This mixed-experience workshop aims to give primary and early high school students a head start on their public speaking and speech-writing skills in a fun and welcoming atmosphere.
Over the Summer holidays, this program will be focusing on how to tell Captivating Audiences.
Provide late primary and early high school students with an egnaging introduction to public speaking.
Help students cover a particular mode of public speaking that changes from holiday to holiday.
Give students plenty of feedback to help them develop.
Help students develop a love for presenting to audiences!
7th January
8th January
10:00AM - 4:00PM
2 Days
$275
20th January
21st January
22nd January
9:30AM - 1:30PM
3 Days
$240
13th January
14th January
9:15AM - 3:15PM
2 Days
$275
16th January
17th January
9:15AM - 3:15PM
2 Days
$275
20th January
21st January
9:15AM - 3:15PM
2 Days
$275
23rd January
24th January
9:15AM - 3:15PM
2 Days
$275
Recommended for students entering Years 5 – 7 in 2025.
Public speaking often feels scary – but it doesn’t need to be. This workshop aims to help students in late primary and early high school change the narrative in their minds, and turn public speaking from a source of fear into something they genuinely enjoy.
This course lays strong foundations by giving students a head start on their public speaking and speech writing skills in a nurturing environment. It assists students in building an understanding of speech preparation alongside the development of a confident and engaging speaking manner.
Placing student-centred learning at its heart, our Honeyeates workshop changes from holiday to holiday, always targeting a new speaking skill to help students further improve their self-confidence.
In particular, students cover the following in each holiday break in 2024:
As with all of our programs, class sizes are kept small to ensure that students have ample opportunity to practice their skills and receive regular individualised feedback from one of our experienced and enthusiastic coaches.
More Information
When we are preparing a speech, we often believe that the most important things are the ideas we want to share. Whilst this may be true for us as the speaker, it is generally not accurate for audiences. They will generally form their opinions about a topic based on the way those ideas are presented, rather than the quality of those ideas in themselves.
With this fundamental truth in mind, over the Summer holidays our Public Speaking Honeyeaters will focus on developing a strong speaking manner to allow them to give captivating speeches that get their audiences onside.
Having students hone their manner and develop their own personal style of presentations is a powerful tool for building confidence and helping them feel comfortable in all speaking environments. This workshop gives students the opportunity to try out a range of manner techniques and to hone their own presentation style and personal brand.
Our Public Speaking Honeyeaters workshop is a mixed-experience level workshop.
There are three groups of students who would benefit from undertaking the Public Speaking Honeyeaters program:
If you’re not sure whether your child fits into any of these categories, please get in touch and we can chat about your circumstances!
Alternatively, please check out our video below to see how our holiday workshops function!
Over the course of the Captivating Speeches workshop, students will:
look at examples of great physical and verbal manner, and what makes them so engaging;
spend time reflecting on their own abilities and how they might be able to improve their own speaking manner; and
have various opportunities to practice and receive feedback on their speaking style.
Revision of Fundamental Concepts
The workshop starts with a succinct (but important) revision of essential concepts, including audience engagement and speech structure.
This helps set students up for the rest of the workshop and ensures that everyone starts on a similar level – this is especially important for students who don’t have previous exposure to public speaking!
Captivating Audiences
For the Captivating Speeches focus for our Honeyeaters program, students will generally cover:
Please note that students will participate in speaking activities and practice giving speeches every session in addition to covering the above topics!
Practice Speeches and Interactive Activities
As the workshop progresses, students will have the opportunity to participate in a range of practice speeches and carefully chosen activities aimed at bolstering their presentation skills. These activities span a wide range of emphases, encompassing body language, verbal expression, and more.
These abilities are fortified through consistent practice speeches and constructive critiques, guaranteeing that every student is given a chance to flourish and enhance their skills!
Our classes vary in size every holiday depending on how many bookings we receive – however, the maximum size of our Public Speaking Honeyeaters class is 10 students with one coach, and 16 students with two coaches.
If there aren’t any spots left, it’s usually because we’ve hit capacity – please get in touch with us and we’ll see what we can do about either opening an extra class, fitting your child into the existing class, or putting you on a waitlist in case any students pull out!
After the workshop, students will get to keep:
As a mixed-experience program, our Public Speaking Honeyeaters program is designed to be completed multiple times – with a different focus every holiday, there’s always something new for students to take away from the program!
However, if you’re looking for something different, it’s recommended that students:
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions, or get in touch using our contact form to learn more!
Such a good holiday program for my son to meet new friends and improve his public speaking skills. My son really enjoyed the two day camp and wish it could be extended for one more day!
The staff and teachers are very friendly. Nice school environment and parking is so convenient. Will definitely enrol my son for future course.
The coach was very friendly and enagaged kids extremely well throughout the program. My child loved the interaction and the way the course was broken down into games and activities.
I feel there has been a great improvement in my child's confidence within few days and I would look forward to enrol her in ongoing programs through this online platform. Infact the biggest postive for me as a full time working parent is that I would have never been able to send my kid to this program if I had to physically drive her to the venue every single day so this online program was a blessing in disguise.
I would continue to enrol my children in the future online holiday programs.
According to the 100+ Honeyeaters students surveyed in 2023...
had fun!
felt more confident!
improved their speaking manner!
felt their general knowledge grew!
could better structure their speeches!
