11 Aug 2016
This term, ALL Flinders Public School students will be participating in the Warilla Community of Schools (COS) Public Speaking Competition.
Each child is expected to prepare a speech to present to their class using skills and strategies that are being developed in classrooms as part of class English programs. Skills will vary according to the students stage of learning. These may include: appropriate voice levels, articulation, body language, gestures, eye contact, tone, pitch and pace when presenting to an audience. Students are expected to use palm cards to assist them with their speeches. Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 students are permitted, where appropriate, to use pictorial points on their palm cards.
After class presentations are completed, two Class Finalists will be chosen to present the same speech in a Stage Final. From there, four speakers will be chosen to represent their Stage in the Flinders Public School Finals on Thursday 15th September (Wk 9), which will be professional adjudicated. One speaker from each stage will then be selected to represent our school at the next level of competition - the COS Public Speaking Competition Grand Final at Warilla High School on Friday 23rd September 2016.
All speeches must be completed by Friday 2nd September (Wk 7), practised and ready for performance in Week 8. Notes have been distributed to the students with Stage topics, tips and handy hints, parental information and speech guidelines. Students and families are reminded that participation is compulsory and that speeches are to be prepared and rehearsed at home.
Good luck to all students.
Public Speaking Team