Students take part in ESU Festival of Speaking

Students from across the year groups of the Stamford Endowed Schools have been taking part in the virtual ESU Festival of Speaking, helping to develop their speaking skills and become more confident communicators.The festival encourages pupils to film a short video delivering a speech, a poem or monologue of their choice, and to post it to social media using the hashtag #esufestivalofspeaking.Mrs Karen Leetch, Teacher of English and Head of Scholars at Stamford School, has been sharing the student's entries on Twitter, which we have shared below for you to enjoy.

Year 8 performance poetry: here's a lovely one from Edward called "My Voice" #esufestivalofspeaking @ESUdebate @Stamford_Head @blog_SES @SS_Drama @SpedeNews pic.twitter.com/4HSI6o2rTG
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 20, 2020

Another fun poem based on numbers and rugby by Tomas in Year 8 #esufestivalofspeaking @sport_ses @Stamford_Head @ESUdebate pic.twitter.com/EZEe0W4IWh
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 20, 2020

Yet another poem for #esufestivalofspeaking from Nat in Year 8 -The Big Game @SpedeNews @Stamford_Head @blog_SES @ESUdebate @sport_ses pic.twitter.com/KFdvtwnQSn
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 21, 2020

And another sporty poem for #fesufestivalofspeaking from Finn: Whatever happened to Jonny May? @Stamford_Head @ESUdebate @sport_ses pic.twitter.com/DrywKF6PPf
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 21, 2020

And a final one from Year 8 for #esufestivalofspeaking from George: Your Voice @Stamford_Head @blog_SES @ESUdebate pic.twitter.com/VKgEydkLwv
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 21, 2020

James, Y9, completing one of his Drama Scholar challenges on a theme of Solitude #esufestivalofspeaking @SpedeNews @KarenLeetch @blog_SES @Stamford_Head 🎭 https://t.co/uSV8YatmTX pic.twitter.com/2sbaIaKYDk
— SES Drama (@SS_Drama) May 17, 2020

A speech from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: a new entry for #esufestivalofspeaking from Oliver in Year 8! @Stamford_Head @SS_Drama @SpedeNews https://t.co/vWsHg43s57
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 15, 2020

#esufestivalofspeaking pic.twitter.com/5PRNvXzX0s
— Nikki Cavaciuti (@NCavaciuti) May 14, 2020

#esufestivalofspeaking Another fantastic entry from Sophie in Yr 9: “increasing prejudice during times of hardship”. Keep them coming! @SpedeNews @PrincipalsDesk @SHS_Head. https://t.co/So0dKW8LxW
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 12, 2020

#esufestivalofspeaking First SES mini-debate entry as brothers Milo and Otis discuss whether COVID-19 will be good for the UK in the long run @Stamford_Head @PrincipalsDesk @ESUdebate @SpedeNews https://t.co/PQ8d6BeFvD
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 19, 2020

Superb first SES entry from Olga. Who will be next? Will Artificial Intelligence impact our society positively or negatively? #esufestivalofspeaking - YouTube ⁦@SpedeNews⁩ ⁦@PrincipalsDesk⁩ ⁦@SHS_Head⁩ https://t.co/uKQ4oEmavk
— Karen Leetch (@KarenLeetch) May 11, 2020

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