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DEBATING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING REPORT
Public Speaking and Debating
develops students’ oral and
written communication skills,
research and teamwork skills.
Through Public Speaking and
Debating students engage in
the artistry of oratory, learn
to effectively present a point
of view and also develop in
confidence.
There are a number of
opportunities for students from years 7 to 10 to be
involved in Public Speaking and Debating, both within
the College and external to the College.
Congratulations to all the girls who represented our
school in various competitions.
PUBLIC SPEAKING
Catholic Schools Public Speaking Competition
(CSDA)
A knockout competition which takes place in the
evening ,over three weeks during Term 1.
Year 7- Sophie Rosenthal and Angela St Baker
Sutherland Shire Public Speaking Competition
(SSPC)
A knockout competition which takes place after
school during Term 2.
Junior Competitors
- Angelique Trimis, Sophie
Rosenthal, Kelly McRae,Harriet Hurst and Elizabeth
Bowles.
Senior Competitor
- Ashley Bannister
Elizabeth Bowles and Ashley Bannister made it
through to the finals held at Sutherland Shire council
chambers.
DEBATING
The Sutherland Shire High Schools Debating
Competition
A knockout competition which takes place during
school time in Term2
JuniorTeam
Elizabeth Bowles, Kiara Beasley, Kelly McRae and
NicolaWyer
SeniorTeams
Isabelle Williams, Ashley Bannister, Natasha Radgevic
and AlexVinson.
Caitlin Neckovski, Ruby Anthony, Sophie Carr, and
Georgia Skanavis.
The Regional Catholic Debating Competition
On Wednesdays after school, our girls joined with
the boys from De La Salle Caringbah to compete
in this Competition – the teams entered as OLMC/
DeLa.
A senior team from De La Salle Cronulla also
participated in the competition.
Year 7
- Nicola Wyer, Kelly McRae, Angela St Baker
(who often stepped up to Year 8) and Pia Millington-
Wallace.
Year 8
- Aryana Dimitroulas.
Year 9
- Ashley Bannister, Natasha Radojevic, Mia
Flokis, Sarah Flokis and Georgia Skanavis.
Year 10
- Chelsea Rich and Tia Naris.
Sincere thanks must go to two of our ex-students,
Kate Berger and Megan Muller for their commitment
in coaching our teams.
Gail Hofman
Public Speaking Co-ordinator