Years 1 to 6

Every child has something worth saying.

Speaking clearly in front of other people is one of the most useful skills anyone ever learns — and one of the few that school expects but barely teaches. Some children need help to be heard at all. Others are already confident and need to be stretched further. Both belong here, because being understood is a skill: it can be taught, practised and improved, the same as handwriting or times tables.

Years 1–61.5 hours a week$350 a term

Enrol now What they learn

A child speaking to classmates while a teacher listens

Why this matters

The skill they will use every year of their life.

From news in Year 1 to a job interview twenty years from now, your child will be judged on how well they can explain themselves out loud. School assumes children can already do it and teaches it almost by accident. The ones who can hold a room get chosen — for the group, for the team, for the role — and it compounds, year after year. It is also the skill that decides how much of your child other people ever get to see.

Class presentationsGroup workDebatingSchool leadershipInterviews

The rule in every lesson

“Every child speaks in every lesson.”

Not a turn every few weeks. Every child, every lesson, in front of the group — starting with a few seconds and building up. Nobody is allowed to hide at the back, and nobody is put on the spot before they are ready.

The programme

What your child learns, stage by stage.

Small, specific skills, taught one at a time — never a vague instruction to be more confident.

Years 1–2

Being heard

Standing still, facing the room
Volume: loud enough for the back row
Looking up, not at your shoes
Saying one idea clearly, from start to finish

Years 3–4

Being understood

Beginning, middle and end
Slowing down, and using a pause
Using your hands on purpose
Speaking from notes instead of reading

Years 5–6

Being convincing

One clear message, and sticking to it
Choosing words for the listener
Answering a question you did not expect
Persuading, and handling disagreement politely

Inside a lesson

What a lesson looks like.

Short, active and repetitive in the way that actually builds a habit.

Warm-up

Voice and nerves

Games that get the voice working and take the fear out of the room. Children are laughing before they have noticed they are speaking.

Teaching

One skill at a time

A single, specific skill — how to pause, how to open, where to look. Demonstrated, then practised in pairs.

Speak

In front of the group

Every child speaks. They get one thing they did well and one thing to work on next week. Nothing vague, nothing crushing.

Why here

What makes this different.

✓Every child speaks, every lessonThe only thing that builds confidence is doing it repeatedly, safely.

✓Specific feedbackOne strength and one target each week — never just “well done”.

✓Stretched, not strandedQuieter children build up in small steps from their seat. Confident children get harder tasks — a tougher topic, a shorter preparation, a question they did not expect.

✓It shows up everywherePresentations and group work now. Leadership roles, interviews and pitching an idea later. It is the one skill that never stops being useful.

Free · no obligation

Ask us about Public Speaking for Kids.

Tell us your child's year and what you are hoping for. We will reply with the next available times.

1The right group for your childBy year level and confidence, not just age.
2What is coveredThe skills for that stage, in plain language.
3When classes runCurrent times, in centre and online.

Some classes have limited places. If the one you want is full, we add your child to the waiting list and contact you as soon as a place opens or a new class starts. Fill in the form and we will tell you what is available now.

$350per term · 10 weeks, 1.5 hours a week

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Straight answers

Questions parents actually ask.

Is this only for shy children?+

No. It is for any child who will one day need to be understood — which is all of them. Quieter children learn to be heard. Confident children, who often plateau because nobody ever corrects them, learn structure, timing and how to handle a question they did not expect. They work on different targets in the same room.

My child is very shy. Will this be too much?+

No child is dragged to the front on day one. They start with a few seconds from their seat and build up over weeks. Shy children often make the biggest change, simply because they have the furthest to travel.

Is this debating?+

No. Debating is competitive and argument-based. This is the groundwork underneath it: being heard, being clear, and being comfortable in front of people. It is excellent preparation if your child later wants to debate.

How will I know my child is improving?+

You will hear it at home first. In class each child gets a specific target each week, so progress is a series of named skills rather than a vague feeling.

Does this help with school and interviews?+

Yes — class presentations, news, group work, leadership roles, and interviews for scholarships or selective placements where speaking is part of the process.