The ACS is pleased to announce the details for the upcoming 2022 ACS Public Speaking competition. After two years online, we look forward to welcoming member schools back together for this annual event.
Host School: Westbourne Grammar School
Date: Monday 15 August 2022
Time: 5.00 pm – 7.45 pm
Venue: Westbourne Grammar School, 300 Sayers Rd, Truganina
Format of the Evening:
5.00pm – Registration
5.15pm – Welcome
5.20pm – Senior School Speakers
ONE speaker from either year 11 or year 12 is to represent each school. The speech will be of 5 minutes duration. A bell will be rung at four and a half minutes and two rings at five minutes. Students may complete the sentence after two rings, but they may not continue after this.
5.55pm – Adjudicators consideration
6.05 pm – Adjudicators will give brief feedback, and then senior results will be announced by the Chairperson and senior section trophy and individual trophy presented, with a medallion each for second and third place to also be presented.
6.10 pm – Junior School Speakers
ONE speaker from either year 7 or year 8 is to represent each school. The speech will be of 3 minutes duration. A bell will be rung at two and a half minutes and two rings at three minutes. Students may complete the sentence after two rings, but they may not continue after this.
6.35 pm – Adjudicators consideration
6.45 pm – Adjudicators will give brief feedback, but results will not be announced until the end of the evening.
6.50 pm – Middle School Speakers
ONE speaker from either year 9 or year 10 is to represent each school. The speech will be of 4 minutes duration. A bell will be rung at three and a half minutes and two rings at four minutes. Students may complete the sentence after two rings, but they may not continue after this.
7.20 pm – Adjudicators consideration
7.30 pm Adjudicators will give brief feedback
7.35 pm Announcement of all the results in the Junior and Intermediate sections (from seventh up to first place). A perpetual trophy for first place in each section will be presented and an individual replica trophy for each section winner, with a medallion each for second and third place to also be presented.
7.40 pm Thanks and Close
