APP Milepost 3 Speech Competition 2017

The famous German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche said, 'All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down'. Following an extensive Year 5 and Year 6 English unit of writing based upon researching famous orators and what language makes great speeches, on Thursday evening, the finalists took to the stage.

APP Milepost 3 Speech Competition 2017 The famous German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche said, 'All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down'. Following an extensive Year 5 and Year 6 English unit of writing based upon researching famous orators and what language makes great speeches, on Thursday evening, the finalists took to the stage.

Armed with paper notes and a passion for their well researched topic, these children really did turn the APS Theatre upside down with their hard hitting topics, thought provoking quotes and rhetorical questions. Firstly, a huge 'thanks' to all of our children in Year 5 and Year 6 for working so hard within this topic area. A massive 'well done' to all of the finalists who took part and finally, an extraordinary large 'congratulations' to our 2 winners:

Year 5: Chris Noh

Year 6: Chae Rim Lee

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The full list of finalists were:

Megan Day
Sonali Deshpande
Linh Dan Do
Sofia Gialourakis
Jee Yoon Hwang
Quynh An Tran
Ben Workman
Anya Chakrabarty
Zach Donnelly
Steven Grimshaw
Elizabeth Ovelil
Payas Singh
Ainsley Taylor

Simon Higham, Head Teacher

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