Today the senior school congregated in the PAC to celebrate as our finalists shared their speeches.

The senior school speech finals were held today. Jill Taylor, one of our absolute favourite people, was there to judge.  Mrs Taylor is somewhat of an expert when it comes to speeches, so we were very excited to have her along.

Finalists and their topics:

Yr 6:

Rylee van Dijk  - English is a crazy language

Alex Wright - Imagination, use it or lose it.

Wesley Newland - Overcoming disabilities.

Yr 6 Winner: Rylee van Dijk

Yr 5:

Yumin Song  - Littering

Analise Roscoe - Living with anxiety

Lacey Graham - Crazy things parents say

Yr 5 Winner: Lacey Graham

Yr 7:

Lachlan Fraser - Noses

Matthew Couper - Speeches

Kayla Adlington - Whales in captivity

Yr 7 Winner: Matthew Couper

Yr 8:

Jennifer Mackinnon - Personalities

Jessica Hayman - Don't hold back

Ivy Anderson-Podmore  - Manners

Yr 8 Winner: Ivy Anderson-Podmore

Congratulations to our finalists and to our winners. The four top placings will now go the next stage of the competition: Year 5 & 6 West Cluster Competition and the Tall Poppies Speech Competition. Best of luck - we know you will do us proud!