Weekly Speech and Drama Classes North Shore

and Public Speaking Classes

About Ten Feet Tall Classes

Ten Feet Tall offers Speech and Drama classes in Auckland that are confidence building for students Year 1-13. Our classes are packed with skill development and growth that lasts a lifetime.

Parents choose our classes because our programmes are fun, skill focused and tailored your child's individual development and interests. Scroll down to read about the classes we offer.

To ensure measurable growth, our 30 minute Speech and Drama group classes and Public Speaking classes are purposefully kept small. Our 60 minute Drama Club classes offer an opportunity to perform in a larger group. All students have multiple opportunities to perform through the year.

Skill Development at our Speech and Drama classes

Public Speaking [Extempore speaking; Impromptu speaking; Persuasive speeches; Thank you, Welcome and Introduction speeches; social speeches]

Clear Speech Skills [Voice, speech, articulation, grammar]

Oral Language [Telephone skills; Commentating; Announcing ideas; Explaining visuals; Discussion skills; body language, eye contact]

English Literature [Storytelling, Poetry reading; Reading aloud; Reading at sight; Analysis of texts]

Drama Performance [Character development; Devising; improvisation; interepreting and perfoming texts]

Performance concept - boy with toy airplane - an important part of speech and drama classes

Opportunities to Perform

It's very hard to develop speaking and performing confidence through isolated speaking events or performances. Ten Feet Tall weekly classes provide opportunities for skill growth so that your children are literally building speaking confidence 'muscles'. Ten Feet Tall offers multiple opportunities for students to perform:

End of Term Performances
Online Competitions
Speech and Drama Competitions
Examinations and Assessments
End of Year Recital

If your child is shy, outgoing or anywhere in between - come and try a class with us. For more information about the specific programmes, please scroll down.

Class Fees

Year 1-3 Group, $225 (Minimum 8 classes per term, 6 students max, 30 minutes)

Year 4-13 Group, $250 (Minimum 8 classes per term, 4 students max, 30 minutes)

Year 7-13 Group, $300 (Minimum 8 classes per term, 3 students max, 45 minutes)

Drama Club, $180 (Minimum 8 classes per term, 6-12 students, 60 mintues)

Our Year 10-13 students are usually grouped in shared or private classes.

More Information about our shared, private and itinernat school fees here.

Examinations and Assessments

Most of Ten Feet Tall students work towards an end of year examination or assessment. We offer Speech NZ and Trinity College examinations for students Year 2-13.