Senior students impress with their oratory skills.

On Tuesday 24 September, Ashburton College senior students stood in front of their peers to deliver some extraordinary speeches. With topics ranging from twins to finance, the audience was held captive by some of our most talented speakers. Alex Wood took out first place in the Year 12 and 13 group with an entertaining and informative speech about financing our futures while Bridget McArthur was rewarded with second place for her speech about toxic masculinity. In the Year 11 round, Easterlin Faamausili was awarded  first place for her speech about stereotypes. Lauren Taylor was second for speaking about being a twin and Tia McCallum placed third with her speech about money buying happiness.

We would like to thank our judges, Jac Sparks and Jeff Withington, for their time, expertise and valuable feedback to the participants.