Locusts, vegetables, flowers and the country versus the big smoke debate, will be the hot topics when Years 5 to 10 students speak their minds in a bid to win cash prizes in the LandLearn NSW Speech Spectacular.
Industry & Investment (I&I) NSW education officer, Carolyn Smith, said the competition is open to students across NSW with first-round entries closing on Friday, December 17.
“Students should record their two-minute speech as an MP3 file which can be sent on disk or emailed to I&I NSW,” Ms Smith said.
“They can submit entries as individuals or as a team of up to three students in one of three categories – Years 5 to 6, Years 7 to 8 and Years 9 to 10.”
Topics which the young speakers have been asked to address are:
Locusts do more harm than good
It is better to plant a potato than a rose, or
Working in the country is better than working in the city.
Speeches from the top eight performers in each category will be published by I&I NSW and they will be invited to compete in the grand final to be held at the NSW Beef Spectacular on March 16, 2011 at the Dubbo Showground.
Winners in each category will receive a $500 prize, with $250 for the runner-up placings.
Rising star awards, $100, will also be presented to talented speakers.
The LandLearn NSW Speech Spectacular is sponsored by I&I NSW and The Land newspaper.
Students and teachers can get entry forms and more information about the free competition from LandLearn NSW, http://www.landlearnnsw.org.au/ or by contacting Carolyn Smith, (02) 9872 0136 or
landlearn.enquiries@industry.nsw.gov.au
Check out last year's winners on the Landlearn website
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