WCSQM Symposium 6th July 2022
This year’s Symposium focused on the theme of social media, and over a day of workshops, debates and presentations we asked our World Class schools and students to consider the question: How can World Class students use social media as a force for good, and how can schools support them to do this?
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On 6th July 2022 World Class school leaders, staff and students came together for the annual WCSQM Symposium – the first live Symposium in two years, kindly hosted by St Marylebone School in London.
The theme
World Class students in this social media age
How can World Class students use social media as a force for good, and how can schools support them to do this?
Event highlights
Event highlights- Social media training workshops from professional networking experts LinkedIn
- Networking opportunities for staff and students
- A panel session hosted by social media / tech industry experts, taking questions from students
- A live ‘Talk-off’ with students debating the theme of social media and how to use it as a force for good
- Workshops for primary students
- An Awards Ceremony to award the World Class Student of the Year, reaccrediting World Class schools and Qualifying WCSQM student assessors
- Performances from the students of St Marylebone School
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The Talk Off Competition
Our Talk off competition was back for a second year, with students from World Class accredited schools invited to submit their speech answering the theme question How can World Class students use social media as a force for good? Of the over 50 students who submitted a video, the students of St Marylebone School responsible for running the competition chose a shortlist of 14 students from schools across the UK, with students invited to practice and present their final speech in the live finals, held on the morning of the Symposium.
After a morning spent practising their speech, with support and coaching from the students of St Marylebone School, the panel of judges, including representatives from professional networking platform LinkedIn, had the difficult task of choosing the winner – announced at the afternoon awards ceremony.
Congratulations go to:
Winner – Yusuf Shobair, Year 9, Seven Kings School
Listen to Yusuf’s winning speech
Runner up – Josh Schofield, Year 10, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Commended – Glon Sylaj, Year 7, Darrick Wood School
Shortlisted students
Congratulations to the following students whose submissions were shortlisted and have been invited to join us on 6th July for the live Talk Off finals:
Sofia Zachopoulos-Butler, Year 8, Bishop Ramsey School
Esther Burton, Yr 9, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Josh Schofield, Yr 10, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Millie Soroczyn, Yr 9, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Shifa Perathu, Yr 10, Bluecoat Wollaton Academy
Anisha Ahmed, Yr 10, Carlton Bolling
Rabeh Ul Haq Islam, Yr 10, Carlton Bolling
Zain Hussain, Yr 8, Carlton Bolling
Glon Sylaj, Yr 7, Darrick Wood School
Niamh Christie, Yr 9, Darrick Wood School
Abigail Burn, Yr 6, Kentmere Academy
Martha Flanagan, Yr 10, Finham Park School
Sumayyah Dedat, Yr 9, Finham Park School
Lyba Patel, Yr 6, Seven Kings Primary
Mashrur Hussain, Yr 5, Seven Kings Primary
Haniya Malik, yr 6, Seven Kings Primary
Yusuf Shobair, Yr 9, Seven Kings School
Deanna Gay, Yr 12, St Mary’s College Hull
Download an editable press release with a full list of event contributors and awards ceremony winners
We’d like to thank the staff and students of St Marylebone School in London for hosting a World Class event
