Good morning to our respected Head of Roban Zone Headmasters Council,

, all the headmasters under the Roban

zone, all the English teachers of the Roban Zone and participants of the 2017 Roban
Zone English Carnival.

Before we begin our closing ceremony, let us all stand and sing our national anthem,
Negaraku and our state anthem, Ibu Pertiwiku. Please rise.

Thank you everyone for singing our national and state anthem.

Alhamdulillah we are thankful because we could finally hold this competition on this day.
This competition is organized by the Ministry of Education and carried out by the Roban
Zone. For your information, this competition aims to help pupils master the English
Language well by enhancing pupils vocabulary, developing various skills and
encourage the use of English through meaning, sound and rhythmic language of pupils.
It also aims to build confidence in pupils to memorize, speak, render and express
themselves in English.

First I would to call upon our Head of Roban Zone Headmasters

Council,_____________________ to give his speech and also officiate the 2017 ROban
Zone English Carnival. Welcome.

Thank you __________________

I would like to thank everyone on behalf of the Roban Zone Headmasters Council for
willing to make time and effort to participate in this competition. This competition is
divided into two which are the Story-Telling competition and the Public Speaking
Competition.

We will first start with the Story Telling Public Speaking Competition. I would like to
introduce our honourable judges for today which are
______________________________________________________________________

Before we call upon the contestants, let me just briefly read the rules and regulations of
this competition.

3.0 RULES AND REGULATIONS

3.1. The competition is open to all government-aided schools. Only ONE

contestant will represent his / her state at the national level.

3.2 The competition is divided into two sections:

Section 1 : Prepared - any story

Section 2 : Impromptu

3.3 For Section 1, contestants are to observe the following rules:

3.3.1 Stories presented can be authentic, adapted or originally written.

 3.3.2 Stories presented must not touch on sensitive issues such as
race, religion, stereotyping, politics, etc.

3.3.3 Stories must be thematically educational.

3.3.4 Contestants are only allowed to use the stand microphone

provided to ensure minimal movement.

3.3.5 Props, backdrops and sound effects are not allowed. Any use of
these will allow for disqualification by the judges.

3.3.6 Time allocated to present the story is 4 to 5 minutes. The bell will
be rung at the 5th minute. Marks will be deducted thereafter.

3.4 For Section 2, contestants are to observe the following rules:

3.4.1 Each contestant picks an envelope containing a card.

3.4.2 After 30 seconds, contestants tell their story based on a word

(noun/adjective) or picture (one object) on the chosen card.

3.4.3 Stories told in Section 2 should not be a repetition or reproduction

of any story presented in Section 1. Contestants will be disqualified
if they do so.

3.4.4 Any inclusion of singing should enhance and not dominate the
presentation.
 3.4.5 Time allocated to present the impromptu story is 2 to 3 minutes.
The bell will be rung at the 3 rd minute. Marks will be deducted
thereafter.

3.5 Infringement

3.5.1 A maximum of 10 marks will be deducted if a contestant:

3.5.1.1 touches on sensitive issues such as race, religion,

politics, etc. 2 marks

3.5.1.2 presents a story below the stipulated time 2 marks for

every minute

3.5.1.3 presents a story above the stipulated time 2 marks for

every minute

3.5.1.4 uses props, backdrops and electronically-aided sound

effects 2 marks

3.5.1.5 overdramatizing 2 marks

3.6 A contestant will be disqualified if:

3.6.1 he / she reads or refers to notes / reading materials.

3.6.2 he / she is prompted by another person.

3.6.3 he / she repeats any story presented in Section 1 during the

impromptu session.
As for the marks, contestants will be judged based on

2.1 Language Proficiency

2.2 Presentation / Delivery

2.3 Theme / Storyline

2.4 Costume

Now that everyone is clear on the rules and judging criteria, we can now start the Story
Telling Competition. I would like to call upon our first contestant,
from
_____________________. ____________________ will be telling his/her story entitled
______________________. Welcome.

Thank you. Now can you please come forth and pick a card for your Impromptu story.
You have 30 seconds to think of your story. You may start your story when you hear the
bell ring.

Thank you for the wonderful story. I hope everyone enjoyed it. Now I would like to call
upon our second contestant,
from _____________________. ____________________
will be telling his/her story entitled ______________________. Welcome.

Thank you. Now can you please come forth and pick a card for your Impromptu story.
You have 30 seconds to think of your story. You may start your story when you hear the
bell ring.

Thank you. Such an inspiring story. Next, we would like to hear the story from our third
contestant,
from _____________________. ____________________ will be telling his/her
story entitled ______________________. Welcome.
Thank you. Now can you please come forth and pick a card for your Impromptu story.
You have 30 seconds to think of your story. You may start your story when you hear the
bell ring.

Thank you. Now lets lend our ears for forth contestant,
from _____________________.
____________________ will be telling his/her story entitled
______________________. Welcome.

