Public Speaking & Debating Update

On Monday of Week 9, Ashna Bichuka (Year 10) and Macushla Kennedy (Year 11) represented the school in the Rostrum Voice of Youth Competition. This required them to write a speech on their chosen topic and deliver it convincingly to the audience. Ashna chose ‘New World Order’ while Macushla selected ‘Putting off Procrastination’, and both worked diligently to research, write and rehearse their speeches.

The competition was outstanding to watch, with speeches that were incredibly varied. The adjudicator gave excellent advice about how to connect to audiences by carefully considering our eye contact, varying our tone of voice and by using well-timed pauses to let our point sink in. Congratulations to Macushla and Ashna for representing our school so well. 

The next public speaking event is the Plain English Speaking Award, which will be hosted at our school on Friday May 1 next term. 

In other news, the debating season is off to a flying start with trials complete for juniors, and the Year 11 team progressing undefeated to the third round of the Premier’s Debating Challenge. Well done to Ismini, Eliza, Elizabeth, Marilla and Vanessa for working so seamlessly as a team to win both of their debates so far!

Best of luck to our Year 8 team who will have the chance to participate in multiple debates on the first Friday of next term at the Canterbury Bankstown Youth Week Debating Competition. 

Emily Knapman- Debating and Public Speaking Coach