Cranfield Speakers Club – part of the Toastmasters International network of clubs, each with their own unique ‘culture’. At ours, it’s all about the tea, coffee and biscuits!
(Video by Minjie Cai)
Dylan becomes honorary Toastmaster
October 26, 2014
A word in your shell-like…
June 10, 2013
A WORD IN YOUR SHELL-LIKE
Son: What’s that? [Points to iTuneU app on my smartphone]
Mum: It’s called iTunesU. It’s where you can get books and information into the phone.
Son: No, what’s it a picture of?
Mum: It’s a hat. It’s called a ‘mortar board‘. It’s what people wear when they graduate from University. It’s our Graduation Day today! There will be lots of people at my work wearing funny hats!
Son: What’s ‘Graduation Day’?
Mum: It’s a day when we celebrate that people have finished their courses.
Son: What’s a ‘course’?
Mum: It’s when people decide to learn about certain things, and gather lots of information. Then they write about what they’ve learned in books and things. And today we’re celebrating because they’ve learned what they wanted to learn to make them better at doing things. Some of them will get prizes too for doing really well at certain things.
Son: What prizes will they get?
Mum: I’m not sure.
Son: How many people is there?
Mum: I think there are about 20 in our part of the day.
Son: Well… [looks around] You can give them some of my shells from Crete. I’ll give you three and you’ll have to find something else at your work for the rest of the people.
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Being good #2
February 28, 2013
D: What does it say on that big piece of paper?
Me: ‘Your Ground Rules’
D: What does that mean?
Me: It’s the rules that the school children wanted to make when I was doing the speaking work with them.
D: What were their rules?
Me: One was that they wanted the group to all turn their phones off. Another was that they wanted the group to tell the truth about what they thought of each other’s speeches, but to be nice about it. Another was to be quiet and listen…
D: We have those rules at my school!
Me: What are your rules?
D: Be Safe; Be Kind; Be Helpful; Tell the truth; Listen – No, they don’t start with ‘be’ – every rule has to start with a ‘be’. But there IS a listen one, that starts with ‘be’.
Me: Be a good listener and be truthful?
D: Yes!
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