Junior Speaks Winners 2015
After an exhausting search St Mary and St John Primary School are champions
Rotary Club of Wigan - 2015 Junior Speaks
There comes a point in most of our lives when we are called upon to speak before an audience, be it, for example, during a job interview, or when making a speech at a wedding or other function. To be able to speak with confidence on such occasions is a very useful life skill. In recognising this fact, and in order to provide a forum to help develop and challenge young people in the area, Wigan Rotary Club, in 2008, instigated an annual public speaking competition known as ‘Junior Speaks.’
Primary schools, within the local authority, are invited to participate in the competition by entering a team, or teams, to speak on a subject of their choice, (direct politics, race and religion excluded.) Each team consists of three Year 6 pupils who take on the respective roles of Chairperson, Speaker and Proposer of the Vote of Thanks, with a fourth member acting as reserve. The winning team is presented with the ‘Hoddinott Shield’, in memory of former Rotarian, Peter, and is held by the school for one year.
Over the past seven years ‘Junior Speaks’ has proved to be a great success, and its popularity, with teachers and children alike, is demonstrated by the fact that the number of participants has grown considerably over the past eight years.
So it is here again – the 2015 COMPETITION started on Tuesday, October 12th 2015 beginning the eighth annual ‘Junior Speaks’ . The final of ‘Junior Speaks’ took place on October 22nd, with the last year winners, Aspull Church Primary School, kindly acting as hosts.
A total of 6 teams had reached the final, and they each rose to the challenge wonderfully. Their topics were broad based and challenging.
In fact, it is true to say that these young people never cease to amaze and delight us with the quality of their presentations. The judges, as a result, had a very difficult job and there was little to separate some of the teams.
However, there could be only one winner and the Hoddinott Shield for 2015 went to St Mary and St John. Many congratulations to them, under stiff competition, they were worthy winners.
Certificates and dictionaries were presented to all of the finalists by Wigan Rotary President, Keith Trencher. The Winner’s Shield was presented by Past President Terry Hogan, to a very excited team, who also received an invitation to lunch at ‘The Owls’ on the 5th November and to visit the Mayor’s Parlour on 12th November. On each of these occasions they will repeat their winning presentation.
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