OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 1 HIGH SCHOOLS’ PUBLIC SPEAKING FESTIVAL 2021 Open Team Timetable Week One Date Venue Grade Teams Thursday Deutsche Internationale Schule 2 13 May Deutsche De La Salle Holy Cross College 2 Internationale Schule 8 Seren House Cottage School 1 7:00pm Roedean School 1 Northcliff High School 2 Northcliff High 7:00pm St Stithians Boys’ College 2 School 8 Helpmekaar Kollege 2 Crawford College Crawford College Lonehill 2 7:00pm Lonehill 8 Dainfern College 2 The King’s College Bryanston 1 The King’s College 7:00pm Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge 2 Bryanston 9 Fourways High School 2 IMPROMPTU King David Victory Park 1 King Edward VII School 1 King David Victory GRADE 11 St Teresa’s School 1 Park 11 St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls 1 6:30pm Benoni High School 1 People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but “ people will never forget how you made them feel. ” ~ Maya Angelou OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 2 Week Two Date Venue Grade Teams Monday Hoërskool Randburg 2 17 May Hoërskool Randburg Brescia House 2 8 Reddford House Northcliff 1 7:00pm Reddam House Helderfontein 1 Reddam House Midrand High School 1 7:00pm Helderfontein 9 Dainfern College 2 Reddam House Waterfall 1 Greenside High School 1 Greenside High Helpmekaar Kollege 1 7:00pm School 10 Parktown Girls’ High School 2 Fourways High School 2 Hoërskool Linden 2 7:00pm Hoërskool Linden 11 Parktown Boys’ High School 1 St David’s Inanda 2 Rand Park High School 1 Rand Park High HeronBridge College 2 7:00pm School 12 Alma Mater International School 1 Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge 1 GRADE 7 Roedean School 2 Roedean School 7 Ashton International College Benoni 2 7:00pm Grace Trinity School for Girls 1 What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful “ tool we all have. ” ~ Oprah Winfrey OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 3 Date Venue Grade Teams St Teresa’s School 1 Tuesday Hoërskool Linden 2 18 May St Teresa’s School King Edward VII School 1 10 Parktown Boys’ High School 1 7:00pm Alberton High School 2 Grace Trinity School for Girls 1 7:00pm Alberton High School 12 Marist Brothers Linmeyer 1 Waterstone College 2 Jeppe High School for Girls 1 Jeppe High School for Christian Brothers’ College Boksburg 2 7:00pm Girls 12 Veritas College 1 St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls 1 Leeuwenhof Akademie 2 Leeuwenhof Ashton International College Benoni 2 7:00pm Akademie 12 Edenvale High School 1 Woodlands International College 1 Brescia House 2 7:00 pm Brescia House 12 Midrand High School 1 Christ Church College 1 Greenside High School 1 IMPROMPTU Helpmekaar Kollege 1 Greenside High Roedean School 1 GRADE 11 School 11 St John’s College 1 Northcliff High School 1 6:30pm St Andrew’s School for Girls 1 Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can “ change world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. ” ~ Margaret Mead OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 4 Date Venue Grade Teams Reddam House Helderfontein 1 Wednesday Fourways High School 2 19 May Reddam House St Peter’s College 1 Helderfontein 8 Christ Church College 1 7:00pm Reddam House Waterfall 1 Crawford College Crawford College Lonehill 2 7:00pm Lonehill 10 Dainfern College 2 Waterstone College 2 Our Lady of Lebanon School 1 7:00pm Waterstone College 11 Marais Viljoen High School 1 Grace Trinity School for Girls 1 St David’s Inanda 2 King David Victory Park 1 7:00pm St David’s Inanda 12 St John’s College 1 Roedean School 1 St Andrew’s School for Girls 1 Jeppe High School for Boys 2 Jeppe High School for 7:00pm Benoni High School 1 Boys 12 Edenglen High School 2 St Benedict’s College 1 7:00pm St Benedict’s College 12 King David Linksfield 2 IMPROMPTU King Edward VII School 1 King Edward VII GRADE 10 Greenside High School 1 School 10 Helpmekaar Kollege 1 6:30pm The success of your presentation will be judged not by the knowledge “ you send but by what the listener receives. ” ~ Lilly Walters OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 5 Date Venue Grade Teams Thursday Edenvale High School 2 20 May Edenvale High School Edenglen High School 2 8 Reddam House Bedfordview 2 7:00pm Crawford College Lonehill 2 Crawford College 7:00pm Christ Church College 1 Lonehill 9 St Andrew’s School for Girls 2 Northcliff High School 1 Northcliff High Redhill School 2 7:00pm School 10 St Peter’s College 1 Trinityhouse Little Falls 1 Kingsmead College 2 7:00pm Kingsmead College 10 Leeuwenhof Akademie 2 Reddam House Waterfall 1 Reddam House Midrand High School 1 7:00pm Waterfall 10 Reddam House Helderfontein 1 Rand Park High School 2 Rand Park High 7:00pm Crawford College Lonehill 2 School 11 Alma Mater International School 1 Deutsche Internationale Schule 2 Deutsche Fourways High School 1 7:00pm Internationale Schule 12 Reddford House Northcliff 1 Crawford College Lonehill 1 “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. “ ” ~ Alexander