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:

Sophie Neustroski - Sugar

Micah Verstappen - Why Earth is Better than Mars

Asher Topp - Bearded Dragons

Coco Campion - Why Everyone should have a Pet

Yr 5 Winner: Sophie Neustroski

Yr 6:

Yumin Song - Homework

Lacey Graham - Kindness

Ella Wilford - Reading

Tyler Nelson - Laughter

Yr 6 Winner: Ella Wilford

Yr 7:

Rylee van Dijk - Body Language

Aya Birt - Fear and Phobia

Charlotte Rose - Names

Ben Rikiriki - Situations You Don't Want to be in

Yr 7 Winner: Ben Rikiriki

Yr 8:

Lachlan Fraser - Character

Matthew Couper - The Dentist

Zane Davy - Be Yourself

Vilah Christy - Laziness

Yr 8 Winner: Lachlan Fraser

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!