Speech Week

Since the beginning of the term the students in Room 19, and across the whole Kawau team, have been busy researching, writing and practising their speeches.

This week was presentation week with the students giving their speeches in front of the class.  There was such a high standard with speeches ranging from air pollution to tigers, being part of a big family to WWE, and the Mariana Trench to Disney Infinity!

The students faced their nerves and one by one stood up to give their speech, some on Monday and some on Tuesday.  The students were very mindful of being a good audience, and listened carefully to their friends as they spoke.  Each student was assigned a buddy and they marked each other across a number of criteria including speaking clearly, using cue cards properly, having a good introduction, middle and ending, and making eye contact with the audience.

Speeches Part 1 on PhotoPeach Speeches Part 2 on PhotoPeach I then had the unenviable task of choosing our three finalists to go through to the Speech Finals on Friday morning.

Congratulations to everyone, but especially to Ellie, Max and Jade who I chose to represent Room 19.  These 3 speeches in particular fir all our criteria and also had some humour in them.