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Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award



Ballarat student wins Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award National Final 2009

Legacy congratulates Gretel Hayden from Ballarat Clarendon College, winner of the National final of the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award (LJPSA) which was held in Brisbane on 9 November 2009. Legacy also congratulates the runner ups – both from South Australia - Madeleine Kelly, St Aloysius College and Benjamin Graetz, Tyndale Christian School.

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Background


The LJPSA is a national competition conducted through Australian secondary schools and colleges for students aged 12 to 14 years. The competition began in Melbourne in 1988 and commenced as a national competition in 1995.

Approximately 1500 students participate in this event across Australia. It spans approximately 6 months as it involves several elimination rounds to get to the finals – including regional finals, state semi finals and then State finals where the winner and runner up are put forward for the National finals in November.

Legacy is most grateful to have the support of
Defence Credit Union as sponsor for National finals of LJPSA.

Legacy conducts the annual Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award (LJPSA) which is a competition to enhance the oral communication and public speaking skills of 12 to14-year-old students and to help young people appreciate the ideals of Legacy; voluntary service, caring and comradeship and the need for remembrance.

National Finalists 2009


Left to right: Matilda Brown, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston Tasmania, Crispin Scott, Mercy College, Mackay QLD, Nivashan (Julien) Nithianandan, Melbourne High School, Melbourne VIC, Jackson Clifton, Cranebrook High School, Cranebrook NSW,
Winner: Gretel Hayden, Ballarat & Clarendon College, Ballarat VIC, President of Brisbane Legacy: Brian Avery, Third: Benjamin Graetz, Tyndale Christian School, Salisbury East SA, Second: Madeleine Kelly, St Aloysius College, Adelaide SA, Sam Adams, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston Tasmania, Molly McInerney, The Glennie School, Toowoomba QLD, Annie Handmer, Kambala, NSW

Winners of the LJPSA National Finals 2009 held at the QUT Gardens Theatre in Brisbane



Left to right: Winner: Gretel Hayden, Ballarat & Clarendon College, Ballarat VIC
Second: Madeleine Kelly, St Aloysius College, Adelaide SA
Third: Benjamin Graetz, Tyndale Christian School, Salisbury East SA


Aim


The aim of the LJPSA is to enhance the oral communication and public speaking skills of 12 to14-year-old students and to help young people appreciate the ideals of Legacy; voluntary service, caring and comradeship and the need for remembrance.


Format


The format for the competition at all levels consists of:

a. A prepared speech of five minutes duration on a topic of the competitor's choice, within the subject criteria.

b. An impromptu speech of two minutes duration on a topic chosen by the organisers, for which each competitor will have five minutes preparation time.



General criteria


The competition is concerned with the competitor's effective use of language to convey a message or a point of view to an interested audience.

Choice of words, intonation, articulation, pace and pausing are all important in conveying the message in a speech.

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