8PR 2017: Georgina

Monday, 29 June 2015

Pecha Kucha Speech Finals

“It’s part of our everyday lives. It protects the products we buy, provides information to the consumer and acts as a marketing tool to boost sales.”

“Imagine a world where dreams come true. Where all it takes is a smile and a laugh to make a friend.”

If you were in the Selwyn House School Cybrary on the Thursday the 19th at 8:15am, you would have seen 6 girls madly practising speeches on all different subjects, nearly ready for the 2015 Year 8 Speech Competitions. Every year, Selwyn House holds a speech competition, but this year, there was a twist!

Ever heard the words “Pecha Kucha?” Well, Pecha Kucha is a fast-paced, Japanese style of presentation. You have 20 slides that are up for 15 second each, adding up to a total of 5 minutes, max. This year, we had to choose a topic and thesis statement (it could be anything!), and then write a Pecha Kucha presentation, along with making a slideshow. It was lots of stressful work, and everyone did amazingly well! Here are some of our Pecha Kucha slides:

Congratulations to Danielle McLaughlin from 8CF who came 1st, Hattie Compton-Moen, from 8PR, who came 2nd, and Ella Stephens, also from 8PR, who came 3rd. A huge well done to Georgina Scott from 8PR and Tessa Appo and Aria Carroll, both from 8CF, who also got into the final. Lastly, thanks to everyone in Year 8 who also put a great effort into writing and presenting their own Pecha Kucha speech for the class competition!

By Hattie and Ella

Friday, 5 June 2015

Success at Spelling Quiz!

Outstanding Success

@ Canterbury Extra! Spelling Quiz!

This week, Selwyn House was ably represented by 12 of our top Year 7 and 8 spellers at this annual spelling quiz. The girls were involved in 10 rounds of questions that tested everything from their knowledge of words and their country of origin, through dictionary skills, root words and endings, proofreading and mystery word rounds, to more traditional spelling testing of words taken from commonly misspelled lists.

It is our very great pleasure to announce that the Selwyn House team of Kathleen King, Harriet Compton-Moen and Lucy Jessep have been crowned champions in the Year 7 and 8 competition with a grand total of 97 out of 100 - beating out 81 other teams. Congratulations girls - this was a hard fought win and we are very proud of you.

Thank you to all the girls who were selected to represent Selwyn House - you performed remarkably, with all teams placed well inside the top half of the teams.