Speech Spectacular - Past finalists

2010/2011 Champions

And the winners of the 2010/2011 LandLearn NSW Speech Spectacular are:
 

• Primary Champion: Callum Hislop from Leeton Public School
• Primary Runner Up: Philippa Rich from Wahroonga Preparatory School
• Junior High Champion: Jasmyn Newton from Nowra High School
• Junior High Runner Up: Dylan Stone through Burke Ward Public School
• Middle High Champion: Anna Bewley from Hennessy Catholic College, Young
• Middle High Runner Up: Dione Howard from St Paul’s College, Walla Walla

 

Callum Hislop from Leeton Public School

 
Overall Winner:

Callum Hislop from Leeton Public School

"Why agriculture is destined to stay on the front page"

• Listen to the winning speech  2.3Mb MP3 audio file
• Read the winning speech  50kb PDF file

 

 

Rising stars

Rising Stars this year include:

• Henry Grinter, Beckom Public School
• Isabella Fisher, Bourke-Walgett School of Distance Education
• Team Ardlethan - Olivia Beard & Samantha Scarlett, Ardlethan Central School
• Lachlan Hoyle, Parkes Public School
• Nicholas Clark, The Clark Homeschool
• Alexander Clark, The Clark Homeschool
• Olivia Mullins, Nowra High School
• Nicola Ball, Kinross-Wolaroi School 

The finalists' speeches

Here are the fabulous speeches that got the following competitors through to the final, held at Dubbo on 17 March 2011:

1. 'That locusts do more harm than good'

• Henry Grinter, upper primary, Beckom Public School  1.9Mb mp3
• Dylan Stone, junior high, via Burke Ward Public School  1.9Mb mp3
• Anna Bewley, middle high, Hennessy Catholic College  2.1Mb mp3
• Sarah Webster, middle high, Cecil Hills Secondary School  1.2Mb mp3

2. 'That it is better to plant a potato than a rose'

• Callum Hislop, upper primary, Leeton Public School  3.1Mb mp3
• Team Ardlethan - Samantha Scarlett & Olivia Beard, upper primary, Ardlethan Central School  1.9Mb mp3
• Lachlan Hoyle, upper primary, Parkes Public School  1.9Mb mp3
• Jasmyn Newton, junior high, Nowra High School  1.9Mb mp3
• Olivia Mullins, junior high, Nowra High School  3.0Mb mp3
• Alexander Clark, junior high, The Clark Homeschool  2.2Mb mp3

3. 'That working in the country is better than working in the city'

• Isabella Fisher, upper primary (entered in Year 4), Bourke-Walgett School of Distance Education  0.5Mb mp3
• Nicholas Clark, upper primary, The Clark Homeschool  2.9Mb mp3
• Philippa Rich, upper primary, Wahroonga Preparatory School  3.4Mb mp3
• Melany Webster, junior high, Cecil Hills High School  2.2Mb mp3
• Dione Howard, middle high, St Paul's College Walla Walla  3.1Mb mp3
• Nicola Ball, middle high, Kinross Wolaroi School  1.9Mb mp3