Parents were greeted by teachers and staff before going through to the grand ballroom where morning refreshments were on offer. Slideshows of the year so seemingly quickly gone by were played for all to reminisce over. Opening the speech day were our Year 5 class who performed their BSG rap which they had written themselves and performed in assembly a month or so earlier much to the amazement and applause from our families.

Next to take to the stage was our guest speaker Emmanuel Jal who had the very day before visited the school for a tour and made a guest appearance in assembly for a questions and answers session with our students and teachers.

Emmanuel performed two of his songs for us. These awe inspiring performances were interluded with a poem that told of his life and his experiences as a child soldier in Africa. Much hope and wisdom came from one who had been through such situations. The songs and poem were moving and uplifting portraying such messages of peace and forgiveness and how these can be achieved with the value of education.

The school choir, Emmanuel Choi, Carol Ye and Joyce Li all put on wonderful performances for us also. Awards were presented throughout the morning from Primary to Secondary and was rounded up with The Roman House being awarded the House Trophy. Our band from BSG Fusion called Blackout took the to stage for the finale, much to their surprise to be joined by Emmanuel

Speech Day 2009/10 will go down as a truly special experience for us all to remember.