Students are required to speak for 5 minutes on a subject of their own choice.  The winner and runner-up from each heat go on to compete in the BaySpeak final on Tuesday 2 June at Firbank.

Above - Junior school participants (Years 8-9) Metua, Pippa, Aarit and Ayden's topics were Youth Crime, Just Hair, Emotional Intelligence and Public Speaking is the Greatest Skill in the Age of AI. Aarit won the Junior section.

Above - Senior school students (years 10-12) Vida, Keira, Liam, Cecilia, Emma and Phoebe all spoke amazingly well.  Their topics were Design for Someone Else, The Importance of Sport, Corporal Punishment, Taxes and Sleep, The People of History in Boxes and The Illusion of Certainty. Cecilia won the Senior section.

We thank all students for participating and wish the winners the best for the finals.

Bayspeak is a public speaking competition for secondary school students in Bayside. It is run by the Rotary Clubs of Brighton, Brighton North and Sandringham

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