The Hooton Cup

Last week was the final of the Hooton Cup – a public speaking competition which each and every year 9 has participated in. The evening saw ten of the best speakers from across the year group perform their speeches in front of an audience of parents and a panel of judges. Previous headteacher Mrs Key returned for the role, joined by Peggy Hooton, school governor, and Ms Turner. They had the very  difficult decision to decide on the overall winner of this year's event. 

The calibre of the entries was outstanding and the judges were most definitely put to the test. Leo took the top award with his speech persuading us that we all need to learn about the impact of politics and democracy with Felicia (the importance of allergy education) and Kwashi (the importance of understanding white privilege) taking the runner up positions. 

Congratulations to all the finalists. It was a privilege to see you perform and you can all be immensely proud of your achievements.