How much noise do 100 10-year-olds make? Rather a lot, if you get them all the the Junior Hall and teach them how to use their voices to full effect. This term, Howell’s is joining forces again with the English-Speaking Union to host the annual Primary School Public Speaking Competition for children from local primary schools which will take place next Monday 13th March. This year, we are delighted that Year 5 students from Baden Powell, Herbert Thompson, Howell’s, Kitchener, Lakeside, Lansdowne, Radnor, St Paul’s and Whitchurch Primary Schools in Cardiff are taking part.
In order to prepare the children for the competition, 10 students from each school attended a public speaking workshop on Tuesday 7th March, led by Mr Walters and Mrs Yilmaz. The lively and engaging workshop taught the children about the different roles in a public speaking team, helping them develop confidence when talking to groups of people through a variety of tasks and games. During the workshop, a group of Year 9 girls from Howell's gave the children an insight into being part of a public speaking team. All the children took an active role in the workshop and were full of great energy and exciting ideas. At the end of the afternoon, every school was assigned a different topic to present at the competition next week. We look forward to welcoming back three students from each school to compete.
Here are some lovely tweets received following the workshop:
Thank you to @HowellsSchool and the @theESU for inviting us to take part in the ESU workshop ahead of Monday night's competition. – Baden Powell Primary School
Thank you for such a warm welcome and a fun afternoon (and delicious cookies). We had a lovely time. Now the hard work starts! – Lansdowne Primary School
Year 5 had a fantastic afternoon @HowellsSchool for the public speaking workshop. Excited to find out the team for next week's competition! – Herbert Thompson Primary School