Festival of the Spoken Word 2024

The Senior Festival of the Spoken Word, hosted by the English Department, was another wonderful showcase of the talented speakers at St Andrew’s College.

Judges, Chris Waugh (Head of English at Christ’s College) and Thomas Kamo (OC 2022), were impressed by the calibre of this year’s speakers.

Amanda Watkins (Year 9) and Fletcher Cairns (Year 10) delivered their speeches after winning the Junior finals the previous week. In the Senior Prepared category, the finalists were Kiera Faass, Noah Fanene, and Katherine Simcock (all Year 12), with Kiera Fass winning this category. In Senior Impromptu, the participants were Joshua Adams, Sarah Waddington, Maria (Masha) Pospolitak (all Year 12), Alexandra Hirschfeld, Isobel Forsey and James Hart (all Year 13). The winner of this category was Joshua Adams.

The prize for Best Speaker of the Night and winner of the Mark Ellerm Memorial Cup was Fletcher Cairns (Year 10) for his outstanding speech.

The well-run event was brilliantly compered by Cultural Captain, Jenna Howell (Year 13).