PUBLIC SPEAKING & DEBATING
Speech Tuition
SIGN-UP FOR 2025 Opens Saturday 19 October 2024 at 9.00am
The College offers Speech Tuition to PLC Sydney students from Kindergarten to Year 12. The program builds confidence and competence in oral communication. Our professional speech tutors help students to develop communication and presentation skills that will provide a lifetime of confidence in public speaking and performance activities.
Lesson topics include:
voice production, articulation and modulation
public speaking: prepared and impromptu, formal and informal
presentation techniques and non-verbal communication skills
external examinations and eisteddfod preparation
performance through dramatic text and improvisation
Yearly assessment by the Australian Speech Communication Association (ASCA) and /or the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB). Eisteddfod work may be undertaken. Individual reports at the end of each semester.
Please note the UPDATED policy regarding absences from lessons Make-Up Policy 2022
Membership: Kindergarten to Year 12
Cost (as at 1 Jan 2024) 14 lessons per semester minimum
Group lessons (maximum six students) $540 per semester for Kindergarten to Year 12
Semi-private lessons (maximum two students for 30 mins) $755 per semester for Years 7–12
Private individual lessons (30 minutes) $810 per semester for Years 7–12
When: Terms 1–4, weekly, at a time organised with the parent/student
Venue: Lyons House
Staff: 02 97045657 (Lyons House) or For After School Arrangements (K-6) - 0411 817 250 or speechassist@plc.nsw.edu.au
Mrs Lynette Hawkey lhawkey@plc.nsw.edu.au
Ms Kelly Banek kbanek@plc.nsw.edu.au
Ms Tricia Morosin tmorosin@plc.nsw.edu.au
Mrs Heather Gorvin hgorvin@plc.nsw.edu.au
Miss Lili Jenkins ljenkins@plc.nsw.edu.au
Miss Chanel Chamoun cchamoun@plc.nsw.edu.au
Miss Maddi Ridley mridley@plc.nsw.edu.au
Miss Emily Harmon eharmon@plc.nsw.edu.au
Mrs Tamara Edwards tedwards@plc.nsw.edu.au
Miss Saoirse Mulvihill smulvihill@plc.nsw.edu.au
Miss Abby Cassen acassen@plc.nsw.edu.au
Miss Myah Mourched mmourched@plc.nsw.edu.au
Development Speaking Coach: Alessia Dal Pane adal177842@plc.nsw.edu.au