Volume 29 Issue 38 04 Dec 2020 18 Kislev 5781

United Nations Youth NSW Voice 2020

Craig Moss – Co-ordinator of Gifted & Talented 7 – 12

Emanuel students qualify for the Grand Final

Congratulations to Arielle Melamed (Year 9) and Lara Fosbery (Year 12) who have both qualified for the UN Youth NSW Voice Competition 2020 Grand Final. They will compete at NSW Parliament House on Monday 7 December 2020.

Voice is a unique public speaking competition that invites New South Wales high school students to solve real issues that affect our community, our country and our world. Whether it be homelessness, climate change, civil conflict or planned obsolescence. Arielle and Lara had to think outside the box and put their design thinking skills to the test.  

Competing individually, they both performed extremely well in their divisions, progressing through a preliminary round and a semi-final in order to qualify to compete in this final. Arielle and Lara first had to produce a speech that outlines a solution to a given world problem contained in a topic they selected, and then respond to two unseen questions posed by a judging panel that related to their speech. It will be a similar format in the Grand Final but with new topics to choose from.

Below is the list of topics from the preliminary round and semi-final and the topics for the Grand Final:

Preliminary round and semi-final topics

Grand Final topics
  • How can Australian cities adapt to be more sustainable?
  • How can the international community ensure the disarmament of nuclear nations?
  • What can Australia do to reduce unemployment?
  • How can the Australian public health system provide better care?
  • How can Australia improve the welfare of animals in industry?
  • How can we ensure that the rights of refugees are guaranteed?
  • How can Australia best support its agricultural industry? 
  • How can the international community reduce the number of global armed conflicts? 
  • How can Australia balance freedom of speech with protection from defamation? 
  • How can we ensure that all Australians have access to an adequate level of privacy online? 
  • How can we prevent domestic and family violence in Australia? 
  • What can we do to decrease the disproportionate level of indigenous incarceration in Australia?

 

Well done again to Arielle and Lara and good luck in the final on Monday.