4 Way Test Speech Competition.
SPEECH CONTEST DISTRICT 9520 SOUTH AUSTRALIA Notice to CLUBS: DATES: Step 1: Contact your school. Try to convince the head of English to make giving this speech part of the English program for all students. St Ignatious College is doing this OR try the year coordinator for year 10 or year 11. Even the Science senior; (How applicable is the 4 way test to the science topics students study!) Step 2: • Hear the speeches: choose the winner for your club. This can be at the school or at a Rotary meeting. • Award a prize for your winner, and certificates of participation for all who take part. Step 3: Contact Margaret Northcote as soon as you have found a successful student from your school. Last date for acceptance of finalists: 30 August. Step 4: Zone finals will be held during September, to find THREE finalists for the district Conference (14 October). This process will be organized by the contacts listed below. Contacts: • Margaret Northcote: mnorthcote@ozemail.com.au: 8365 7867 • Jeffrey Hunter: jpchunter16@bigpond.com: 8278 5369 • Gordon Wilkinson: gordon.wilkinson@ozemail.com.au: 8272 9839 • Anthony Haskell: Head of English @ St Ignatius College: anthony.haskell@ignatius.sa.edu.au, does not mind being contacted by teachers who would like more information about how and why he is using the 4 way test in his year 10 English Classes Documents for Download: a one page promo for Classrooms eg Year 10 and Year 11 English Teacher speech promo:
a promo for teachers with just enough information to get their interest
printed on both sides of one A4 piece of paper. It outlines the Contest in detail.
to be used for judging. A useful reference for students and teachers as well as judges
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HOW DOES THE 4 WAY TEST SPEECH CONTEST RUN?The Four-Way Speech Contest is run through a number of heats, commencing at club/school level and culminating in a grand final conducted at the district conference usually held during April or May of each year. In school term 3 the Rotary club links up with a school or college in its area to seek competing year ten students. If a school has more than one entrant they hold an in house competition to determine the winner who will then represent their Rotary club. In term four the winner representing their club competes against the winner from each of the other clubs in that group to determine the group winner and runner-up. In term one of the following year the inter-group final is held to determine the 4 best contestants of all groups. The winner is then determined at District Conference. The winner may then be required to represent their district in an inter-district competition. For administrative purposes, Rotary clubs are put into groups within a district, and a District Directory lists the clubs in each group. There are two districts which are mainly in South Australia but overlap into adjacent parts of NT, QLD, NSW and VIC. See www.sarotary.org.au for further details of Districts and Clubs in SA. The respective Rotary Clubs award prizes at the club level. No awards are made at the intermediate levels of the contest. However, each contestant in the grand final receives an award. CHOICE OF TOPICEach participant may choose their own topic that they feel is current, interesting and important. The speech must be based on the application of the Rotary Four Way Test, with the principals of that test running clearly through the entire speech and not just reserved for the concluding statements of the speech.
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2006/07 Contest ResultsWHAT IS THE FOUR-WAY SPEECH CONTEST?The Four-Way Test Speech is a Rotary Vocational Service project which involves the participation of both youth and Rotary clubs in promoting a public speaking contest between young people in Year Ten or Year 11 within the ten district groups in Rotary District 9500 and the eight groups in District 9520. District finalists will thus be in Year Eleven the next year when competing in the semi finals and finals. The four finalists from each District attend that District’s Conference and present their speech for final adjudication. A commitment is required of all participants that they will be present to compete in the final at the District Conference should they become finalists. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE AND AIMS OF THE CONTEST?The objective is to develop good relationships and strengthen the links between Rotary, participating schools, and young people by: 1. Drawing attention to the wider application and implications of a Four-Way Test. 2. To promote vocational activities for youth. 3. To promote to young people the ideals and ethical values of Rotary by drawing attention to the wide applications and implications of its Four Way Test. 4. To encourage and foster excellence in the art of public speaking. 5. To develop confidence and self-esteem of the young participants. 6. To provide opportunities for students to test their skills before an audience. WHAT ARE THE BASIC RULES FOR STUDENTS ENTERING INTO THE CONTEST?Rule 1. Contestants must initially be in Year Ten and in attendance at a public or private secondary school and then in Year Eleven when competing in the District Final. Also they must either reside, or be a member of a school within Rotary District 9500 or 9520. Rule 2. The subject may include any topic which the contestant feels is current, interesting and important. Rule 3. The speech MUST include The Rotary Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do which has four questions: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Rule 4 The speech is to be no less than five and no longer than six minutes in length. A warning bell will be sounded at the end of five minutes and a final bell will be sounded at the end of six minutes. Rule 5 Time will be kept by one timekeeper. The Judging panel at all levels will consist of three adjudicators. Rule 6 The use of a microphone, palm cards and aids are options open to each contestant. |
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