{"id":14771,"date":"2025-10-30T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/?post_type=article&#038;p=14771"},"modified":"2025-11-03T10:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:32:29","slug":"public-speaking-news-2","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/article\/public-speaking-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Speaking News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">On 20 October, Sienna Kang (Year 9) proudly represented MSCW in the annual Drummoyne Electorate Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition, held at NSW Parliament.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sienna chose to explore the topic,\u00a0\u2018<em>Social media: bringing us closer or pushing us apart?<\/em>\u2019\u00a0In her speech, she argued that social media offers significant benefits for adolescents. Sienna highlighted its role in fostering connection, providing opportunities, and supporting education. She also emphasised the importance of implementing guidelines to ensure its responsible use among young people.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Sienna is to be commended for her outstanding preparation as she delivered a memorised speech and for the confidence she demonstrated throughout the competition.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14771 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/10\/IMG_9371.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/10\/IMG_9371-433x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class='gallery-item link-'>\n<div class='gallery-icon'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/10\/IMG_9375.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightcase:1:slideshow\" title=\"\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2025\/10\/IMG_9375-380x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='gallery-item__overlay d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center'><span class='fal fa-plus fa-2x'><\/span><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"highlight\" style=\"text-align: left\"><i style=\"font-size: 1.4rem\"><em>Ms Aleksandra Bridge, Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator<\/em><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"row enewsletter-text-block\" data-block-enewsletter=\"text\">This article on College life meets The Archbishop&#8217;s Charter for Catholic Schools &#8211; Charter #1, #2, #8\u00a0<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 20 October, Sienna Kang (Year 9) proudly represented MSCW in the annual Drummoyne Electorate Bear Pit Public Speaking Competition, held at NSW Parliament. Sienna chose to explore the topic,\u00a0\u2018Social media: bringing us closer or pushing us apart?\u2019\u00a0In her speech, she argued that social media offers significant benefits for adolescents. Sienna highlighted its role in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[7],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-14771","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_category-around-the-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/14771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=14771"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mscw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=14771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}