by Conversations between Speech and Drama Teachers
Each short episode will focus on a different issue that affects the lives and work of Speech and Drama Teachers: overcoming difficulties, filling your timetable, transferring your skills, working in different environments, planning and preparing, dealing with exam boards... <br/><br/><a href="https://gabimaddocks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">gabimaddocks.substack.com</a>
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April 23, 2025
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit <a href="https://gabimaddocks.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_7">gabimaddocks.substack.com</a><br/><br/><p>Last week I led a Zoom meeting focused on Solo Introductory LAMDA exams for children aged 5 to 8 years old. We discussed the importance of providing a safe and nurturing environment for creativity and I also shared the marking scheme for the exams. We talked about how these exams could be useful for older students, and the situations in which this might be the case. As a group we discussed teaching styles, the challenges of introducing new poems to students, and strategies for teaching children conversation skills and reciting poems. We talked about whether gesture should be used and how to avoid its overuse. Lastly, I led a discussion on choosing appropriate books and objects for the conversation section.</p><p>I also discussed strategies when working in groups - how to keep the other children occupied when working on individual poems, and I shared a template for our POETRY PROJECT which gives them plenty to get on with for a few minutes to build up a booklet that they can take home at the end of term and is a nice record of their work. Lots of these activities build skills that they’ll need in higher level Verse and Prose exams, and could of course be used for older children as well. You can download the Poetry Project to use with your own students by clicking this link:</p>
October 4, 2024
<p>It’s just me this time… and it’s come out a bit later than I was hoping because of competition from other important activities! </p><p>Setting up a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/lamdaexamteachersupport">new Facebook group</a> with the wonderful Clare and Judi took up the second half of September, and there was also a bit of a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/lamdaexamteachersupport">hoo-hah about the Knowledge questions in the Grade 6 and 7 acting syllabus</a> to look into… which still hasn’t been satisfactorily resolved.</p><p>So this podcast will give you a brief overview of a year at The Playing Space, starting in September and going through to July. </p><p>I hope you enjoy! </p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Gabi’s Speech and Drama Community at <a href="https://gabimaddocks.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">gabimaddocks.substack.com/subscribe</a>
August 31, 2024
<p>In this podcast I have a lovely chat with the marvellous Abi Haberfield, who is a partner at The Playing Space and also teaches independently in schools. She is a hugely experienced LAMDA teacher, having prepared students for exams of all subjects and grades for more than 12 years. </p><p>We talk about the variety of different set ups we have encountered in the different schools we go into. Areas of discussion include: </p><p>* Dealing with parents directly, including invoicing.</p><p>* Invoicing the school and having no contact with parents. </p><p>* Having to deal with admin including timetabling and exam entries. </p><p>* Switching from private classes to shared classes or small groups as numbers increase. </p><p>* Paying rent for the teaching space. </p><p>* Public versus Private Exam Centres.</p><p>* Entering students for exams - do it yourself and charge an admin fee, or let the school/parents do the entries themselves.</p><p>* Taking over from other teachers and making changes. </p><p>* Turning down work if you don’t think the school is running things in the way you think best serves the students (e.g. too many children in a group).</p><p>* Negotiating a suitable teaching space.</p><p>* Benefits of LAMDA exams for students who are falling behind academically.</p><p>* How to manage preparation for exams in schools with limited funds. </p><p>* Offering free sessions to students in the run up to exams - generosity or downfall? Building free sessions into your fee structure. </p><p>* The difficulty of getting into schools. </p><p>* LAMDA Horror Stories: mistakes we’ve made. </p><p>Visit <a target="_blank" href="https://gabimaddocks.substack.com">Gabi’s Speech and Drama Community</a> for loads more resources - articles, worksheets, meet ups and more! </p><p><p>Gabi’s Speech and Drama Community is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://gabimaddocks.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">gabimaddocks.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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