Youth Speaks House Competition 2018
Youth Speaks House Competition 2018
Commanding an audience, speaking with authority and convincing a panel of judges is a daunting, yet valuable skill for all people to develop.
And this is what Year 9 accomplished through the House Youth Speaks competition on Monday 22nd January. All Year 9 pupils competed in the first round of the contest in their English lessons, working in groups of three – a chair person, a main speaker, and a vote of thanks – to write and present a persuasive/informative speech on a topic of their choice.
Within each House there were outstanding deliveries, yet only one team from each House went through to the grand final judged by Mrs Eastwood, Mrs Warmington and Mr Evans.
Special congratulations to all the finalists listed below for their excellent performances.
- Fire – Homework 1st place
- Rebecca Laursen, Nazar Borodavka, Gyu Ri Kim
- Water – What do you believe in? 2nd place
- Sarah Zvonarova, Darius Vicovan, Euidong Kim
- Wind – Is social media social? 3rd place
- Jakub Fegyveres, Karl Dahlman, Samuel Rumen
- Earth – Should parents ever lie to their children? 4th place
- Artur Jalaksa, Alexandra Kristofovicova, Maxim Khabliev
The trophy for the best Youth Speaks team 2018 went to Fire for their speech about homework. Individual awards went to:
Sarah Zvonarova - Best Chairperson
Alexandra Kristofovicova – Best Main Speaker
Euidong Kim – Best Vote of Thanks
