear in mind
that they will not have as much time to do this as other members of the team!

12. Second, and third speakers
1.Each speaker should have their own approach to or angle on the motion.
Everyone on the team should be aware of the points their teammates will
use to avoid repetition and to ensure continuity of argument.
2.If you are using a team line it is important that no one forgets! But don’t
overuse it -it should be reserved for key moments or to emphasize a point.
3.Each team member is responsible for refuting and rebutting the arguments
of the other team. If a speaker does not address any of the other team’s
points, then he/she will not receive any points under the refutation and
rebuttal section of the marking sheet.
4.As the third speakers will have heard most of their opponents’ argument
there is an expectation that they will employ more refutation and rebuttal
than the second speakers.

13. Captains’ summation
1.Summationsoccurafterthethirdmemberoftheteamhasspoken.The
captainoftheoppositioniscalledfirst,followedbythefinalspeakerofthe
night,thecaptainoftheproposition.
2.Captainsshouldremindtheadjudicationpaneloftheirteam’skey
arguments.Theyshouldtryandtiealltheargumentstogether.
3.Acaptainmaynotintroducenewmaterialintheirsummation–theywill
notreceiveanypointsforanynewmaterialtheybringinatthisstageand
mayhavemarksdeducted.
4.Thecaptain’ssummationisanopportunityforthemtorefuteandrebutthe
argumentsoftheotherteamandtorecallthevariousrebuttalsthatwere
employedbytheirteam.

14. Researchers and substitutes
1.Teamsmusthavesubstituteswhoareinvolvedinthe
preparationofeachdebateandwhoareabletostep-in
shouldamemberoftheteambeunabletodebate.
2.Researchersareveryusefulastheycanhelpwith
interviewsandlistencriticallytodebatersasthey
practiseandprepare.
3.Youdonothavetosticktothesamethreespeakersfor
eachdebate,forexampleifyouhavesixstudents
involvedyoucanrotatethem.

15. Behaviourat the debate
1.Interruptions,callingforpointsoforderoranyformofhecklingbyeither
teammembersormembersoftheaudienceisnotpermitted.
2.Sarcasmandpersonalorsnideremarksarenotinkeepingwiththespiritof
thiscompetition.
3.Adjudicatorswilldockmarksin‘abilitytocommunicate,persuadeand
engage’.
4.Teamsandtheirsupportersshouldtreattheiropponents,theirpeersandthe
venuewithrespect.
5.Adjudicatorsshouldbemindfulthattheyarerepresentingtheorganisersasa
visitortotheschool.

16. Speech Competition Rules
1.EachcompetitorwilldeliveraMEMORISED talk(notareading)onasubjecttheyhavechosen.
Thespeechmustbeanoriginalcompositionbythepupil.Itmaycontainideasfromvarious
sourcesbutmustbeverbalizedinthestudent’sownwords.
2.Theideasbeingexpressedinthespeechneedtobeorganizedinalogicalway.
3.Thereshouldbeaclearintroductionandconclusion.
4.Thespeechisforanaudienceofpeers,sothetopicshouldbeneithersosimplethatitseems
unimportant,norsoobscurethatitleavesthemstrugglingtounderstand.
5.LengthofSpeechisnomorethan5minutesinduration.
6.1pointperminutewillbedeductedifaspeakergoesovertimebymorethan1minutetoa
maximumof2minutes.Entrantswhogooverbymorethan3minuteswillbedisqualified.
7.PupilswillbeintroducedbyanannouncerandarethereforeNOTrequiredtointroduce
themselvesbeforetheybegintheirspeech.

17. Speech Competition Rules
Please note:
1.students MUST learn their speech –in the previous year there has been too much
reliance on paper.
2.each speech MUST be entertaining and engage the audience.
3.factual speeches need to have ‘relief’ within them.
4.students should be very careful with choice of topic –they should make sure it
captivates them.
5.students should be confident.
6.movement and gesture should be minimal and there should not be any costuming.
Adjudicators highly recommend that pupils wear school uniform.

18. Speed Challenge Quiz
The Speed Challenge Quiz will have two sections.
In the first section, each team will have three separate 60 seconds to answer as many questions as
possible from Mathematics, English, Religious Education, General Science, Social Studies, General
Knowledge Questions and Current Affairs.
Teams have 10 seconds to answer every question in the first section. For Science and Mathematics
questions that require calculation, 30 seconds is allowed.
In the second section, each team member will face each other in the categories of Mathematics,
English, Religious Education, General Science, Social Studies, and Current Affairs. Five (05) questions
in each subject for each quizzer.
Once read, the question must be answered in 10 seconds. This round lasts five (05) minutes.
A team gets 1 point for every correct answer and 0 point for a wrong answer. The team that gives
more correct answers wins.

