THE HEAD HELD HIGH BLOG

Children learn best when and where they feel safest and happiest. To a large extent, either consciously or unconsciously, any learning environment’s tone is determined by the teacher in the room.  At Head Held High, we’re lucky enough to enjoy a natural advantage when it comes to being able to create a positive learning environment for our students.  That’s because the nature of speech and drama is such that it lends itself to fun, playfulness and exploring our creative sides.  It is by consciously creating this positive learning environment that we as teachers are able to stimulate and encourage our...

Interview with Head Held High Teacher, Jess Loudon In this post, we meet one of our (relatively) new teachers, Jess Loudon. Where is she from? What’s that accent? Where have we seen her before (hint, it’s on TV)? And, what’s her message for young people with a love for the performing arts? We throw all the tough questions at Jess! Jess is passionate, hugely energetic, amazingly talented and so much fun. As such an important influence on your child or teenager, we thought you’d like to get to know her a little bit better…

In the two videos below our Head of Teaching, Erica Kröger, gives some insight into what’s in the lesson plans for Head Held High students this coming term. The first video profiles the lesson content for junior students (Years 1 – 6), while the second video profiles the lesson content for intermediate (Years 7/8) and senior students (Years 9 – 13). We shoot these videos for you – our students’ parents – as a preview to every term to help you understand what’s happening in your child/teenager’s Head Held High lessons. They give you a sneak peek into the learning...

Many Head Held High student parents reading this will be very aware that public speaking modules and competitions in primary schools around Auckland are evolving. Goodbye to the one-size-fits-all approach. Goodbye to all kids being forced to do a “classic” 3 minute speech. Hello to three new, exciting speech formats for children to choose from, including ‘spoken word’, ‘rap’ and ‘flash talks’.