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Posted on February 29th 2024
Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge 2023-2024
February 2024
Thirty Year-10 students took part in a Jack Petchey Speak Out Challenge workshop on Tuesday 20th February. The workshop was delivered by a trained coach who worked with students on developing their public speaking skills. During the workshop, students planned a speech from scratch then delivered it in front of their peers. Three speakers were selected after the workshop to be in the running to represent the academy at the regional finals in March.
The speeches covered a range of serious topics like Climate Change and Crime to more light-hearted topics like music and football. The winning speakers were Tia with her speech on Racism in Music; Livni with a speech on Being a Teenager and Li with his speech on 'Character Development'.
Other stand out performances came from Tyler with his speech on 'Born a Crime'; Andi Johnson with a speech on 'Drug Addiction' and Beth with hers on 'Racism'
The day was a resounding success. The students left the workshop feeling confident and empowered and are now ready and equipped to complete the Spoken Language component of their GCSE English exam.
November 2023
Yesterday's JP Speak Out Challenge workshop was a huge success. Apart from a few teething problems at the start, our students behaved impeccably and the speeches that they prepared and delivered were outstanding. All of them exceeded our expectations with the quality, content, and style of their presentations, however, 'stand out performances' came from Zafiyah with a speech entitled 'Where do I belong'; Beth with her presentation on 'Mental Health' and Livni with a well-structured speech on 'Teenage Pressures'.
One of these three will go on the represent the school at the regional finals next year. Other commendable performances came from Daniel with a very heart-warming and emotional presentation about his personal challenges dealing with his own mental health and Billy with his clear, articulate, thought provoking speech on 'Looking after the earth'.