Festival of Speech 2024 hosted by MLC School
Last Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, after months of preparation, over 250 students began arriving at MLC School for the start of this year’s IGSA Festival of Speech. There were 13 different events run over both Friday evening and Saturday with 27 girls’ schools participating.
Our own group of 30 students put in a lot of work practising and preparing for both team and individual events with their coaches and teachers. Everyone represented MLC School with style and distinction, generously giving up their time to make sure our school was competing in every event. Many in the team were participating for the first time in events and took on the challenge courageously. They laid the foundations for great success next year. Our representatives were:
|
Section |
Student name |
|
Junior Public Speaking |
Meena Kanthathas (Year 9) |
|
Senior Public Speaking |
Harriet Hahn (Year 10) |
|
Junior Readings |
Bridget Cortis-Jones (Year 8) 2nd place |
|
Senior Readings |
Anna Obaid (Year 10) 2nd place |
|
Junior Poetry |
Josephine Doan (Year 9) 2nd place |
|
Senior Poetry |
Nitya Nimalan (Year 11) 2nd place |
|
Junior Soapbox |
Amara Sivagurunathan (Year 7) |
|
Senior Soapbox |
Olivia Pan (Year 10) |
|
Junior Debating Team |
Joanne Chen, Jocelyn Su, Stephanie Keo, Alana Mellare (Year 9) |
|
Senior Debating team |
Uma Singleton, Annaliese Yan, Sophia Bucci (Year 11) won Quarter Finals |
|
Religion and Ethics |
Sarinna Cai, Tess Petschner, Brittany Zhang (Year 11) |
|
Current Affairs team |
Amelia Tchan, Jordan Vo, Isabelle Millgate (Year 10) reached the Finals |
|
Drama team |
Ellen Gadsby (Year 9), Georgia Sinclair (Year 9), Leylim Ozer (Year 10), Emma Sullivan (Y10), Anisha Sivagurunathan (Year 10) |
|
Theatresports team |
Marirose Giann, Lucinda Hutchins, Lana McLean and Zoe Gao (Year 11) |
MLC School came 3rd in the Junior division, 4th in the Senior division and 4th overall in this year’s event. Thank you to the teachers and coaches, Monica Brian, Georgia Thorne, Taylor Buoro-Long, Jade di Girolamo, Sarah Pearson, Callum McCrow and Brendan Winters for all their dedicated work with each student.
– Andrea Rowe
Oratory Co-ordinator
