Earlier this morning, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s primary department held its much-anticipated annual speech competition for learners in Grades 5 to 7.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 22 ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.
โข In the ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ category, congratulations are in order for Taylor Jacobs, who triumphed with the topic “Tennis.” Joint runners-up Layla Ott, who spoke about “My Life at School,” and Kate Scott, whose topic was “Piano,” also delivered outstanding performances.
โข Moving on to ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ, Kungawo Nako emerged as the winner with a heartfelt speech on “My Mother,” while Lilly Hunter impressed the judges with her presentation on “My Favourite Sport,” earning her the runner-up position.
โข The ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ณ category saw Clea Clark take the top spot with her insightful discussion on “Art,” while Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout secured the runner-up title with her engaging speech on “Music.”
๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ, as well as to the adjudicators: Mrs Louise Vorster, Mrs Christine Nell and Mrs Tracy-Lee Chutu, who played a crucial role in evaluating the participants.
Well done to all participants for their hard work and dedication!