Trees sustain life. Trees sustain civilizations!

The end of year S4P competition in Parramatta included just one category – speaking.  The topic was the same as the national one:  Trees, the Guardians of Life. This special high school competition was organised with the support of the City of Parramatta Council. It included junior and senior categories.

Here are our winners:

Senior group: 

• Winner:  Mia
• Runner-up:  Annoushka Maikap

Junior group

• Winner:  Sophie
• Runner-up:  Sameera Rajendram

Please listen to this wonderful winning speech by Mia from Our Lady of Mercy College Parramatta:

“Mother Nature urges humanity to safeguard Earth’s guardians—trees—warning of a bleak future without them, while challenging humans to protect and restore our planet”.