A highlight on the SMGS calendar, the Maria Kisich Public Speaking Competition always treats audience members to an engaging evening of compelling, thought-provoking and comical musings from our speakers, and this year was no different.
Congratulations to all 19 students who participated in the event this year.

Thank you to Mrs Catherine Batson and Ms Anne Jones for organising this year years event.

Category Winners
Senior – Alexandra Fairfield-Smith
Intermediate – Emily Willsmer
Junior – Georgette Philpott
Upper Primary – Ruby Kite

Peoples Choice Winners
Senior – Alexandra Fairfield-Smith
Intermediate – Emily Willsmer
Junior – Jack Miners and Georgette Philpott
Upper Primary – Eliza Peake

Upper Primary Division – Year 6

Ruby Kite

“I Took a Big Risk”
Year 6 | Division Winner

Eliza Peake

“Going to Mars”
Year 6 | People’s Choice Winner

Zac Rowlands

“Glaciers”
Year 6

Noah Horvath

“A Better Way”
Year 6

Junior Division – Year 7 and 8

Georgette Philpott

“Waking up on the Wrong Side of Bed”
Year 7 | Division Winner | People’s Choice Winner

Jack Miners

“Zoom”
Year 8 | People’s Choice Winner

Samantha Stynes-Garratty

“The Lies of My Life”
Year 8 

Aiden Moore

“The Journey”
Year 8 

Dempsey Woolf

“Life in Lockdown”
Year 8 

Junior Division – Year 9 and 10

Emily Willsmer

“Stereotypes”
Year 9 | Division Winner | People’s Choice Winner

Georgia Rumball

“Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”
Year 9

Elise Philpott

“The Grass is Always Greener”
Year 9

Tippi Wieland

“Why Don’t we Appreciate What We’ve Got Until it’s Gone?”
Year 9

Mia Andrews

“Victims of Fashion”
Year 9

Charlotte Woolf

“The Impact of Music”
Year 9

Senior Division – Year 11 and 12

Alexandra Fairfield-Smith

“Group Projects”
Year 11 | Division Winner | People’s Choice Winner

Alexi Cross

“Fear of Public Speaking”
Year 11

Zac Corcoran

“The Media”
Year 12