The good speaker
Same words. Eye contact, pace, and meaning.
Advanced Public SpeakingTwo levels$195.00 per level
Your child has something to say.
Five sessions of public speaking, taught the way performers learn it. Not theory, not a worksheet. Every single session ends with your child standing up and speaking to a room.
1 session per week, 5 weeks
1.5 hours a session
$39.00 per session
Same speech. Two deliveries.
In the very first session, students watch these two films back to back. The words are identical. Everything that matters is different. Learning to hear that gap is where the whole course starts.
The bad speaker
Eyes down. Flat voice. No expression.
Every technique in the course is taught this way. Students watch it done badly, watch it done well, work out the difference themselves, then do it.
What happens in a session
The same shape every session, so students always know what is coming. Ninety minutes, and they are on their feet by the end of it.
Warm upA game that wakes up the voice and takes the edge off the nerves.
Learn one thingA single technique, explained plainly. Never five at once.
Watch itShort films, made for this course, showing the technique failing and then working.
Build itThey apply it to their own speech, in writing, with a plan they keep.
PerformStand up and speak, live in class or over video. Every session, no exceptions.
Two levels
Choose by what your child can already do. Each level is a complete five session course.
Beginner
Grades 3-5 · $195.00
For the student who goes quiet when the room looks at them. Starts from the beginning, gently. In session one they speak for sixty seconds about themselves, and most of them are surprised they managed it.
- Speaking loudly and clearly enough to be heard at the back
- Using volume, pace, pause, pitch and expression on purpose
- Telling a story with a beginning, a middle and an end
- Answering a surprise question without freezing
- Writing and performing their own short speech
Advanced
Grades 6-8 · $195.00
For the student who can hold a room and now wants to win the argument. Assumes the basics and pushes into persuasion, evidence and competition-standard delivery. The final speech is built to be entered somewhere.
- Answering under pressure with STAR and PREP
- Using volume, pace, pause, pitch and expression deliberately
- Telling a story that an audience remembers
- Building an argument with reasons, evidence and a concrete example
- Speaking from notes, not reading
The five sessions
Each session adds one thing and keeps everything before it.
Beginner sessions
Find Your Voice
What public speaking actually is, and the three rules everything rests on.
Tune Your Voice
Volume, pace, pause, pitch and expression, one at a time.
Think on Your Feet
Answering on the spot without panicking, using STAR and PREP.
Tell Me a Story
Why a story sticks when a list of facts does not.
Inform and Persuade
The three jobs a speech can do, and how to change a mind. Ends with their own short speech to an audience.
Advanced sessions
Find Your Voice
What public speaking really is, and what separates a compelling speaker from a forgettable one.
Tune Your Voice
Volume, pace, pause, pitch and expression, used deliberately so a delivery lands.
Think on Your Feet
Answering under real pressure, with STAR for composure and PREP for structure.
Tell Me a Story
Why a story is remembered when a list of facts is not, and how timing carries it.
Inform and Persuade
The three purposes of speaking, and building an argument that holds up with evidence.
You will know how they went
Not a vague "they did well". A performance every session, and a self-check they can read.
Session 4, their own story
Your child delivers their "My Best Day Ever" story for about two minutes, speaking from notes rather than reading. Afterwards they check their own delivery: projecting to the whole room, eye contact held, timing and expression used deliberately, and a final line that lands rather than trails off.
Session 5, their first argument
A one-minute case from their own notes: opinion, reasons, example, opinion again. They check whether the reasons were backed by evidence rather than feelings, and whether the example was concrete. The class votes on the most convincing argument, even where they disagree with it.
What is included
Everything your child needs. Nothing extra to buy.
- Five live sessions, ninety minutes each
- 27 short films made for this course, not stock clips
- An interactive workbook for every session, which saves their answers
- A performance every single session, to an audience
- Their own written work they keep: a story, a persuasive argument, and a plan for each
- A self-check after every performance, against criteria they can read
Price$195.00
Session length90 minutes
Course length1 session per week, 5 sessions
LevelsBeginner and Advanced
DeliveryIn centre or online
Questions parents ask
My child is terrified of speaking. Is this too much for them?
That is exactly who the Beginner level is built for. Session one asks for sixty seconds about themselves, to a small group, after a warm-up game. Nobody is thrown in front of an audience on day one.
Do they need any experience?
None for Beginner. For Advanced, they should already be comfortable speaking in front of a class and want to push into argument and evidence.
Can they take part from home?
Yes. Performances can be delivered live in class or over a video link, and the workbook for every session runs in a browser.
What do they actually walk away with?
Five workbooks they keep, a story and a persuasive argument they wrote themselves, and the experience of having stood up and spoken to an audience five sessions running.
Which level should I choose?
If speaking up is the hard part, Beginner. If the hard part is being convincing, Advanced.