Rostrum 2017

Rostrum (Public Speaking)  Years 3 - 6

This year’s topics are:

A quiet achiever

Australia Day

The year of the rooster

I love it when...

Heatwaves

Transport 50 years from today

Your speech needs to be 3 minutes.

HINTS TO HELP:

• Choose a topic that you will enjoy speaking about.
• Write out your speech. You might get a point or two from what you know or your own experience, and you might consult, for instance, the library. You will find you don't need many points, just one or two with examples or explanations.
• Time yourself and, if possible, record your speech. (The competition speeches are for three minutes and you should time your speech to within 30 seconds either side of that limit.)
• Remember to start your speech by addressing the Chair "Mr or Madam Chairman" or "Chairperson".
• Have an opening that is "attention grabbing". There are several ways of doing this - sometimes a short quotation that leads into the topic might be used, or pose a question to the audience. Try to end with a "punch-line" that your audience will take away with them.
• Read your speech through several times so that you have a good idea what to say, but don't try to memorise it word for word.
• Put down headings (memory joggers) on little note cards if you think you need them (palm cards).
• Speak out so that you can be easily heard. Don't speak too fast.
• Please don't read your speech to the audience.
• It's best not to use "props" (for example, a toy dinosaur). The audience may become more interested in the "prop" than your speech.

Students are encouraged to bring their speeches on palm cards to school and practise during our Readers’ Workshops throughout Weeks 1- 3. Students will begin presenting speeches in Week 2 Term 2.

To view the top speeches from 2014 go to the following link:

http://www.rostrum.com.au/act-primary-schools-speaking-competition