Whether you’re brand new to them or looking to refresh your approach, this session will offer real, practical value. Here’s why you might want to watch the video:
1. Never tackled Introductory Exams before?
You’ll get a clear breakdown of how they work, what examiners are looking for, and who they’re ideal for.
2. Struggling to prep individuals within group settings?
I share tips for keeping group sessions manageable — even when they’re working towards solo exams.
3. Already an Introductory Exams pro?
Inject your teaching with some new ideas, and share your own top tips in the comments!
LAMDA Introductory Exams can be a brilliant way to diversify your income and lay foundations for long-term student relationships. Many of my teenage students started with these exams at age 5 or 6. Starting the LAMDA Syllabus at a young age is a great way of building enthusiasm rather than fear of exams that will keep them coming back term after term…
Solo Introductory LAMDA exams are aimed at children aged 5 to 8 years old. During the meeting, 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.
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:
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