The College had 11 girls compete over the 3 rounds held, and all represented the college to such a high standard and we are so incredibly proud of them. Round 1 was held on 1 March at St Patrick's Strathfield where all girls competed in an entry round, and we had some great success here with 3 of our students progressing to the next round - Abbygael T, Zali B and Holly G.

The next round was zone finals, and again the students exemplified their skills to present strong competition, and here we saw Abbygael T advance to the Grand final! 

Held at Parramatta OLMC, Abbygael presented her speech with a high level of sophistication, and wowed the judges into a 3rd place victory!

Congratulations to Abbygael, and all of the girls who represented the College, and thank you to the parents who supported their girls each night! 

It was an honour to be selected to represent the school at CSDA public speaking. We had 11 participants representing St Pat’s. Round 1 was held at St Patrick’s Strathfield and there was a large variety of speeches. It was a tough competition, however I was lucky enough to be chosen for the zone finals. Zone finals were held at Aquinas College in Menai with 3 students representing St Pat’s. This proved to be a bigger challenge than the initial round. There was a good number of talented speakers with well thought out speeches and some amazing ideas. Congratulations to Abbygael T who represented us in the grand finals where she had an amazing result. Thank you to all the teachers who have supported us. Thank you to Miss Pedder who guided us through this competition and thank you to Mrs Leask for taking the time to attend. - Zali B-  Year 10

Emily Pedder - Debating and Public Speaking Coordinator