Distinction For Speech and Drama School

DOWNLEY Lodge Drama School, Haddenham, have excelled itself once again with exam successes to be proud of.
Speech and drama teacher, Mary Pritchard, reports that 13 of her pupils all gained the top grade of ?Distinction? in their exams last month. The results were as follows:
Verse and Prose Speaking: Grade 2 – Olivia Birks, Lucy Weldon; Grade 3 – Emma Kniebe, Kate Sloane, Saskia Wilcox; Grade 4 – Harry Greenough, