Last term, students from Years 3-6 presented their prepared speeches with finalists from each grade progressing to the Trinity School Public Speaking Championship which was held this week in the Hall.

The judges were Mrs. Rita O’Connor and Mr. Barry Wooldridge. The quality of the sixteen finalists’ speeches was of a high standard. The way they prepared and delivered their speeches is to be commended, making the judge’s decisions, as always, an extremely hard one. The judges thanked the teachers and parents for the assistance given to all the speakers and gave all speakers and students present wise advice for further success in the area of Public Speaking.

Certificates were presented to all finalists. 

The finalists were:

Year 3:

• Fletcher Betts
• Dakota Medley
• Marlie Oakley
• Lana Sumich

Year 4:

• Claire Corkhill
• Tilly Jackson
• Lawrence Johnson
• Ruby Lucas

Year 5:

• Phoebe Bassingthwaighte
• Shannon Kerrison
• Somer Oldfield
• Hamish Summerfield

Year 6:

• Bella Betts
• Billy Corkhill
• Beatrice Lucas
• Ryan Sumich

Presentations were then made to the 2022 Trinity School Public Speaking Champions and Runners up from Years 3 – 6.

Congratulations to the Champions and Runners Up for this year:

Year 3 Champion      - Marlie Oakley

Year 3 Runner Up     - Dakota Medley

Year 4 Champion      - Ruby Lucas

Year 4 Runner Up     - Claire Corkhill

Year 5 Champion      - Phoebe Bassingthwaighte

Year 5 Runner Up     – Somer Oldfield

Year 6 Champion      - Ryan Sumich

Year 6 Runner Up     - Beatrice Lucas

All students are to be commended for their efforts in the Public Speaking Competition this year. The Trinity School Community and friends are so very proud of our students.

Trinity will host the next level of competition which is the Interschool competition between St. Joseph’s Boorowa and Trinity. Further details regarding this competition will be sent out prior to the date.