This years competition is being hosted by Sacred Heart Girls’ College, in Hamilton, on the 30th and 31st of July. This competition is between Colleges in the Hamilton Diocese for students in Years 9 – 13. We are calling for Expressions of Interest for each section. Junior is Years 9 & 10 and Senior Years 11-13.
Sections are:
- Junior Bible Reading:Old or New Testament (2-3 minutes in length)
- Senior Bible Reading: Old or New Testament (3-4 minutes in length)
- Junior Prepared Speech: Topic – A soundness and clarity surrounding a Christian ethos (4-5 minutes in length)
- Senior Oratory Topic: – A soundness and clarity surrounding a Christian issue (6 -8 minutes in length)
- Impromptu Speech: Topic – A current religious/moral issue (4 -6 minutes)
- Junior Poetry: Poem must have a definite Christian emphasis
- Senior Poetry: Poem must have a definite Christian emphasis
- Māori Perspective Speech: Māori theme with a Christian emphasis. Body of the speech is to be in English, there must be a mihi in Te Reo to begin and a waiata to conclude (6 – 8 minutes). The waiata is not part of the adjudicated speech.
- Drama: Form of drama is optional but must have a Christian moral emphasis (10 minutes in length)
- Debating: impromptu with 30 minutes prep time.
- Religious Knowledge Quiz: Questions derived from the Gospel of Mark. All students who are involved in sections 1 – 10 compete in this.
Chanel Shield Expression of Interest
