During Week 9, our Primary School presented the finals of our public speaking competition - LJ Speaks. On both mornings we watched incredibly talented public speakers from Years 1-6 present on topics ranging from ‘How to Look After a Puppy’ to ‘William Tell’ to ‘The Brain’. Once again, we were so impressed with the confidence and professionalism shown by our young students. Each year, the quality of our students’ public speaking improves, making the job of the judges extremely hard. In many cases, there was a matter of one or two points between first and third places. Thank you to our judges across both mornings – Mrs Roodt, Mrs de Jong, Mrs Hawkey, Mr Gaudin, Mrs Jarvis and Mr Young.

This year’s finalists were:

Year 1

First place – Yehezkiel (Gravity)

Second place – Mireille (My Countries of Origin)

Third place – Piper (The Most Dangerous Bird in the World)

Fourth place –  Emily (My Trip to China)

Year 2

First place – Hunter (The Brain)

Second place – Makayla (Rainbows)

Third place – Georgia (Guinea Pigs)

Fourth place – Harper (How to Look After a Puppy)

Year 3

First place – Amy (Chocolate is Poison to Dogs)

Second place – Hannah (Space)

Third place –  Daniel (Aeroplanes)

Year 4

First place – Summer (Screen Time)

Second place – William (The Apple and the Arrow)

Third place – Sophie (Sea Animals)

Year 5

First place – Caitlyn (The Top Conspiracies ‘The Simpsons’ Has Predicted)

Second place – Taya (What Sport Best Suits You?)

Third place – Jacob (Best of Barcelona)

Year 6

First place – Chantal (Lawrence Anthony)

Second place – Sophie (The Life Cycle of a Star)

Third place – Austin (Fantastic Faeces)