Graham Bell OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 6 Week Three Date Venue Grade Teams Monday Benoni High School 2 24 May Midrand High School 1 Benoni High School 8 St Benedict’s College 1 7:00pm Kingsmead College 2 Alberton High School 2 Grace Trinity School for Girls 2 7:00pm Alberton High School 9 Our Lady of Lebanon School 1 Woodlands International College 1 Marist Brothers Linmeyer 2 Marist Brothers 7:00pm Waterstone College 2 Linmeyer 9 Marais Viljoen High School 1 St John’s College 1 Torah Academy 1 7:00pm St John’s College 10 St David’s Inanda 2 Roedean School 1 King David Victory Park 1 Hoërskool Linden 2 7:00pm Hoërskool Linden 12 King Edward VII School 1 Parktown Boys’ High School 1 De La Salle Holy Cross College 1 St Stithians Boys’ College 2 De La Salle Holy 7:00pm Helmekaar Kollege 1 Cross College 12 St Teresa’s School 1 Holy Rosary School 1 Make sure you have stopped speaking before your audience has stopped “ listening. ” ~ Dorothy Sarnoff OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 7 Date Venue Grade Teams Tuesday Rand Park High School 2 25 May Rand Park High HeronBridge College 2 School 8 Trinityhouse Little Falls 1 7:00pm The King’s College Bryanston 1 Waterstone College 2 7:00pm Waterstone College 8 Grace Trinity School for Girls 1 Benoni High School 1 Christian Brothers’ College Boksburg 1 7:00pm Benoni High School 11 Edenglen High School 2 Edenvale High School 2 Jeppe High School for Girls 1 Jeppe High School for Reddam House Bedfordview 2 7:00pm Girls 11 St Andrew’s School for Girls 1 St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls 1 Jeppe High School for Boys 2 Jeppe High School for 7:00pm Holy Rosary School 2 Boys 11 St Benedict’s College 2 Roedean School 1 St John’s College 1 7:00pm Roedean School 11 St Teresa’s School 1 Torah Academy 1 Christ Church College 2 The most precious things in speech are the... pauses. “ ” ~ Sir Ralph Richardson OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 8 Date Venue Grade Teams Wednesday Leewenhof Akademie 2 26 May Leeuwenhof Reddam House Bedfordview 2 Akademie 9 Shangri-La Academy 1 7:00pm Greenside High School 1 Greenside High 7:00pm Helpmekaar Kollege 2 School 9 King Edward VII School 2 Parktown Boys’ High School 1 Parktown Boys’ High Hoërskool Linden 2 7:00pm School 9 Roedean School 1 Parktown Girls’ High School 1 St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls 1 St Dominic’s Catholic Veritas College 2 7:00pm School for Girls 10 Woodlands International College 1 Ashton International College Benoni 2 Marist Brothers Linmeyer 2 Marist Brothers 7:00pm Alberton High School 2 Linmeyer 11 King David Linksfield 2 Fourways High School 2 Fourways High 7:00pm Dainfern College 2 School 11 Midrand High School 2 We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may “ be the measure of our lives. ” ~ Toni Morrison OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 9 Date Venue Grade Teams Thursday Benoni High School 1 27 May Christian Brothers’ College Boksburg 1 Benoni High School 10 Edenglen High School 2 7:00pm St Benedict’s College 1 7:00pm St Benedict’s College 10 Holy Rosary School 2 King David Linksfield 2 Jeppe High School for Girls 1 Jeppe High School for 7:00pm Reddam House Bedfordview 2 Girls 10 Shangri-La Academy 1 Greenside High School 1 Helpmekaar Kollege 1 Greenside High 7:00pm King Edward VII School 1 School 11 King David Victory Park 1 Parktown Girls’ High School 1 De La Salle Holy Cross College 2 De La Salle Holy Hoërskool Randburg 2 7:00pm Cross College 11 Kingsmead College 1 Deutsche Internationale Schule 1 Northcliff High School 1 Northcliff High Reddford House Northcliff 1 7:00pm School 11 Redhill School 1 St Peter’s College 1 HeronBridge College 2 Reddam House Helderfontein 1 7:00pm HeronBridge College 11 Trinityhouse Little Falls 1 Reddam House Waterfall 1 IMPROMPTU Roedean School 1 St Dominic’s Catholic School for Girls 1 GRADE 12 Roedean School 12 St Andrew’s School for Girls 1 St John’s College 1 6:30pm St Teresa’s School 1 Always give a speech that you would like to hear. “ ” ~ Andrii Sedniev OPEN TEAM TIMETABLE | 10 Week Four Date Venue Grade Teams Monday Alberton High School 2 31 May Alberton High School Marist Brothers Linmeyer 2 8 Our Lady of Lebanon School 1 7:00pm Rand Park High School 2 Rand Park High 7:00pm HeronBridge College 2 School 9 Trinityhouse Little Falls 2 King David Victory Park 2 King David Victory 7:00pm St David’s Inanda 2 Park 9 King David Linksfield 2 Jeppe High School for Boys 2 Jeppe High School for 7:00pm Edenvale High School 2 Boys 10 St Andrew’s School for Girls 1 Leeuwenhof Akademie 2 Leeuwenhof Woodlands International College 1 7:00pm Akademie 11 Veritas College 1 Ashton International College Benoni 2 Brescia House 2 7:00pm Brescia House 11 St Stithians Boys’ College 2 Trinityhouse Randpark Ridge 2 IMPROMPTU King Edward VII School 1 King Edward VII King David Victory Park 1 GRADE 12 School 12 Benoni High School 1 Northcliff High School 1 6:30pm To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.