Speech and drama exam season is approaching again! At Head Held High, exam season is one of our favourite times...

At Head Held High, we are entering our speech and drama exam season. And while nerves can be good, stress...

We’ve just passed Mother’s Day, a time when we sit back and reflect on everything the mothers in our lives...

Speech and drama exam season is approaching again! At Head Held High, exam season is one of our favourite times...

We all want our kids to be safe and grow up to be effective, productive people in the world. But...

  As we begin an exciting new year of lessons, back face-to-face (!!!) with our wonderful students, we’ve created a...

Interview with Head Held High Teacher, Lydia Buckley-Gorman In this post, we meet one of our amazing teachers, Lydia Buckley-Gorman....

At the time of writing this post we’re in Week 2 of Term 2, and as a teaching team we’re...

The seasons are changing (if the amount of leaves in my gutters are anything to go by). Term 1 is...

We are now well underway for Term 1, and feeling good to be back in the teaching ‘groove’! This blog...

As we welcome our returning students back for the start of another year, and greet our new students for the...

If we were to keep stats about the most common question that parents ask us at Head Held High, the...

Children learn best when and where they feel safest and happiest. To a large extent, either consciously or unconsciously, any...

Interview with Head Held High Teacher, Jess Loudon In this post, we meet one of our (relatively) new teachers, Jess...

In the two videos below our Head of Teaching, Erica Kröger, gives some insight into what’s in the lesson plans...

Many Head Held High student parents reading this will be very aware that public speaking modules and competitions in primary...

At the time of publishing this blog post, New Zealand has been in Level 1 of Covid-19 safety precautions for...

As Covid-19 lockdown loomed on the horizon, we faced an uncertain time at Head Held High. A month ago, it...

In this week’s blog post, read a true story of channeling speech & drama skills to overcome fear, as experienced...

At Head Held High, our speech and drama lessons follow a set structure which provides stability and continuity for students....

It’s Christmas come early for us this week at Head Held High!  Our presents have arrived ahead of schedule, in...

At Head Held High, we live and breathe speech and drama. Teaching 600+ students every week means we have a...

If you’re considering speech and drama lessons for your child or teen, what images do you imagine? Do you conjure...

It’s a question we often hear at Head Held High… “what’s the difference between speech & drama lessons, and drama...

Head Held High Senior student spotlight A common misconception about Head Held High is that we only teach speech and...

  Exams. They’re the source of much debate in schooling systems the world over. At Head Held High, many of...

Trinity speech & drama exams The process of sitting Trinity speech & drama exams is about much more than simply...

Too much screen time is detrimental to kids… We know too much screen time is detrimental to kids. Yet screens...

In these two videos our Head Teacher, Erica Kröger, lifts the lid on what’s in the lesson plans for HHH...

We live in a world of constant change. It can be challenging to foresee what life skills our children need...

New Zealand’s best oral communication teachers? They live next door to you. And across the road. And around the corner....

Fear of public speaking, it gets to the best of us… Everybody feels nerves and fear when speaking in public....

Interview with HHH Teacher, Erica Kröger In this post, we find out what makes our fabulous Head Teacher, Erica Kröger...

Superstar HHH-teacher-actor-writer, Holly Shervey’s latest project !! Boasting alert !! This post is all about us being super proud, and...

In this post our founder, Kate Laurence, gives us a peek behind the curtains at what is in the lesson...

Yendarra School scholarship partnership Our scholarship partnership with Yendarra School is one of the things we are most proud about....