19. Spelling Bee
Spellersmaynotreceiveanyhelpofanysortfromotherspellersormembers
oftheaudience
Therewillbeatotalofthreeroundswitheachspellergettingamaximumof10
wordsinRoundOne,2wordsinRoundTwoand3wordsinRoundThree
Ineachround,spellerswillreceiveonewordtospellatatime.
Eachwordwillbespeltwithin20secondsandthebellwillbeusedfortime
limits.
Contestantsshouldpronouncethewordsbeforeandafterspellingthem.
Forallwordswithcapitals,thespellermustindicatetheCapitalLetter.

20. Round 1: 10 words, 1 minute
1.Each Speller gets one (01) minute to spell as many words as possible.
2.Maximum ten (10) words per speller
3.A timekeeper keeps the time with a stopwatch or phone. They say ‘Go” to start the
round
4.The Pronouncer asks each word without giving a definition or using the word in a
sentence
5.Spellers can say “pass’” if they don’t know the word
6.Spellers can ask the word to be repeated as many times as they want
7.Once the minute is over –the total number of correct words is counted up
8.The speller gets 1 point for each correct word spelled.

21. Round 2: Two Words, 30 seconds each
1.Each speller gets two (02) words to spell
2.The pronouncer gives the word, the definition, and an example in a sentence
3.If the speller gets the word correctly, they get a point.
4.If they spell the word incorrectly, they do not get a point.
5.The speller has only one chance to spell the word. If they stop in the middle, they
cannot restart.
6.They have 20 seconds to spell the word
7.If they don’t spell the word in 20 seconds, they do not get a point.

22. Round 3: Three Words, 20 seconds each
1.Each speller gets three words to spell in this round.
2.Each word will be spelt within 20 seconds and the bell will be used for time limits.
3.The pronouncer asks each word without giving a definition or using the word in a
sentence
4.Spellers can say “pass’” if they don’t know the word
5.If they have enough time, they can come back to words they ‘passed”
6.Spellers can ask the word to be repeated as many times as they want
7.The speller gets 1 point for each correct word spelled.
8.Words in this round are intermediate to advanced level and are taken from subjects
across the South Sudan curriculum

23. The pattern of words goes from
Single vowel words to double vowel and double consonant words.
After that words move onto “spelling across the curriculum”.
These include:
1.Country names
2.Languages
3.Names from science, social studies, science and mathematics
4.Sports and exercise words
This section also includes generally misspelled words and trick words
These are not words you would have prepared for!

24. Spelling Bee
Spellersmustspelleachletter.Theymaynotuse“double”or
anyothershorthandintheirspelling.
Ifawordisuncleartoacontestant,heorshemayaskforthe
wordtobere-pronounced,definedorusedinasentence.
Thecontestantcanalsoaskforalternativepronunciationin
casetheydonotgetthewordmaster’saccent.
Onceacontestanthasbeguntospellaword,heorshemaynot
askforawordtobere-pronounced,definedorusedina
sentence.

25. Adjudication Information
1.Adjudicatorsforthiscompetitionareexpectedtobeavailabletojudgeall
competitiverounds.Aswithanyothercompetition,judgeswillbeallocated
toeachroundbasedonexperiencelevel.
2.TherewillONLYbeindependentjudgesnotaffiliatedwithanyofthe
participatingschools.
3.Therewillbeeithertwo(mostlikely)orthree(lesslikely)judgesperround,
dependingontheavailabilityofourvolunteerjudges.
4.Rankingwillbebasedonaveragepercentagepointsscoredbyeachteam.
5.Thefinalscorewillbetheaveragepercentagepointfromthefour
categories.i.e.(Spelling+SpeedChallengeQuiz+Speech+Debate)/4

26. General Rules
1.Thetab(sheetwithresultsfromthecompetition)willbereleased
aftereverymatchwhereteamswillbeabletoseetherankings,
resultsfromtheroundsandparticipantscoresineachround.
2.Teamsareexpectedtobepunctual.Teamswhodonotarriveatthe
expectedtime(30minutesbeforeschedule)willreceivea15-point
deduction.
3.Teamsarealsoexpectedtojoineverycompetitiveroundoncetheir
preptimeisfinished.
4.Teamswhofailtodothiswillalsoforfeitthatround.

