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🎤 Speech Fest 2025 🎤
A massive congratulations to our brilliant winners from Friday’s Speech Fest!

🥇 Leon (Y4) – Art
🥈 Mila (Y5) – Tigers
🥉 Oliver (Y6) – Motocross

The standard across the board was incredibly high so to be named a winner is a truly impressive achievement. We’re so proud of you all!

#oracystm #englishstm #year4stm #year5stm #year6stm
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🎤 Speech Fest 2025 🎤
A massive congratulations to our brilliant winners from Friday’s Speech Fest!

🥇 Leon (Y4) – Art
🥈 Mila (Y5) – Tigers
🥉 Oliver (Y6) – Motocross

The standard across the board was incredibly high so to be named a winner is a truly impressive achievement. We’re so proud of you all!

#oracystm #englishstm #year4stm #year5stm #year6stm

🎤 Speech Fest Success at St Mary’s! 🎤

Today, St Mary’s proudly hosted our first ever Speech Fest competition and what a brilliant event it was! The children were asked to deliver a speech on a topic they were passionate about. Out of 180 children who auditioned, only 14 made it to today’s final!

We were honoured to welcome a fantastic panel of judges including:
⭐️The Worshipful the Mayor, Robert Bettley-Smith
⭐️Local MP, Adam Jogee for Newcastle-under-Lyme
⭐️Poet and author, Angela Marie James
⭐️Chair of Governors, Jo Kirkham

The children’s speeches were exemplary and the judges had an incredibly tough job choosing the winners. Every single participant spoke with confidence, passion and purpose.

🌟 Congratulations to all who took part and a special well done to our winners:
🥉 Oliver G – Motocross 🏍️
🥈 Mila – Tigers 🐯
🥇 Leon – Art 🎨

Also, a huge thank you to Oliver S, a St Mary’s alumni, for stepping up to be our compère for the event! What a wonderful host!🎤

A huge thank you to Staffordshire Libraries for their hospitality and for providing the perfect venue for Speech Fest! 📚

This event was a true testament to the power of oracy at St Mary’s and the incredible journey we’ve been on. It showed just how important it is for every child to have the opportunity to make their voice heard.
#oracystm #year4stm #year5stm #year6stm #englishstm
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🎤 Speech Fest Success at St Mary’s! 🎤

Today, St Mary’s proudly hosted our first ever Speech Fest competition and what a brilliant event it was! The children were asked to deliver a speech on a topic they were passionate about. Out of 180 children who auditioned, only 14 made it to today’s final! 

We were honoured to welcome a fantastic panel of judges including:
⭐️The Worshipful the Mayor, Robert Bettley-Smith
⭐️Local MP, Adam Jogee for Newcastle-under-Lyme
⭐️Poet and author, Angela Marie James
⭐️Chair of Governors, Jo Kirkham

The children’s speeches were exemplary and the judges had an incredibly tough job choosing the winners. Every single participant spoke with confidence, passion and purpose.

🌟 Congratulations to all who took part and a special well done to our winners:
🥉 Oliver G – Motocross 🏍️
🥈 Mila – Tigers 🐯
🥇 Leon – Art 🎨

Also, a huge thank you to Oliver S, a St Mary’s alumni, for stepping up to be our compère for the event! What a wonderful host!🎤 

A huge thank you to Staffordshire Libraries for their hospitality and for providing the perfect venue for Speech Fest! 📚

This event was a true testament to the power of oracy at St Mary’s and the incredible journey we’ve been on. It showed just how important it is for every child to have the opportunity to make their voice heard.
#oracystm #year4stm #year5stm #year6stm #englishstmImage attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment

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Thank you so much for inviting me to be one of the judges. It was indeed very tough to decide. You have some very talented and confident children. Well done everyone 😀

So proud of Leon and Steven for taking part in the Speech Festival! Both were superb and out of 14 children, Leon took first place!! St Maria are incredibly proud of both boys and all children who took part 🥳 #englishstm #year4stm #oracystm See MoreSee Less

So proud of Leon and Steven for taking part in the Speech Festival! Both were superb and out of 14 children, Leon took first place!! St Maria are incredibly proud of both boys and all children who took part 🥳 #englishstm #year4stm #oracystm
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