During the week of 24 May the ‘Speak Confidently’ program came to Rutherford College for a day and worked with students to hone their public speaking skills and develop confidence in presenting their ideas, views, and opinions.

Gaye Stretton and a co-presenter worked with the junior and senior teams, doing some warm-ups, then discussing and peer-reviewing short speeches as they were presented. Students, from the nervous to the usually vocal ones, were all challenged and put on their best presentations.

We ended by celebrating the renewed confidence and panache that the selected students gained in this workshop.