Pupils reach next stage of '˜500 Words' competition

The BBC Radio 2 '˜500 Words' is now one of the most successful story-writing competitions for children in the world. Nearly half a million pupils have submitted stories to the competition; that's over 215 million words!
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Apr 2016, 14:28 BST

This year, over 123,400 entries were submitted and these have now been whittled down to a long-list of 4,500 entries, which will now go to the Reading Agency to be short-listed.

Shortly before the Easter holidays, some of Cranleigh Prep pupils submitted their own entries to the competition.

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Congratulations to Henry R, Maddie W, Ambrose W, Bradley B, Will O’C and Fraser A who have been selected for the next round of judging.

Please follow the link for more information:

https://www.cranprep.org/academic/english/500-words-competition/

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