Fairhills High and World Vision in Partnership

Recently, FD worked with students from Fairhills High School who are partnering with World Vision to raise funds for and visit a disadvantaged Vietnamese community later this year.

FD's mission was to equip the students with confident speaking skills they could then use to persuade others to give generously in sponsorship of the overseas community, and to provide students with tips and skills for interacting with members of that community when they visit!

Students developed the art of engaging others using appealing verbal and non-verbal communication techniques and learned how to weave persuasive arguments. The sessions were highly interactive and hands-on, with voice modulation and projection exercises  integrated into speeches and debating on topics ranging from feminism in pop culture to children's health issues.

Working with Teach for Australia associates

We are proud to work with Teach for Australia - an organisation dedicated to closing the education gap for disadvantaged kids (did you know that the least advantaged kids in Australian schools lag two and a half years behind the most privileged?).

Our main role with TFA is "train the trainer" - training teachers to coach debating teams and use debating in their classrooms. Sometimes we are also able to help out at an individual school - like Fairhills High School in Knoxfield, Melbourne. Recently one of our most experienced FD trainers, Lynne Featonby, and a TFA associate teamed up and coached a Fairhills junior team to its first victory! Well done to all concerned, especially the members of the team.