Have your Say 2025
February 25, 2025 @ 16:00 - 18:30
THE COMPETITION – Pupils in all sections will compete in pairs and will perform, without notes, one dialogue chosen from those supplied to the teacher in advance. The top four pairs in each section will go through to the regional final. The dialogues provided for Years 7-9 will be open-ended, i.e. pupils will be expected to provide their own conclusion of 4 lines. Year 10 pupils will be expected to write a dialogue (maximum 14 lines, i.e. 7 lines each) based on one of two outlines provided, using at least 8 phrases from those given. We appreciate that teachers will wish to offer some help to their pupils in the preparation of the dialogues, but it is anticipated that most of the work will be done by the pupils themselves. Judges will be allowed to disqualify or mark down those pupils using language considered too difficult for their age/level. In the final, all competitors will perform their original dialogue and an additional language task suitable for their age group.
ENTRY FEE – £2 per pair where the teacher or school are members of the ALL. Please provide membership number on the entry form. £4 per pair where teachers are non-members.
THE PRELIMINARY ROUND will start promptly at 4.30pm and finish at 6.30pm approx. at two locations. Refreshments will be available from 4pm. You are asked to choose the most convenient venue for your pupils. Should any venue become too full, we may have to ask the last entries to select another venue.
Deadline for entries 10 January 2025
Preliminary rounds:
- Woodbridge School, Woodbridge, IP12 4JH – Tuesday 25 February 2025 4.00-6.30pm
- Westcliff High School for Girls, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0BS – Tuesday 4 March 2025 4.00-6.30pm
- The Stanway School, Colchester, CO3 0QA – Tuesday 25 March 2025 4.00-6.30pm
- REGIONAL FINAL on 14 May 2025 at Thomas Lord Audley School, Colchester, CO2 8NJ 4.00-6.30pm
For info email: [email protected]