ITINERANT COMMUNICATION & DRAMA TUITION
Group or individual itinerant classes in communication, drama and speech are offered at King’s College during school hours.
Tuition incorporates:-
• Clarity and energy in communication
• Confidence in interpersonal exchanges
• Oral presentation skills, combined with target audience analysis
• Effective listening ability including: Reading aloud for context and impact
• All drama techniques – characterization, improvisation, verse speaking, text
exploration, movement, gesture, etc.
Students are given the opportunity to enter either Trinity Guildhall London or New Zealand Speech Board examinations or just benefitting from extended exposure to these important life skills.
In Year 13, students can taken an internationally recognised Trinity Guildhall Diploma (ATCL) in Speech and Drama or Communication Skills for those planning to enter the commercial world
The department works on a 5-day timetable which means that students operating academically on a 6-day timetable rarely miss the same lesson twice in a term.
Participants from Years 12 & 13 can usually be assigned before school or lunchtime slots.
The following students achieved Distinction in Speech and Drama / Communications Examinations in 2010:
Grade 7 Communication Skills
James Roy
Matthew Weston
Samuel Varcoe
Grade 6 Communication Skills
Ha Min Lee
Daniel Eaton
Grade 8 Speech and Drama
Christian Smith
William Coleman
Grade 7 Speech and Drama
Thomas MacGibbon
Samuel Hatirck-Smith
Matthew Towle
Grade 5 Speech and Drama
Jonathan Muljadi
Michael Treffers
James Wood
Andrew Larkey
Grade 4 Speech and Drama
George Legget
Jack Becroft
Jamie Beaton
Ayrton Roy
Nicholas Reed
Grade 7 Performing Text
Thomas Gilchrist
Alexandra Holyoake
For more information please conact:
Sheila Hammond
(RADA Diploma; LTCL; RSA Cert. EFL)
Ph: (09) 4891584 or sheilamhammond@hotmail.com
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