27. Appeals procedure
1.Whenthereisadispute,theorganizers(EFSS)asappropriatewillmakeeveryeffortto
resolvemattersbyreconciliation.
2.Itispossiblethatsuchmeanswillfail,andthedisputeissuchthatpenaltiesare
appropriatebutnotspecificallydefinedbytheGeneralRegulationsfortheCompetition.
Thentheorganizersshallhavediscretionarypowertoimposepenalties.Thisshould
seektomaintaindisciplineandofferothersolutionswhichmaysatisfytheoffended
parties.
3.Inthecompetition,thereshallbeanAppealsCommittee(AC).TheAppealsCommittee
isappointedbeforethestartofthefirstround.TheAppealsCommitteeshallconsistof
aChairman,atleasttwomembersand,whenneeded,tworeservemembersfromEFSS
4.TheChairman,themembersandreservemembersshall,ifpossible,beindependent.
NomemberoftheAppealsCommitteeinvolvedinthedisputeshallruleinthatdispute.

28. Appeals procedure
1.Members of the AC shall not be from any participating school.
2.A team or a registered official representing a team may appeal against any
ruling made by the Chief Adjudicator or one of their assistants. Such an
official may include the team’s captain, head coach or other person as
defined here.
3.An appeal shall be accompanied by a letter and submitted in written form
via email to [email protected] later than 24 hours after the round.
4.The decisions of the Appeals Committee (AC) shall be final. The team’s loss
maybe overturned if the appeal is successful.
5.The team may also gain extra points if the appeal is unsuccessful but
considered reasonable in the view of the committee.

29. Adjudication Score Sheets
DEBATEMARKINGSHEET.docx
QUIZSCORESHEET.docx
SPELLINGBEESCORESHEET.docx

30. General Rules
Each school will be given two fixtures in the group stages.
One of these will be ‘home’ competition, where the
school hosts, and one will be ‘away’ where the school
travels to their opponent’s school.
The home team is the proposition side and the away team
is the opposition side (although there can be exceptions
for example, if a school can’t host a competition for some
reason).

31. General Rules
1.Itwillbetheresponsibilityofvisitingschoolstotransporttheirteamsto
thehostschoolatleast30minutesbeforethecompetitionstarts.
2.Thehostschoolshallsupplytheeventmoderator(Chairperson)andthe
visitingschoolshallsupplythesecretary.
3.TheorganisersoftheJubaPrimarySchoolsMinicompetition(EFSS)will
assignthetimekeeperandjudges(ChiefJudgeandoneortwoassistants).
4.Asakindgesture,hostschoolscanalwaysprovidevisitorswithwater
(andmaybebiscuits)-contactteacherscandiscussthiswiththeir
administratorsforearlypreparation.

32. General Rules
1.CompetitionswilltakeplaceonTuesdays,Wednesdays,and
Thursdaysinthemorning(9AM-12PM)andintheafternoon
(1PM-3PM)
2.Eachschoolwillparticipateonlyonceweekly.
3.Werealisethatschoolsarebusyplaces,andthesedatesmaynot
suiteveryone.
4.Forthisreason,ifthedatedoesnotsuityourschool,youarefree
torearrangeitforanydatewithinthecompetitionphase,with
theagreementoftheopposingschool.

33. General Rules
ParticipatingschoolsmustlettheorganisersoftheJuba
PrimarySchoolsMini-Contest(JPSMC)knowatleastone
daybeforetheoriginaldate.
Thisisveryimportantasweneedtohaveenoughtimeto
recruitourvolunteeradjudicators.
Schoolsmustalsobeawarethatwerelyonthegoodwill
ofouradjudicatorsandwhencompetitionsarecancelled
withlittleornonotice,itinconveniencesourvolunteers
aswellasstaff.

34. General Rules
Theteamrankingwillbedecidedonaveragescores.
Ofthe16participatingschools,thetop08teamswillgoto
knockoutthetop04tothesemifinals,andthebesttwowill
battleoutinthegrandfinale.
Whencalculatingthetopspeakers,wewillusethescoresof
allspeakerswhohavespokenatleast03rounds.
Speakerrankingwillbedeterminedbasedonspeakerscores
inalltherounds.

35. Awards
(a) Champions -
1.Trophy (We’ll retract (take back) two weeks after the grand finale)
2.Cash Prize SSP 150,000
3.Certificate
4.Medals -10 medals
5.Stationery for 15 team members (2 Books, pen and pencil)
(b) 1st Runners Up (Second Place)
1.Cash Prize SSP 70,000
2.Certificate
3.Stationery for 15 team members (2 Books, pen and pencil)

36. Awards
A.Best Coach
1.A notebook and pen
2.Cash Prize SSP 50,000
B.All Schools
1.Certificates for 10 team members
2.Certificates for all coaches
3.Certificate of participation for all the schools

37. Grand Finale
A.At the Grand Finale award ceremony, we will be announcing the
top spellers, speakers, winners of both finals, best judge,
teacher (coach) and speakers selected for school teams.
B.We’ll offer refreshments to the teams only at the grand finale.
Since the competition will be during school hours, we advise
participating pupils and teachers to use their regular means of
feeding.
C.Few Guests will be invited including head teachers from
participating schools