This year, the Year 10s were able to take part in the Jack Petchey Public Speaking competition. Those who signed up were trained in writing speeches then performed these for their fellow peers.

I was lucky enough to be one of the judges and hear all the inspirational, creative speeches that were written. It was genuinely a hard decision to make as each speech made such valid points and were all well-spoken and calculated in their speeches.

The results were in order:

• 1st place: Louis Luckman
• 2nd place: Omolade Paul-Taiwo
• 3rd place: Hattie Pigott-Deayer

Louis will now move on to representing BGS in the regional finals: good luck, Louis!

The judges were: Mr Husbands, Chizara and Astrid

MC: Ms Adeaga

Congratulations to all who participated as you all did so well!

Chizara, Year 12 English Prefect

It was amazing to see what the Year 10s could come up with in terms of their speeches and the creativity embedded into each of their unique speeches. It was an honour to be able to judge them on their desired topics and interesting to see how each speech was inspired by their own personal experiences.

Astrid, Year 12 English Prefect