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Twee winnaars Porta Mosana College in Public Speaking Contest
Ook dit jaar doen we weer mee met de speaking contest voor TTO leerlingen in Nederland. Deze wedstrijd wordt elk jaar georganiseerd door het Europees Platform en British Council voor TTO scholen in Nederland. Dit jaar konden de leerlingen kiezen uit de thema’s Sports and Creativity. Ze hebben allemaal een speech van 4 minuten moeten schrijven waarin ze en stelling innemen, deze beargumenteren en ook tegenargumenten noemen en deze weerleggen. Een hele klus maar met hulp van een coach werd er goed gewerkt.
In december hebben we al de schoolronde voor de tweede klassers gehouden. Daar werd Maarten Smith winnaar.
"Porta Mosana TTO in het nieuws: www.onderwijsvanmorgen.nl "
In januari volgde de schoolronde voor de derde klassers. Een vierde klasser doet verslag van die avond:
Public speaking Schoolround
There we are. Finally! The Public speeches of the 3rd graders are about to start. The parents are sitting proudly next to their child. The contestants are looking around nervously, waiting until they have to go forward and give their speeches. The judges are sitting at the back carefully paying attention to the contestants’ speeches.
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In december hebben we al de schoolronde voor de tweede klassers gehouden. Daar werd Maarten Smith winnaar.
"Porta Mosana TTO in het nieuws: www.onderwijsvanmorgen.nl "
In januari volgde de schoolronde voor de derde klassers. Een vierde klasser doet verslag van die avond:
Public speaking Schoolround
There we are. Finally! The Public speeches of the 3rd graders are about to start. The parents are sitting proudly next to their child. The contestants are looking around nervously, waiting until they have to go forward and give their speeches. The judges are sitting at the back carefully paying attention to the contestants’ speeches.
Frederieke en Maarten met de Jury voorzitter
The first contestant stepped forward and introduced himself and started his speech. When his speech was over I immediately noticed that the level of English was pretty high for a 3th year student and this also accounted for the rest of the contestants. We also had a special guest in our classroom Mr Henk Witteman. He works for Malmberg, a publisher of schoolbooks in the Netherlands, and he is here to have a look at TTO and see how it is developing in our school.
After about one hour of several speeches, serious and though questions from the parents and judges, good and funny answers of the contestants, we finally arrived to the moment that the jury had to select the nominees for the final. In the mean time there was a break where the parents and contestants could have something to drink and socialize. The contestants talked to their fellow contestants about how good or bad their speech went. The parents talked about what parents usually talk about while having a cup of coffee.. of course!
A half hour passed and finally the nominees were announced by one of the hosts, Mr. Steve Reidy. And the nominees are…..
Frederieke Gigase
The first contestant stepped forward and introduced himself and started his speech. When his speech was over I immediately noticed that the level of English was pretty high for a 3th year student and this also accounted for the rest of the contestants. We also had a special guest in our classroom Mr Henk Witteman. He works for Malmberg, a publisher of schoolbooks in the Netherlands, and he is here to have a look at TTO and see how it is developing in our school.
After about one hour of several speeches, serious and though questions from the parents and judges, good and funny answers of the contestants, we finally arrived to the moment that the jury had to select the nominees for the final. In the mean time there was a break where the parents and contestants could have something to drink and socialize. The contestants talked to their fellow contestants about how good or bad their speech went. The parents talked about what parents usually talk about while having a cup of coffee.. of course!
A half hour passed and finally the nominees were announced by one of the hosts, Mr. Steve Reidy. And the nominees are…..
Frederieke Gigase
Subject speech: Parents and sport… good combination?
Buster Bernstein
Subject speech: Abstract Art, a waste of time
Maartin Muntendam
Subject speech: Why sporting is important
Daphne Sweers
Subject speech: Why creative thinking is the key to our future
Martine Wauben
Subject speech: Digital art is also art
Ralph Titahuna
Subject speech: Effect of equipment and gear on the performances of athletes
The judges, who all are native speakers, were:
The judges, who all are native speakers, were:
Ms. C. Herman (chair)
Mr. C. Pierce
Mr. S. Dixon
After all the nominees gave their speeches it was time for the jury to decide who should be the best public speaker of the evening, so they retreated themselves to conclude who should be the winner of this contest. In the mean time the audience was being entertained by our young and very talented pianist Oscar Young. He played some pieces for us, among which a very familiar piece of the videogame character Mario. He played very well and it also was very funny to hear him start with the Mario piece.
About 30 minutes later, the jury finally came out of their room and announced who the winners were.
After all the nominees gave their speeches it was time for the jury to decide who should be the best public speaker of the evening, so they retreated themselves to conclude who should be the winner of this contest. In the mean time the audience was being entertained by our young and very talented pianist Oscar Young. He played some pieces for us, among which a very familiar piece of the videogame character Mario. He played very well and it also was very funny to hear him start with the Mario piece.
About 30 minutes later, the jury finally came out of their room and announced who the winners were.
On the 3rd place: Daphne Sweers
On the 2nd place: Martina Wouben
And the big winner of the evening: Frederieke Gigase
Sorry guys this time girls only!
Sorry guys this time girls only!
And this was the Public speaking contest of the 3rd grade. I enjoyed it a lot and also think that the rest of the visitors did. Let’s look forward to the next public speaking contests.
Nikan Yaghout V4B
En zo togen we afgelopen maandag 2 februari naar Weert om daar mee te doen in de regionale ronde (Limburg-Brabant) van de landelijke speaking contest. In Weert streden Maarten en Frederieke ieder in hun leeftijdsgroep tegen 8 kandidaten van andere TTO scholen. Beide leerlingen waren in goed gezelschap van mede-leerlingen en familie. Het was een spannende middag.
Onze Porta Mosana leerlingen deden het goed. Ze gaven hun 4 min durende speech perfect. Toch durfden we nergens op te hopen tijdens het juryberaad. Groot was onze vreugde toen de uitslag bekend werd gemaakt. Zowel Maarten als Frederieke waren winnaar in hun categorie geworden. We lieten de andere scholen verbaasd achter. Nog leuker werd het toen de jury ons achteraf liet weten dat er geen enkele discussie was geweest.
Deze twee gaven echt de beste speech zowel in uitspraak als in inhoud. Supertrots reden we huiswaarts. Op 7 april reizen we af naar Amersfoort waar de Landelijke finale wordt gehouden.
Marian Lemmink
Nikan Yaghout V4B
En zo togen we afgelopen maandag 2 februari naar Weert om daar mee te doen in de regionale ronde (Limburg-Brabant) van de landelijke speaking contest. In Weert streden Maarten en Frederieke ieder in hun leeftijdsgroep tegen 8 kandidaten van andere TTO scholen. Beide leerlingen waren in goed gezelschap van mede-leerlingen en familie. Het was een spannende middag.
Onze Porta Mosana leerlingen deden het goed. Ze gaven hun 4 min durende speech perfect. Toch durfden we nergens op te hopen tijdens het juryberaad. Groot was onze vreugde toen de uitslag bekend werd gemaakt. Zowel Maarten als Frederieke waren winnaar in hun categorie geworden. We lieten de andere scholen verbaasd achter. Nog leuker werd het toen de jury ons achteraf liet weten dat er geen enkele discussie was geweest.
Deze twee gaven echt de beste speech zowel in uitspraak als in inhoud. Supertrots reden we huiswaarts. Op 7 april reizen we af naar Amersfoort waar de Landelijke finale wordt gehouden.
Marian Lemmink