While ๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ is something some of our Primary Department learners enjoy โ and others dread โ they are all aware that public speaking and presentation skills are incredibly important.
After all, in an age saturated by information and opinion, it has never been more important (or difficult) for their voices to be heard.
๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐กโ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐.
And, of course, they โ and their peers โ learn a lot about their chosen subject, improve their research skills, and have fun in the process.
On Tuesday evening, 16 August, 25 brave learners from Grades 5, 6 and 7 took part in this yearโs speech competition, hosted in the Tony Burrell Union.
๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก-๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐จ.
The three adjudicators, Brigette Oelofsen, Matthew Basson and Mrs Bronwen Langmead (Unionโs Head of Culture), all remarked on the exceptionally high standard amongst the speakers.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ 25 ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ-๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
Aidan Ferreira was the popular choice as winner among the Grade 5s, followed closely by Helen van den Heever, runner-up. In Grade 6 Chloe-Anne Fourie was the best speaker, followed by Zunaida Deysel as runner-up. Tara Piercey took 1st place in Grade 7 with Sixolile Singeni as the runner-up.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to all 2022 speakers!
