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Public Speaking Wombats

Public Speaking Wombats

  • Mixed Experience
  • Weeks
  • Years 3 - 4

A mixed-experience program that is ideal for students in Years 3 – 4 who would like to build their confidence.

Student to Teacher Ratio 9:1
Course Objectives
  • Make sure students get plenty of opportunities to practice and receive constructive feedback in a friendly, supportive environment.

  • Enrich each session with new theoretical insights about public speaking using a structured approach to learning.

  • Help students uncover the thrill that comes with public speaking!

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Course Overview

Bookings are closed for Term #4 – register your interest to join in 2025 here!

 

Key Features

  • Runs over 1-hour and 1.5-hour weekly sessions, depending on venue
  • Designed for mixed-experience Year 3 & 4 students
  • Covers a different focus each term that maps onto the relevant NAPLAN focuses
  • Emphasises practice every session, rather than spending too much time on theory
  • Similar structure each week – students begin with an activity, run through a new piece of theory and consolidate with a practical speaking task
  • Prioritises a supportive and nurturing learning environment for all students
  • Utilises small class sizes to ensure everyone can practice each session and receive plenty of individualised feedback

 

Term Focuses

Every term, we ensure that our Public Speaking Wombats program helps students understand the fundamental concepts involved with public speaking.

Emphasis is placed on the following each term in 2025:

  • Term #1: Persuasive Presentations
  • Term #2: Engaging Narratives
  • Term #3: Presenting with Passion
  • Term #4: News Presenters

While it’s recommended that students try each of these focuses, and the emphases change each year, there is no particular need to start with any of them, meaning students are welcome to join at any time!

 

More Information

Speeches are a powerful way to communicate with audiences. They can be used for many purposes – such as informing and entertaining people – but most commonly, you want to get up on stage and present something so your audience will think or act differently than before. This is what it means to persuade someone.

Our Term #1 Wombats program places the focus squarely on these types of persuasive speeches. While students may have already covered basic persuasive speech structure in our Koalas, Leopards or Lions programs, the focus of the Wombats program takes this type of speech to the next level.

Students learn how they can use various techniques – from chain words to expressive language – to help make their speeches sound much more persuasive. Students also have plenty of opportunities to apply these techniques across a range of different types of persuasive speeches, with a particular focus on elections!

After completing the Persuasive Presentations program, students should:

  • have been exposed to the fundamental principles that underpin persuasive speeches;
  • understand a range of new techniques to help them sound and feel more persuasive when giving a presentation; and
  • have been given multiple opportunities to present to their class in each and every session.

Our Public Speaking Wombats program is a mixed-level class for students in Years 3 & 4 designed for students starting out in the world of public speaking as well as those with some speaking experience.

Public Speaking Wombats caters for:

  • Students who have little or no public speaking experience (students are more than welcome to join the program any term of the year);
  • Students who have already completed one or more terms of our Presentation Skills Leopards or Presentation Skills Lions programs when they were in Years 1 or 2;
  • Students who have already completed one or more terms of Wombats (the focus changes every term, so there’s no repetition of content for students);
  • Students who have given our holiday workshops (such as Speaking Camp Koalas or Speaking Camp Kangaroos) a go, and are looking to continue their public speaking journey!

We usually recommend that students continue with Public Speaking Wombats throughout Years 3 & 4 – there is a different focus every term, so there’s always something new for students to learn!

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

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.

 

Canvassing Opinions

For the Persuasive Presentations focus for our Wombats program, students will generally cover:

  • Topic #1 – Introductions, icebreakers & revising presentation skills fundamentals
  • Topic #2 – A range of techniques students can use to be more persuasive when presenting
  • Topic #3 – Methods students can use to help convince their audiences
  • Topic #4 – Various different approaches to campaigning for leadership positions
  • Topic #5 – A range of activities to help them build a persuasive speaking manner
  • Topic #6 – Pulling each concept together in an 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.

As a mixed-experience program, our Public Speaking Wombats program is designed to be completed multiple times – with a different focus every term, there’s always something new for students to take away from the program!

Alternatively, if your child would like to try debating, our Debating Wallabies program teaches students all the essential skills they need to become great debaters!

However, if you’re looking for something during a school break, you may want to try one of our holiday workshops, such as Speaking Camp Kangaroos, which builds on the skills learned during the term.

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions, or get in touch using our contact form to learn more!

Course Reviews

Highly recommendable. My daughter is learning thick and fast, and enjoys the sessions very much. The staff is highly qualified, also another remarkable point is great communication with parents and students.

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Very impressed with the online teaching!

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  • Of the dozens of Wombats students surveyed in 2023...

  • 99%

    had fun!

  • 96%

    felt more confident!

  • 97%

    improved their speaking manner!

  • 93%

    wanted to come back next time!

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