Our Thematic Group Speaking Team with Adjudicator Mr Jonathan Owen
A celebrative moment!
Congratulations to our Thematic Group Speaking Team for achieving yet another FIRST PLACE in the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival!
The team competed on 12 Dec and was awarded an amazing score of 92 (Honours). Adjudicator Mr Owen wrote: "...Incredible focus, control & energy. You manage to be eleven individual 'characters' & yet work as an exceptional 'team'..."
The Thematic Group Speaking category requires a combination of texts in different genres under the same theme, designed by the participating school. The performance duration is a maximum of 15 minutes. This year, in line with our school theme, our Thematic piece was titled "Light It Up", bringing together inspirational texts related to "light" from the Bible, Tagore's verse, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Harry Potter, and a speech by Nichols, all introduced and linked by additional lines written by the team's coach, Dr Lee.
This category is highly demanding, but we are proud to have achieved FIRST PLACE every time since we began participating in 2014. Except for the three Covid years when all group categories were cancelled, Ying Wa Primary School has won every other year, and this is our 9th triumph in this category.
Well done, boys!
The team competed on 12 Dec and was awarded an amazing score of 92 (Honours). Adjudicator Mr Owen wrote: "...Incredible focus, control & energy. You manage to be eleven individual 'characters' & yet work as an exceptional 'team'..."
The Thematic Group Speaking category requires a combination of texts in different genres under the same theme, designed by the participating school. The performance duration is a maximum of 15 minutes. This year, in line with our school theme, our Thematic piece was titled "Light It Up", bringing together inspirational texts related to "light" from the Bible, Tagore's verse, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Harry Potter, and a speech by Nichols, all introduced and linked by additional lines written by the team's coach, Dr Lee.
This category is highly demanding, but we are proud to have achieved FIRST PLACE every time since we began participating in 2014. Except for the three Covid years when all group categories were cancelled, Ying Wa Primary School has won every other year, and this is our 9th triumph in this category.
Well done, boys!
Snapshots from final rehearsals
