Approximately 40 Treverton College grade 11 learners have just completed the six-week Toastmasters course.
The culmination of the course is the “black-tie” or formal dinner held at the school and organised by the Toastmaster participants.

Once again, the “graduands”, proved their skill at planning a formal event, from the elegant tables to the appetising menu. Perhaps the biggest surprise for the staff who attended was the Toastmasters themselves; the young, well-groomed men in smart suits and well knotted ties and sophisticated young women in mainly smart black gowns, with a sprinkling of white dresses among them.

The highlight of the evening is the announcement of the top nine students, three respectively in each category and awarding them with their certificates. The winners were: Prepared Speech – first Catherine Meyer, second Shannon Freeman and third John Melvin, Impromptu Content – first Marele Muller, second Kevin Cui and third Megan Ramsden; Evaluation Content – first Christopher Bartlett, second Kate Morris and third Claire Mc Cubbin.

Toastmasters was introduced at Treverton College in 2012 by the Senior Deputy Headmaster of Student Affairs Rob Wyatt Minter. It has become popular with the senior pupils who are enthusiastic about the stimulating course and emphasise its values, which they believe are the development of their self-assurance linked to the acquired ability to speak publicly, and learning to create a good speech.