The day was attended by students from St Joseph’s High School, Aberdeen ; St Pius X High School, Adamstown ; St Paul’s Catholic College, Booragul ; St Bede’s Catholic College, Chisolm ; St Mary’s Catholic College, Gateshead ; St Joseph’s College, Lochinvar ; San Clemente High School, Mayfield ; St Catherine’s Catholic College, Singleton ; St Francis Xavier’s College, Hamilton ; All Saints’ College, Maitland and St Clare’s High School, Taree.
Students were required to deliver both impromptu and prepared speeches, with students given five minutes to prepare their impromptu speeches.
The speech topics on the day included:
Prepared
Year 7 - If I were a character in a book/movie, I would be…
Year 8 - If I had three wishes, they would be…
Year 9 - The importance of teamwork
Year 10 - Make a difference – celebrate diversity!
Senior - In society today, has privacy become a luxury?
Impromptu
Years 7/8 - I dream a future
Years 9/10 - What happiness means to me
Senior - The most important lesson in my life so far
The winners of the Secondary Public Speaking Competition from each year group were:
The champion school for the day was All Saints’ College, Maitland .
A big thank you to the adjudicators of the day, who come from a variety of Toastmasters Clubs across the Hunter and Central Coast, including:
Trevor Mcilveen
Marc Walters
David Heggart
Janelle Pratten
Jackie Bartley
Michelle Richards
Brian Prior
Dorothy Pinder
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