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Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award State Finals

Congratulations to Bradley (Year 9) who received third place!

Last Friday evening, Bradley competed confidently in the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award Competition against six other state finalists. He had spent many weeks preparing and polishing a five-minute speech titled 'Rally to our King'.

Bradley spoke of John Wesley's quote “Light yourself on fire with passion and people will come from miles to watch you burn.” Bradley challenged the audience to identify; What was igniting them? and, What are they passionate about? 

He successfully weaved the story of the courage that was shown by WW2 veteran, Lieutenant Sir Roden Cutler, into his speech. Well done Bradley on your great result!

Debating SA - Final Round

Congratulations to all of our teams on their Round 5 results:

• Year 10 Black defeated Glenunga International High School in a short-term preparation debate
• Year 9 Orange defeated Aberfoyle Park High
• Year 6 Purple won their debate against the adjudicator
• Year 5/6 Brooklyn Park Yellow defeated St Joseph's School Tranmere. They finished 7th on the ladder out of 109 Teams. This was their first season of Debating, and they are in the finals!
• Year 5 Green who defeated Linden Park Primary and finished 8th on the ladder out of 40 Teams - such a great result for their first season of debating.

Congratulations to the Speaker of the Night winners for Round 5: Ariana (Year 10), Caleb (Year 9), Annie (Year 6), and Monique (Year 6).

Quarter Finals

Two of our Debating Teams have reached the Quarter Finals, which is a fabulous achievement.

Everyone is most welcome to come along and support our teams!

Senior Team, Year 11

Tonight, Wednesday 7 September, 7:45pm at Nazareth Catholic College 

Competing against Norwood International High School 

Arguing the negative on the topic: 'That Leunig should not be sacked'

Brooklyn Park, Year 5/6 Yellow Team

Tomorrow night, Thursday 8 September 6.30pm at Nazareth Catholic College 

Competing against Parkside Primary School

Arguing the negative on the topic: 'That corflute posters used during elections in South Australia should be banned'

We wish them all the best.

Thank You Coaches!

A huge thank you to our fabulous coaches for their time and commitment to our students who grew in their confidence in public speaking and preparing strong arguments in our 2022 season! These include Richard Heath, Max Dal Santo, Andy Malcolm, Neven Daoud, Jude Potter, Sarah Greiger, Ryan Milne,  Nigel Eaton, and especially Carolyn Hull.

Carolyn has worked tirelessly over the last 10 years developing the debating skill set of over 300 students during that time. Her wisdom, insight and experience will be greatly missed.

Each debate requires hours of preparation in sourcing arguments and ensuring that extensive research has taken place so that our students are fully equipped to articulate their arguments succinctly and confidently. Carolyn has provided a wealth of expertise in this area.

We thank you, Carolyn, sincerely for your tireless efforts in supporting and training our students.

Kind regards

Susanne Milne

Launch Coordinator