Our focus his year is on oral communication and public speakingas we move away from more traditional speeches. Being able to confidently and articulately get your point across when speaking in front of people is really important and a great life long skill. 

We encourage parents to carefully read information that comes home from teachers around how you can best help your children with these tasks – writing down information for your child to read is NOT the best way to tackle this. 

See below for the basic overview of what each class / year group will be doing. More detailed information will come home via class teachers.  

Year 1 & 2 Poem Recite a short poem, using some expression and actions.  This could be a favourite poem, a recently learned nursery rhyme etc.

Talking about my whanau (family) Bring along a photo or drawing of your whanau.  Share who they are and what you like doing together as a family.  This could be for about 2 minutes.
Year 3 & 4 Poem Recite a poem, using some expression and actions.  This could be a favourite poem but must be 3-5 versus long. (this may be as a group or individual)

Talking about my whanau (family)  Bring along a photo/s or drawing of your whanau (you can add your grandparents as well).  Share who they are, what is special or unique about them.  You might like to talk about something fun you did together as a family. About 2-3 minutes
Year 5 & 6  Personal Presentation Share a presentation with the class about something important to you that you know a lot about. You may like to bring items to show or photos or pictures. This is NOT a written speech.  It needs to be around 3 minutes long. 

Poem  Recite a group poem, using some expression and actions.  This could be a favourite poem.
Year 7 & 8 Personal Presentation  Share a 3 minute presentation with the class about something important to you. You will need to share 4 photos about this topic with Mrs Hancock. We will choose the topics in class and work on the presentations in class. This is NOT a written speech, it is a talk about something you know lots about. It needs to be around 3 minutes long. ANDPoem Recite a group poem, using some expression and actions.  We will choose poems and groups in class. 

For those that wish to enter the Lions Speech Competition we will adapt your presentation to meet the following criteria:

Formal Speech (only for those wishing to compete for a spot in the Lions Speech Competition)

A 3 minute speech about a topic of choice (persuade, inform or entertain). This is a more traditional speech and needs to include the use of cue cards.