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Time to T
Time to Talk alk

Have you seen The Greatest Showman? How do you feel about self-confidence, believing in yourself and not allowing
bullies to bring you down? Well, these themes and the song ‘This Is Me’ from The Greatest Showman were the inspiration
for two groups of Pooi To students who entered the Time to Talk public speaking competition, organised by the EDB NET
Section.
After completing Round One in the S3 EXCEL lesson using a PPT to deliver a 5-minute presentation, they brushed up their
delivery to compete against other schools in the final. Using dramatic role-plays and even singing part of a song, they were
able to capture the attention of the audience and take two of the five awards on offer. They were:

Merit of Outstanding Achievement:

(3A) Kelly Chan, (3A) Elizabeth Wong, (3B) Abby Poh and (3B) Kara Ng
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3 Place:
(3A) Marjorie Lai, (3A) Sybil Leung, (3A) Nadia Li and (3B) Dewanna Tong

3A Marjorie Lai

It’s our honour to participate in the Time to Talk competition 3A Kelly Chan
After the competition, a mix of emotions rushed over
and we are all so glad and grateful for winning the trophy! In
this competition, we spent a lot of time practising, arriving at
school at seven o’clock in the morning and so on. However, me. I couldn’t imagine how my group and I had put in so
all our hard work paid off after trying our very best. Not much effort and given such a spectacular speech! It was
only building up our team spirit and confidence, but also an unforgettable experience. I felt relieved and satisfied
learning what “public speaking” is. Moreover, we would like because we received lots of compliments from our teachers
and friends. I feel more confident after speaking in front of
to express our gratitude to our teacher, Mr Middleton, who
the audience and my public speaking ability has improved.
Thanks to my English teacher, Mr. Middleton, I had the
spent his time practising with us, without him, we wouldn’t
have won the prize. We will all keep on trying and practise a
never say die attitude no matter what we may come across opportunity to take part in this competition, and I enjoyed
in the future!
every moment of it!

Battle of the Books
Battle of the Books
1A Clara Wong
As we place such a
high value on reading, Reading has always been something I
Battle of the Books is have enjoyed. I love digging into all of
something that we highly the small details. If I’d known before that
recommend, especially a competition existed based on reading,
for those who love a good story and a bit of competition. Being incredibly popular I would have joined it without a second
in international schools, a Battle of the Books competition was created for local thought. Lucky for me, upon starting at
Hong Kong schools in 2009 in order to find the book trivia champions in a live Pooi To I was offered the opportunity to
school-on-school battle. All you need to enter is twelve books, twelve team join the Battle of the Books team, and it
members, teamwork, strategy and determination. This year our team, composed was an eye-opening experience. I had
of students from S1-S3, read as much as they to read many books and I loved every
could and liaised with other schools in friendly moment of it. I worked with teammates
competitions to hone in their battle skills before and together we discussed the answers
competing in the semi-final, which was held in
our school Auditorium. After an enjoyable and to many questions. Our team bond was
enriching experience, we look forward to the strong. It has been a lovely journey for us
same competitive spirit in next year's event! all, and I’ll definitely join the team again
next year!
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