Speech Winners

Congratulations to Ashleigh and Charlotte, who went took place in the Senior Skyscraper speech finals. Especially well done to Charlotte who achieved a third placing.

Hamburger Technique for Writing Speeches

1. The creative idea. (The planning and preparation of the hamburger.)

* Decide and know your topic well.
* Choose a subject that appeals to your audience's mind, emotions, and senses.
* Write down the conclusion you want to reach.
* Once you have all this, you are ready to prepare your speech.

2. The introduction. (Top hamburger bun - appetising introduction)

* Catch immediate attention. Open with a question, some startling statement, or a fact that will catch your audience's attention.
* Tell them the purpose of your speech. Many times inexperienced speakers ramble on and the audience doesn't know where the speaker is going with the speech.
* Let them know early the purpose of your speech and the audience will follow you just like they would follow the ball players in a rugby, netball or hockey game.

3. The body. (The fillings of your hamburger - Each layer of filling = tasty aspect of your topic. )

* Contains supporting ideas for the conclusion you want the audience to understand. Present your first key point and have your supporting information following-usually 1-2 supporting ideas under each key point. Do this with every point and you will not get lost. Just remember that you are working on the "meat (middle) of the hamburger."

* Include stories, personal experiences, examples and anecdotes when appropriate.

* Include facts, proof, or examples.

4. The powerful close/conclusion (Bottom of the bun = conclusion - holds your burger together)

* Tie in the ending with your opening. Take a look at your opening again and here is where you will tie it in to the ending. Your audience will remember this. Make it a well-remembered ending.

* Finish forcefully and confidently. That doesn't mean shout. It means get your point across with confidence. That you know it and believe it.

* This may be the only thing the audience remembers. That's right. After hours of planning and preparing your speech and honing it down to a 1 -3 minutes presentation, your conclusion/close/climax may be the only thing the audience remembers so make it memorable.

Criteria for Speeches

Speech Writing
My speech followed the hamburger technique 5
The message/information/story came through 10
The ending was effective & finished off the speech 5
My speech was well-researched 10
My speech was logically sequenced 5
My speech was suited to my target audience 5
My speech was in my words 10

Presentation
I enunciated my words clearly 5
My voice was easily heard 10
I learnt my speech off by heart 10
I used expression in my voice 10
I had good contrast in volume, pitch and pace 5
I used eye-contact 5
My speech was well-paced 5

Tag Games Structure

1. Name of game
2. Origin (if known)
3. Equipment
4. Players
5. Where to Play
6. Game Layout / Boundaries
7. Aim
8. How to Play
9. Rules
10. Variations (if known)
    

Q Zealand Election Results

Congratulations to our elected leaders on a brilliant election campaign. It was a close race and for the first time in Q Zealand history we had a dead heat. Rather than hold a second ballot, we have decided to have Co-Prime Ministers.

Co-Prime Ministers Ollie and Tim

Winners of the Party Vote - Powerful Party


Powerful Party has formed a government with Tim and Oliver.


Two of the promised policies have already been carried out: 10 snidges for homefun completion and lowering the sugar tax rate by 10% to a dangerously low 50%.

Now it's down to work to organise the class pet, along with feeding routines and care rosters. Tim has also promised to set up a plastic recycling system throughout the school. There's plenty for the government to work on between now and the end of the year.

Elections 2008

Elections 2008