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2020 St Joseph's Regional College v MacKillop College Debating and Public Speaking Competition: Thursday, 27th August. Week 6 of Term 3.

Debating coaching has commenced this week across Year 7-10 and we are all excited to see experienced and novice debaters step up to the challenge. Students will be trained first before teams and positions are announced around Week 3 of Term 3.

Students are welcome to come and try debating. Regular attendance after a trial period is a must to be considered for a spot on an SJRC team.

Coaching times and coaches (Week 8-9 Term 2, Week 1-6 Term 3)

Year 7 and 8: Each Wednesday recess in C6 with Mrs Bell and Mrs McKee
Year 9: Each Monday recess with Mrs Mooney
Year 10: Each Thursday recess with Mr McMillan

Public Speaking:
Coaching will commence for Public Speaking in Term 3. All students interested need to email Mrs McKee to be put onto the SJRC public speaking mailing list.

ABC’s Heywire and The Dorethea Mackellar Poetry Competition:

Heywire puts young Australians at the centre of the conversations that shape their communities. https://www.abc.net.au/heywire/about/

Year 10 English students who have just completed a study of Poetry and Landscape and those students who have a poetry project or lyrics to a song that you may have been writing at home might be interested in the Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Competition:  In memory of the prominent Australian poet, this is a poetry writing competition for students of all ages and closes on 30th June.

Visit https://www.dorothea.com.au/The-Poetry-of-Dorothea-Mackellar for more information on how to enter.

#LITFEST2444: Our own remarkable Literacy festival continues online: https://www.litfest2444.com.au/

Don’t forget to check out the Literacy Enrichment site at: https://sites.google.com/lism.catholic.edu.au/sjrcliteracyenrichment/home?authuser=0

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