Public Speaking

If you have ever wondered how you could change the world then you should contact the St John Paul College’s Public Speaking team as the students have plenty of great ideas to make the world a better place.

The students competed for the chance to enter the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award run by the NSW Arts Unit. Each student prepared a five minute speech and then presented a two minute impromptu on the topic, ‘To be grown up is a state of mind’.

Samara Satyanand, Lilly Gleeson, Josephine Armstrong, Payton Lawler and Matisse Allen demonstrated their full rhetorical versatility in their prepared speeches covering topics as diverse as ‘Carpe Diem’, ‘Did the older generation really have it that bad?’ and ‘Performing Arts in schools’.

Congratulations to Samara Satyan and and Lilly Gleeson who will be representing the school in the regional championships. The students had their performances filmed to meet Covid compliance.  

If they are successful and progress into the State championship they will also have to perform an impromptu speech through live streaming. 

Thank you to Louise Maybury, Janine Sawtell and Sharon Brennan who helped organise and adjudicate the 2020 Public Speaking Challenge.

Photo: Lilly Gleeson and Samara Satyanand are the 2020 St John Paul College Public Speaking finalists.

Linda Gleeson 
Public Speaking facilitator