Congratulations Zara Dempsey (Year 11) who as one of the top three winners of the Plain English Public Speaking Award 2024 progressed to this year’s Regional Finals!
Bonnie Zheng (Year 11) and Zara Dempsey (Year 11), both performed phenomenally in the Plain English Public Speaking Competition held in the first few days of May this term.
Bonnie’s prepared gave us a fantastic breakdown of the gender beauty gap whilst Zara’s prepared delivered an excellent analysis of the continual abhorrent perpetuation of the culture of acceptance when it comes to crimes of sexual misconduct across the globe.
After competitors presented their 8-minutes prepared speeches on topics of choice, they were required to deliver a 3-minute impromptu speech on a mystery topic with only 3 minutes to prepare.
The impromptu topic for the local round was ‘Red Flags’ whereby Zara called attention to the ethical concerns of all-encompassing use of AI and Bonnie called attention to the grossly unequal distribution of resources and funds across the education system.
We congratulate Bonnie and Zara on all the incredibly hard work they put into preparing for this competition, as well as their engaging, awe-inspiring performances throughout. A particular congratulations to Zara, and best of luck to her competing in the Regional Finals set to be conducted later this month.