Learning to speak in public is a learned skill. Many opportunities are given within the classroom to present in front of peers but there are many students who take the challenge to develop this skill further by participating in inter-school public speaking competitions.

Term 2 has seen five students participate in WYNSPEAK. Now in it’s 13^th year, WYNSPEAK has grown to include competitors from 34 schools in the west of Melbourne. Each year the quality improves, and our students are no exception. This year Conor Barnes 10D, Carly Gauci 11H and Gabrielle Matthieu 12F competed in the senior section. Ashley Griffiths 8M and Sarah Sherwood 9P performed in the junior section. This event involved both prepared and short notice speeches. Sarah Sherwood won the Junior Short notice speech in her heat.

“The night of WYNSPEAK was great. It was exciting to deliver the speech that I had been working on and was interesting to see what all the other students did. It was a great experience, which everybody should have.” – Ashley Griffiths