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Extra-Curricular LAMDA Communication & Performance Tuition available to new and existing pupils.
Please note: A new entry form is needed at the beginning of each year and can be found at the bottom of this web page.
Preparing for a LAMDA Exam helps everyone develop the life skills that are so important for a happy, successful and fulfilled life.
Once you have passed a LAMDA Exam, you will have gained a qualification that is recognised all over the world that you can add to your CV, resumé, university application. You can also earn UCAS points to help with university entry.
There are lots of reasons why taking LAMDA certificates are an advantage. They improve skills in speech, performance, memory, vocabulary, literature knowledge, English speaking. They improve communication/confidence skills, self-assurance, and how to make voices heard in an articulate way.
98% of pupils in the last 5 years have gained Distinction passes. (Certificates are graded pass/merit/distinction)
Pupils can request a free trial lesson/chat before term begins – in person or on-line – if they wish.
UCAS points can be achieved with some GRADE 6, 7 and 8 LAMDA examinations: see below for the relevant subjects and the number of achievable points shown in the table.
Please note that the skills learned in all LAMDA subjects and grades are skills for life that will assist studies, communication and interviews; in the workplace and socially. The UCAS points can assist in successful university applications.
If you’ve taken exams from different syllabi, UCAS points can be stacked to gain more points. So, as an example, points earned from an Acting exam in our Performance syllabi can be added to the points for a Reading for Performance exam from our Communication syllabi.
If you have achieved multiple exams in the same syllabi, you can claim one set of points.
Performance subjects: Acting Grades 6, 7 and 8.
Communication subjects: Speaking Verse & Prose, Reading for Performance, Speaking in Public Grades 6, 7, 8.
| Attainment Level | LAMDA Grade 6 | LAMDA Grade 7 | LAMDA Grade 8 |
| Distinction | 12 points | 16 points | 30 points |
| Merit | 10 points | 14 points | 27 points |
| Pass | 8 points | 12 points | 24 points |
Some things to consider
The visiting LAMDA communication and performance tutor is Mrs Pam Roberts LLAM. Mrs Roberts is an experienced LAMDA teacher and was a world-wide Examiner for LAMDA for 13 years.
Lesson options are available to all Glenalmond students. Ideally, students aim to begin LAMDA as early as possible, making their way through Grades 3-8 until they reach Gold Medal Standard in the sixth form. Pupils may have already taken LAMDA in their primary/prep schools. Lessons usually begin in the Michaelmas term (but can be later). We usually have examinations in school in person: students can also be examined on line in certain circumstances.
Lessons and graded certificate examinations (levels 1-3) aim to inspire and empower learners. Lessons are once a week. All certificate examinations include performances or speeches followed by a one to one discussion with an examiner which involves answering some prepared theory.
To develop vocal, physical and interpretive skills while they delve into characters and explore the background of dramatic texts. Alongside producing authentic performances of scenes, they also gain an understanding of the context and characters within them. Working through the grades takes students through the development of clear speaking and character portrayal to an understanding of a playwright’s style, the influence of theatre practitioners such as Stanislavski and a sensitive appreciation of subtext. This course also helps pupils to improve memory skills.
Lessons are designed to develop memory skills and imagination and improve vocal skills, diction, posture and expressive communication. Students learn how to understand and perform the written word, whilst learning an element of verse and prose theory and increasing their knowledge of literature and poetry.
Lessons are designed to develop students’ ability to perform and engage with an audience, improve oral communication, confidence and skills in diction/pronunciation, posture and facial expression. They create a performance of verse & prose readings with a theme. They learn to understand text and verse in order to convey the authors’ intentions. (Also popular with pupils who speak English as a foreign language and students who do not want to rely too heavily on memory skills.)
Lessons are designed to develop the skills necessary for effective oral communication and public presentation, using Visual Aids. (Also suitable for those for whom English is a second language.) Students prepare at least one speech, depending on grade and learn to structure and shape subject matter into a coherent and concise speech, using appropriate language, tone, purpose and situation, whilst building skills in vocal projection and clear speech. Students also learn to integrate body language, notes and visual aids where appropriate, to support the subject matter and engage the imagined audience appropriately.
To give learners the opportunity to create their own version of some of literature’s most famous characters and perform lines of some of the most famous lines ever written, bringing words to life. They gain an understanding of Shakespeare’s style and form of writing as well as improving memory skills.
