Congratulations Adeline

 

On the 13^th of June 2013 Local Final No 4 of the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition was held at Padstow Park PS.  It started at 9:30am for the Year 3 and 4 competitors and was ably compered by our School Ambassador Stephanie Hunt 5/6B and Angela Mataio 5/6B.  The timekeepers for the Years 3 & 4 section were Perry Alexakis 5/6B and Vuong Pham 5/6K.

After all the prepared speeches were over there was a 15 minute break while morning tea was served.  Once the break was over, the impromptus began. The impromptu topic was “The Best Gift in Life”.   There were some great speeches and the winner of the Junior Section was Anthea ???? from ???

The Year 5 & 6 section began at 12:30pm and was expertly compered by Perry Alexakis 5/6B and Vuong Pham 5/6K with Caleb Robson 5/6B and John Luo 5/6 B timekeepes.  Padstow Park was capably represented in this section by Adeline Kwong 5/6K who spoke on the topic “UnAustralian” and Natasha Harvey 5/6S who spoke on the topic “Racist Jokes aren’t Funny”.  The prepared speeches each went for 3-4 minutes.

After some wonderful prepared speeches the impromptus began.  The topic was “Taking Things for Granted”.  The students were all anxious and nervous about the impromptus, especially Natasha!

All the competitors got sent into the ‘waiting room’ or as they called it the ‘death room’.  They were called out one at a time to go to the computer room and prepare a speech in 5 minutes!! Then they had to go out in front of everyone and say it!

Once the last person had gone up and delivered their speech it was the time for the Certificates for Participation to be handed out by Mrs Mollica. Everyone stood up on the stage feeling like celebrities with the paparazzi snapping away.   Once all the parents and grandparents were finished taking photos, the REAL pressure was on… time to see who had won!

After two Highly Commended certificates were given out the winner of the Senior section of Local Final No 4 was announced.  It was our very own Adeline Kwong!!

At the end of the day everyone was happy and tired, especially Adeline and Natasha.

Congratulations to all the comperes, timekeepers and helpers from Stage 3 who represented Padstow Park in such a professional way.  Good luck to Adeline in the Regional Final to be held in Term 3!      By Natasha Harvey 5/6S