Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition

After tens of thousands of students tried out for a chance to represent their schools, and more than 2,000 of them went on to compete at one of 81 local finals across NSW, the 10 best speakers in years 5 and 6 made it through to this state final, which was held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre on Friday 17 November. Each speaker presents a 4-minute prepared speech about multiculturalism and then a 2-minute impromptu with only 5 minutes of preparation. Congratulations to these finalists and to all the students who participated in 2023, and a massive thanks to the Multicultural Education team of the NSW Department of Education, whose support and funding have kept this competition running throughout its 28 years.

After tens of thousands of students tried out for a chance to represent their schools, and more than 2,000 of them went on to compete at one of 81 local finals across NSW, the 10 best speakers in Years 3 and 4 made it through to this state final, which was held at the NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre on Friday 20 October. Each speaker presents a 3-minute prepared speech about multiculturalism and then a 1-minute impromptu with only 5 minutes of preparation. Congratulations to these finalists and to all the students who participated in 2023, and a massive thanks to the Multicultural Education team of the NSW Department of Education, whose support and funding have kept this competition running throughout its 28 years.

In 2022, this competition began with schools submitting 1,722 videos of speeches from their students. From there, 152 were chosen to compete live at one of 8 regional finals, and from those finals these 12 contestants won their way into this state final. The 13 finalists present both a 4-minute prepared speech on multicultural themes and a 2-minute impromptu speech on an unseen topic following just 5 minutes of preparation time. Congratulations to all the students who reached this final and to everyone who took part in the competition this year, and a final thanks to the Multicultural team of the NSW Department of Education, whose support and funding have kept this competition running throughout its 27 years.

This is the state final of a public speaking competition which is open to all NSW government primary schools. In 2022, the competition began with schools submitting 1,722 videos of speeches from their students. From there, 152 were chosen to compete live at one of 8 regional finals, and from those finals, these 12 contestants won their way into this state final. The 12 finalists present both a 3-minute prepared speech on multicultural themes and a one-minute impromptu speech on an unseen topic following just 5 minutes of preparation time.

Congratulations to all the students who reached this final and to everyone who took part in the competition this year, and a final thanks to the Multicultural team of the NSW Department of Education, without whose support this competition would not be possible. One last note – unfortunately, we don’t have a video of the winning speeches, but the others are well worth the watch, we promise!

This is the state final of a public speaking competition which is open to all NSW government primary schools, with over 2,000 students competing this year at 93 local finals across the state. Following those local finals speakers competed in ten online regional finals to determine the state finalists in this video. The ten finalists present both a 4-minute prepared speech on multicultural themes and a 2-minute impromptu speech on an unseen topic following just 5 minutes of preparation time.

Congratulations to all the students who reached this final and to everyone who took part in the competition this year, and thanks as ever to the Multicultural team of the NSW Department of Education who have supported this competition for the entire 26 years of its existence.

This is the state final of a public speaking competition which is open to all NSW government primary schools, with over 2,000 students competing this year at 93 local finals across the state. Following those local finals speakers competed in ten online regional finals to determine the state finalists in this video. The ten finalists present both a 3-minute prepared speech on multicultural themes and a 1-minute impromptu speech on an unseen topic following just 5 minutes of preparation time.

Congratulations to all the students who reached this final and to everyone who took part in the competition this year, and a final thanks to the Multicultural team of the NSW Department of Education without whose support this competition would not be possible.

This is the state final of a public speaking competition which is open to all NSW government primary schools, with over 1,000 students submitting speeches in 2020 despite the delays and changes necessitated by COVID-19. For the first time in the 25-year history of the competition this final was held online, with the ten speakers presenting both a 4 minute prepared speech on multicultural themes and a 2 minute impromptu speech on an unseen topic following just 5 minutes of preparation time. Congratulations to all the students who reached this final and to everyone who took part in the competition this year, and a final thanks to the Multicultural Team of the NSW Department of Education without whose support this competition would not be possible.

This is the state final of a public speaking competition which is open to all NSW government primary schools, with over 1,000 students submitting speeches in 2020 despite the delays and changes necessitated by COVID-19. For the first time in the 25-year history of the competition this final was held online, with the ten speakers presenting both a 3 minute prepared speech on multicultural themes and a 1 minute impromptu speech on an unseen topic following just 5 minutes of preparation time. Congratulations to all the students who reached this final and to everyone who took part in the competition this year, and a final thanks to the Multicultural Team of the NSW Department of Education without whose support this competition would not be possible.

The speakers from years 3 and 4 present both a 3 minute prepared speech on multiculturalism and a 1 minute impromptu speech on an unseen topic following just 5 minutes of preparation time. Congratulations to all twelve speakers and to everyone who took part in the competition this year.