Our focus for Term #1 will be on newsreading and informative speeches.

Whilst most programs focus on persuasive speeches – presentations which try to get the audience to take a certain course of action – these are by no means the only speeches given in day to day life.  Students in early primary school are often asked not to persuade, but just to inform – to let the audience know something they didn’t know before.

This program provides students with a basic introduction to informative speeches through the lense of newsreading.  Students will learn how to extrapolate events from their own lived experience, and share those events with their audience in an informative and engaging manner.  As with all our programs, students will also be exposed to a number of activities to help them practice their skills and develop further as a speaker.

Our Presentation Skills Lions course is an experienced level program.

Students are assumed to have a reasonable understanding of public speaking, and in particular persuasive speeches, before undertaking the program.  By way of indiciation, the Lions program would be suitable for students who have:

• previously completed one or two terms of our Presentation Skills Leopards term program;
• completed at least two intensive holiday workshops, including our Presentation Skills Tabby Cats and Presentation Skills Tigers programs;
• already done one Lions term program, and want to come back for another term to learn a new skill; or
• received plenty of formal public speaking coaching from another provider.

Please get in touch if you’d like to discuss what’s best for your child!

After completing the Presentation Skills Lions Newsreading program, students should:

• have been exposed to the fundamental principles which form the foundations of an informative speech;
• understand how to develop an oral news report; and
• have been given multiple opportunities to present to their class in each and every two-hour session.

Our classes vary in size every term depending on how many bookings we receive – however, the maximum size of our Lions class is around eight students with one coach.

If there aren’t any spots left, it’s usually because we’ve hit capacity, but may also be the result of a miscommunication with the coaching college – 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 each program, students will go home with:

• a personal feedback sheet prepared by their coach, which goes through what they’ve improved on, and what still needs some work;
• a certificate recognising their achievements;
• a course booklet, which covers everything they’ve learned over the course of the term;
• the speech that they prepared for their parent presentations; and
• some new speaking skills that they can use in the real world!

If you’re interested in doing another term program, our Presentation Skills Lions program changes from term to term, so students will learn new stills each time they come back – check above for what the focus is going to be next term.

Alternatively, if you were looking to do an intensive holiday program, we would recommend that students give our Presentation Skills Tigers program a try.  This holiday workshop teaches a range of different skills, and changes from holiday to holiday, giving students the opportunities to develop their speaking skills in a range of novel circumstances, from advertising to basic comparative debating skills.