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	 Southport Schoolgirl 
	wins gold prize in BIC® 
	handwriting competition 
	
	  
	LEASHA Cookson from St. John's C.E 
	Primary School, Southport, beat over 2,000 other entrants to win the gold 
	prize in BIC®'s Handwriting 
	Olympiad, which encouraged children across the UK and Ireland to write to be 
	in with a chance of winning a fully funded handwriting session with 
	handwriting specialists Start-Bee, sponsored by BIC®. 
	 
	Recognising the importance of handwriting in children's development BIC® 
	unveiled the inaugural Handwriting Olympiad back in July 2015. Launched in 
	partnership with Start Bee, which helps children to write effortlessly and 
	enjoyably, the competition aimed to get primary School children writing 
	simply by asking them to complete the sentence:- "I love being able to 
	write because…", for the chance to win different levels of 
	handwriting support for teachers and pupils. 
			
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