Public Speaking

It takes spirit and confidence to be brave. It takes a willingness to defy the odds to stand up for what you believe. And it takes a willingness to go beyond the limits to achieve something great.

And that is just what our Junior Public Speaking team has done in the recent school competition.

Five Year 7 and 8 students put up their hand to speak out about a topic that moves them. The Year 7 students were inspiring in their prepared speeches. Robbbie Haig discussed  “Bravery: Do we need it?”, Jett Nichols spoke about the world’s favourite billionaire “Elon Musk” and Jacob Chappell talked about “The problem with School.” Not to be outdone, the Year 8 students showed their style when Katelyn Davidson delivered an uplifting speech about “Drama!” and Tully Gennat gave the group food for thought with his speech titled “VR: The game that can save lives.”

A special thank you to Claire Pike who was our MC and timekeeper for the day and to Katelyn Davidson who filled in for another speaker at the last minute and dazzled the adjudicators with her passion.

Congratulations to our two school winners, Tully and Robbie who were both outstanding on the day and have progressed into the second round of regional competition which will be held over Zoom in Term 3.

Thank you to Siobhan McCosker and Cherie O’Brien who adjudicated the prepared and impromptu speeches respectively. 

The Junior Public Speaking team were (from left): Tully Gennat, Jacob Chappell, Robbie Haig, Claire Pike (Year 10 assistant), Jett Nichols and Katelyn Davidson.

Linda Gleeson
Teacher - Public Speaking Facilitator