
Draws for the Local Area Finals of the 2008 Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition are now available to view and download. Please use the navigation button to the left of this page to access this information.
Please use the link below to download some hints and guidelines that will assist your students in preparing for their local final presentation.
2008 MPPS Presentation Hints and Guidelines [.pdf 23 KB]
The Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition has two divisions, one for Years 3 & 4 students and one for Years 5 & 6 students. Entrants deliver a prepared speech selected from a list of topics provided by the competition organisers (The Arts Unit and Multicultural Programs Unit). Entrants also deliver an impromptu speech on a topic provided by the adjudicators, with limited preparation time.
In 2007 a total of 980 students entered the Year 3 and 4 competition and 1050 students entered the Year 5 and 6 competition. To reach the State Finals, students must be successful at School Heats and then Local and Regional Finals. 2007 saw 74 Local Finals held in schools ranging from Broken Hill in the west to Bangor in the east, from Figtree in the state’s south to Forster in the north, culminating in State Finals in the Coles Theatre of the Powerhouse Museum and the Eugene Goossens Hall at the ABC Centre in Sydney.
Please use the links below to download competition information and application forms. (Downloadable material requires Acrobat Reader which is downloadable for free from www.adobe.com ).
2008 MPPS Competition Information [.pdf, 47 KB]
2008 MPPS Competition Entry Form [.pdf, 121 KB]
| Year | Years 3 & 4 Winner | School | Years 5 & 6 Winner | School |
| 2007 | Lachlan Macdonald | Mawarra | Natalie Buckett | Kurrajong |
| 2006 | Carl Gerstle | Lane Cove | Mia Loughland | Manly Village |
| 2005 | Buddihma Fernando | Jasper Road | Thomas Decent | Kurmond |
| 2004 | Josiah Fajardo | Ulladulla | Vivek Bhatt | Bradbury |
| 2003 | Ruth Albertson-Kill | Jerrabomberra | Rachel Thampapillai | Woollahra |
| 2002 | Tye Fielding | Mawarra | Nina Ubaldi | Summer Hill |
| 2001 | Alice Quinn | Drummoyne | Rosie Stone | Woollahra |
| 2000 | Alice Quinn | Drummoyne | Harrison Lillis | Buxton |
| 1999 | Sophie Tesoriero | Freemans Reach | Harini Haran | Waitara |
| 1998 | Gemma Reynolds | Yarrawarrah | Amy Gibbs | Abbotsford |
| 1997 | Kimberley Teng | Beecroft | Julian Shaw | Woollahra |
| 1996 | Ingrid Ibbett | Culburra | Soraya Nour | Ourimbah |
25 March 2008
Competition Entries Close
10 June - 4 July 2008
Local Finals
11 - 14 August 2008
Metropolitan Regional Finals
Lewisham Public School, The Boulevarde, Lewisham
18 - 21 August 2008
Country Regional Finals
Various venues
7 November 2008
Years 3 & 4 State Final
Teachers Federation Conference Centre
12 November 2008
Years 5 & 6 State Final
Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo