Premier's Spelling Bee: Orange students spell their way to finals

Tanya Marschke
Updated October 22 2018 - 5:29pm, first published 5:00pm
SCRUPULOUS SPELLERS: Orange Public School year 3 student Nethuli Pathirana and year 6 student Jessica O'Connor have made it into the top 100 of the Premier's Spelling Bee. Photo: CARLA FREEDMAN
SCRUPULOUS SPELLERS: Orange Public School year 3 student Nethuli Pathirana and year 6 student Jessica O'Connor have made it into the top 100 of the Premier's Spelling Bee. Photo: CARLA FREEDMAN

English is the second language for year 3 student Nethuli Pathirana but it hasn’t held her back from being one of two Orange Public School students to make the state final of the Premier’s Spelling Bee.

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Tanya Marschke

Tanya Marschke

Journalist

I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.

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