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Issue 54 – October 2015 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING
O pen to Japanese learners, the competition was fierce with
40 students from Wellington participating across the year
groups.
In the Year 10 category, Antonia King and her entertaining
speech on the Beatles placed first, while Rebecca MacPherson was
awarded third place with her speech on J-pop and K-pop.
In the Year 11 category, Jiaru Lin also impressed with her speech
on the humanoid singer persona Miku Hatsune and won first prize.
Jiaru Lin was surprised to win and says public speaking has
never been her strength.
She entered the competition in hopes of gaining more confidence
and experience in public speaking.
Jiaru has always had a passion for the Japanese culture but only
Queen Margaret College students were a cut
above the rest at the Wellington Regional
Japanese Speech Competition.
Excelling in
Japanese
started learning the language last year.
“I am very grateful to be studying Japanese in such a great
environment and I am now considering taking Japanese as one of
my classes for the International Baccalaureate Diploma next year,”
Jiaru comments.
She believes Japanese is important to learn because Asia is
having an increasingly larger impact on New Zealand.
“Being amulti-cultural country as NewZealand is, it is important
for young people to be interacting with different languages and
cultures in order to understand them, which is why I think Japanese
is a key language to learn.”
Elite Award
Charlotte Hollywood
Jiaru Lin
Annabelle Bruynel
Bethany Kaye-Blake
Eden Woodrow
Jennifer Bingham
Caitlin MacArthur
Gold Award
Mary Forsyth
Mira Karunanidhi
Gwenn Rivoallan-Jones
Heidi Craig
Antonia King
Sonesavanh Phouphayly
Katie Harford
Lara Cooke
Sharon Kennedy
Ashley Chandra
Tessa Frazer
Georgiana Pay
Chenthi Heer
Jourdan Craig
Morgan Bole
Emma Power
Nicole Bewley
Cailin Broadley
Catherine Fell
Katie Nunes
Olivia Wana
Nina Maurer
Emma Greer
Isabella Ritchie
Grace McLean
Ivy McLean
Lauren Eagleson
Sofia Ryan
Madeleine Knowles
Crystal Amor-Ponter
Lauren Pemberton
Silver Award
Hannah Sinkins
Angelina Del Favero
Simone Ryan
Hayley Marsh
Victoria Ryan
Olivia Watson
Kathryn Hollywood
Stephanie Rumbal
Jessica Kaiser
Brianna Kirkham
Gabriella Turner
Amy Schwass
Tallulah Nemet-Sargent
Meyner McMinn
Matilde Washington Emerson
Bronze Award
Rakshaya Bava Ashok
Stephanie Cheevers
Phoebe Telfar
Annie Simpson
Emma Percival
Hayley Apanowicz
Jemima Evans
Kaitlyn Davidson
Tashia Forsyth
Amy Flynn
Chloe Schuster
Demitra Soulis
Jenna Eagleson
Keisha Wong
Daisy Trang
Amy Kmet
Alexandra Hickford
Isobel Scherf
Paris Lokotui
Georgia Thirkell
Marseille Bowie
Mila Kenny
Ella Wilson
Jessica MacPherson
Verity Isaacs
Lucia Jakich
Millie Wilcox
Izabella Smolnicki
Monica Saili
Emma Green
Rosa Ellingham
Olivia Chin
Emma Trueman
Sarah Kmet
Eleanor Burns
Lucy Poole
Ilena Shadbolt
Kate McDonald
Matahi Pott
Nirvanah Seth
Catharina Van Hest
Laura Snell
Each year Queen Margaret College students embrace the Language Perfect World
Championship. For them it is a chance to compete with students like themselves from schools
around the world. See below for the College’s combined marks and individuals who excelled.
• 6th overall in New Zealand out of 218 schools.
• 28th overall globally out of 1077 schools.
• 9th overall in French out of 905 schools.
• 7th overall in Maori out of 583 schools.
• 3rd for French in New Zealand out of 187 schools.
• 3rd equal for Italian in New Zealand out of 128 schools.
• 3rd for Indonesian in New Zealand out of 92 schools.
Language Perfect World Championship