Revision of Fundamental Concepts
The program starts with a succinct (but critical) revision of essential concepts, including audience engagement and speech structure.
This helps prepare students for the rest of the program and ensures that everyone starts on a similar level, especially students who have not been exposed to public speaking before.
Descriptive Speech Essentials
For the Descriptive Speeches focus for our Leopards program, students will generally cover:
- Topic #1 – Introductions, icebreakers & different purposes of speeches
- Topic #2 – The essentials of speech structure
- Topic #3 – Considering the essential elements of informative speeches
- Topic #4 – Utilising descriptive speeches in a range of contexts
- Topic #5 – Pulling each concept together and forming an engaging end-of-term presentation
Practice Speeches & Activities
The remainder of the program introduces them to various concepts and activities that will help enhance their presentation skills, which are, in turn, reinforced through regular practice speeches and feedback!
End of Term Presentation
Each term ends with a presentation, either to peers or parents (depending on the venue). This is an excellent opportunity for students to showcase what they’ve learned over the course of the term and continue their confidence-building journey.
Students generally spend the last couple of sessions preparing and practising their speeches for the presentation.
Coaches will also provide an update to parents on what was covered during the term, as well as what comes next for the students’ public speaking journeys.
