CfE P7 Talk Competition: Judges' Feedback

Ellie W

·         A confident and well prepared talk.

·         Clear voice, good pronunciation, good use of humour.

·         Use of personal experiences to bring topic to life.

Scott G

·         Excellent pronunciation of some very BIG words.

·         Interesting topic choices – well researched.

Amy L

·         An excellent use of eye contact.

·         Sensible proposals – well thought out.

·         Good eye contact.

Jamie C

·         Excellent talk which projected personality.

·         Gentle, easy going style.

Courtney E

·         Very good pacing.

·         Growing confidence as the talk progressed.

Kyle MacB

·         Good use of personal experience which made his talk engaging.

·         Excellent voice projection.

·         A confident stance.

Patrick W

·         Humorous approach – had a bit of oomph too.

·         Great research –genuinely interesting.

Alistair B

·         Good suggestions for school dinners.

·         Well thought out and considered talk.

Taylor McN

·         Made some good sensible suggestions for her school.

·         A good attempt at eye contact.

Jamie M

·         A good use of facial gesture.

·         A natural speaker with real potential.

Keira McG

·         Well researched topic-unusual too.

·         A confident/calm stance.

Miles

·         Great voice and superb eye contact.

·         Really good understanding of his topic.

·         Confident.

·         Very few people can get excited about bottle water but Miles managed it and made me a bit excited too!

Fraser M

·         Great eye contact.

·         Some nice humorous touches – like his gag about pencils disappearing.

Hannah M

·         Clearly knew her stuff.

·         You were able to project a sense of personality.

Mirren MacK

·         Confident – bold style but not overly so.

·         Interesting choice of discovery – writing, I learned things I didn’t know.

Carly W

·         Very nice style – she was friendly.

·         Nobody else spoke about the bell issue at school.  I thought that it was very interesting.

Maeve MacI

·         Interesting facts about our solar system,

·         Really knew her speech – well practiced.

Logan E

·         Some interesting facts about Leith that speakers often speakers didn’t have.

·         Nice personal experiences.

Kayla S

·         A natural speaker.

·         Funny and quirky.

Eilish

·         A good use of facial gestures.

·         A very well researched and practised talk.

Harry F

·         A confident stance.

·         Picked a good topic for this audience.

Sadiq

·         Very good eye contact.

·         A very well researched and interesting yet complex topic.

Ben C

·         Some interesting little nuggets of information.

·         A confident stance.

Natasha K

·         An effective use of eye contact.

·         Engaging use of tone.

·         Confident stance.

·         Project your voice and bit more and try without hand gestures.