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 5:

Georgi McGuffie - Shopping

Tyler Wilson - Clean rooms

Maggie Dreaneen - Positivity

Samantha Vos - Bullying

Yr 5 Winner: Georgi McGuffie

Yr 6:

Keenan Jackson-Somervell - Plastic

Sophie Neustroski - Gratitude

Coco Campion - Sir Edmund Hillary

Jack Fraser - Advertising

Yr 6 Winner: Sophie Neustroski 

Yr 7:

Lacey Graham - April Fools

Ella Wilford - There should be more recognition for teachers

Analise Roscoe - Bad Habits

Jorja Clark - Friendship

Yr 7 Winner: Lacey Graham

Yr 8:

Emily Verstappen - What really makes us happy?

Ben Rikiriki - Leadership

Charlotte Rose - Why New Zealand is the best place in the World

Rylee van Dijk - William Who? 

Yr 8 Winner: Rylee van Dijk

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!