Thank you. Now can you please come forth and pick a card for your Impromptu story.
You have 30 seconds to think of your story. You may start your story when you hear the
bell ring.

Thank you everyone who participated in the Story Telling Competition. Might I say that it
was indeed a fine competition. Now, moving on to our next competition, the Public
Speaking Competition. Let me again explain to you the rules and regulations of it.

5.1 The competition is divided into two sections, which are

Section 1 : Prepared Speech - any topic

Section 2 : Impromptu Speech

5.2 For Section 1 (Prepared Speech), contestants are to observe the following
rules:

5.2.1 Primary school contestants will deliver a prepared speech on

a topic of their choice for 4 to 6 minutes.

5.2.2 A warning bell will be sounded at the 5 th minute and a final

bell at the 6th minute. Marks will be deducted thereafter.
 5.3 For Section 2 (Impromptu Speech), contestants are to observe the
following rules:

5.3.1 Contestants are given a topic four minutes before they are
due to present the speech.

5.3.2 All contestants speak on the same topic.

5.3.3 The time allocated for the impromptu speech is three

minutes.

5.3.4 A warning bell will be sounded at the 2 nd minute and a final

bell at the 3rd minute. Marks will be deducted thereafter.

The contestants will be judged based on the following criterias

6.6.1 Subject Matter

6.6.2 Use of Language

Now that everyone is clear on the rules and judging criteria, we can now start the Public
Speaking Competition. I would like to call upon our first contestant,
from
_____________________. ____________________ . He/She will be talking about
______________________. Welcome.

Thank you.

I would like to call upon our second contestant,

from _____________________.
____________________ He/She will be talking about ______________________.
Welcome.

Thank you.

Next, we would like to hear from our third contestant,

from _____________________.
____________________ He/She will be talking about ______________________.
Welcome.

Now lets lend our ears for forth contestant,

from _____________________.
____________________ He/She will be talking about ______________________.
Welcome.

Thank you.

Thank you everyone who participated in the Public Speaking Competition.

I would like to ask for a few minutes for our judges to finalize the marks before we start
with our prize-giving ceremony.
Now is the moment we have all been waiting for which is the prize-giving ceremony. I
would like to congratulate all the participants for doing your very best and it is something
you should be proud of. We have three winners for each competition. To those who did
not win, you will also be given a token of appreciation which is a certificate of
participation for your spirit and enthusiasm to enter this competition.

Without further ado, I would like to call upon _______________________________

assisted by ________________________________ to give out the participation
certificates and prizes to all participants of the Story Telling Competition. We have
______ participants for this competition.

1st participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

2nd participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

3rd participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

4th participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

5th participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

6th participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

Now for the prizes for the Story Telling Competition.

The 2nd runner up is ________________________________ from

____________________.

The 1st runner up is ________________________________ from

____________________.

And 1st place goes to ________________________________ from

____________________.
Next, I would like to call upon _______________________________ assisted by
________________________________ to give out the participation certificates and
prizes to all participants of the Public Speaking Competition. We have ______
participants for this competition.

1st participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

2nd participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

3rd participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

4th participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

5th participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

6th participant is ________________________________ from ____________________

Now for the prizes of the Public Speaking Competition.

The 2nd runner up is ________________________________ from

____________________.

The 1st runner up is ________________________________ from

____________________.

And 1st place goes to ________________________________ from

____________________.

Congratulations to all the winners. You will all be selected to participate in the Betong
Division English Carnival which will be held soon. Details of the competition will be
informed later on once the details are confirmed by the Betong Division.

Before we end our ceremony, let us thank all the members of todays competition
committee. If it werent for the dedication of them, this competition would not have been
a great success. In order to thank the members for their hard work and time given, I
would like to call upon ____________________ assisted by ______________________
to give out the certificates of appreciation to everyone who was committed and
dedicated to make this competition a success.

1st, _________________________________ as the __________________________

2nd _________________________________ as the__________________________

3rd _________________________________ as the__________________________

4th _________________________________ as the__________________________

5th _________________________________ as the__________________________

6th _________________________________ as the__________________________

7th _________________________________ as the__________________________

8th _________________________________ as the__________________________

9th _________________________________ as the__________________________

10th _________________________________ as the__________________________

11th _________________________________ as the__________________________

12th _________________________________ as the__________________________

13th _________________________________ as the__________________________

14th _________________________________ as the__________________________

15th _________________________________ as the__________________________

16th _________________________________ as the__________________________

17th _________________________________ as the__________________________

18th _________________________________ as the__________________________

Congratulations everyone for todays success. Again I would like to express my

gratitude on behalf of Roban Zone for your time and commitment to participate and be
part of this competition. I hope you are all pleased with today and we are deeply sorry if
there is anything that has displeased anyone in anyway. Thank you again and we hope
to see everyone again in a competition like this. I would like to invite everyone to the
________________________________ to have lunch that is provided.