Read what parents are saying about LTK!
Ronin and Xander Cooper-Jackson
Our boys have been a
part of LTK since they started prep. Melissa and the other teachers are great and create a fun and nurturing environment that helps bring kids out of their shells and fosters a love of performing and grows their confidence in public speaking.
Every year we look forward to the end-of-year performance at Wynnum Star Theatre, which never fails to impress. LTK always takes great care in producing an on-stage experience for our kids that could rival a professional production which is beyond what you would expect for a school play. They do a wonderful job of incorporating all of the students, from the young preppies who are just starting out, to the more experienced senior students who often shine in the leading roles.
As a parent, it’s amazing to see the journey of our kids growing and building upon the skills they have learned at LTK year after year. Early on, it instilled confidence in our kids to stand up in front of their classmates and effectively deliver speeches and presentations. More recently it gave our son the confidence to audition for a major national touring musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast for the role of Chip. His years of performing at Wynnum Star Theatre and the weeks of training that he took part in, week after week, during the school year were not only a fun start to his school day but also prepared him for this incredible opportunity.
LTK has been more than just an extra curricular program for our kids. It helped transform a timid, risk averse preppie into a more confident 8 year old who was able to hold his own among seasoned professional actors up on the stages of QPAC in Brisbane and Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne, night after night.
We are so happy with our decision to enroll our kids in LTK Speech and Drama and we are looking forward to their performances in the years to come.
Larissa Jorgensen
Larissa has been a part of the Lets Talk Kids Community for 2 years upon starting at a new school. Prior to that she had been very involved with dancing most of her life but now has found a new found passion with acting thanks to LTK. Larissa now seeks to pursue acting as a career.
Larissa particularly loves writing and directing her own shows in her spare time recruiting whoever she can to be a part of them. Being a part of Let’s Talk Kids has helped Larissa to overcome a lot of anxiety around schooling as well as building resilience to overcome other personal challenges.
It is an amazing outlet for her to express herself and have a lot of fun in the process and is the highlight of her week! The Let’s Talk Kids team are phenomenal at creating a healthy environment for these young people which is encouraging, professional and fun! I would not hesitate in recommending this program for any young person as it teaches an abundance of vital life skills through the use of drama. I can’t thank Melissa and the team enough for what the program has done in my daughter’s life.
Larissa as “Marcella the Mime”, 2021.
Ceri Chambers
It did not occur to me to put Ceri into drama classes until his psychologist recommended that I look into it. My son is autistic and has difficulties seeing other people’s perspectives as well as understanding social interactions, especially in large groups. His psychologist explained that drama can assist people on the spectrum in developing their social skills and theory of mind – the ability to understand that other people’s thoughts and feelings may be different from their own. I enrolled Ceri when he was in year 1 and he has thrived under the LTK team’s guidance ever since.
Each week he looks forward to his Speech and Drama class, so much so that he insists on going to the Summer Intensive Program each year. Ceri was already a confident kid before he started, he didn’t need any help in that department! Even so, Let’s Talk Kids has challenged him to put himself outside of his comfort zone. This year he auditioned for a lead in the show Illuminate and was thrilled when he got the part of Trickster. The LTK team place value on effort and aren’t afraid to push the children to try harder and if they fall, to get back up again. They instill a sense of accomplishment through perseverance and hard work and encourage all of its members to try their best.
I highly recommend the LTK team. They are an amazing group of invested teachers who support and encourage all of the children and ensure that every child, no matter their background, is included. Ceri has loved every minute of his drama journey; he is developing skills that will help him in all aspects of his life, not only throughout his schooling, but well into the future and for that I cannot thank the LTK team enough.
Ceri as ‘Trickster the Magician”, 2021.
Breanna Boyd-Williamson