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Junior · Grades 5–7
Running Dictation Challenge
Run • Read • Remember • Write
Entry limit: Up to 2 teams per school, 2 students each
What this event involves
One student runs to a library station, finds the correct book using a clue card and memorises a paragraph. The other writes down exactly what is dictated back.
Highest accuracy in the shortest time wins.
The key facts
- Date
- Thursday, 3rd September 2026
- Time slot
- Slot 2 · 12:00 PM
- Studio
- Library Lounge
- Team
- 2 students — 1 runner, 1 writer
- Duration
- About 10 minutes
- Entry limit
- Up to 2 teams per school, 2 students each
Format and rounds
- 1Instructions & clue distribution2 minutes
- 2Running dictation8 minutes
Key rules
- 1Each team is one Runner and one Writer. This is one of the three events where a school may enter two teams.
- 2The runner must locate the correct book using only the provided clue card, and the book stays at its station.
- 3The runner may only memorise — no photography, writing or carrying the book.
- 4A maximum of three visits to the book is permitted.
- 5The writer must write only what the runner dictates.
Judges' decisions shall be final and binding. See general rules
Judging criteria
- Accuracy of paragraph50
- Spelling & punctuation20
- Completion time20
- Teamwork & communication10
- Total100
Entering this event?
Each registration form covers up to three events. Entries close 29th August 2026.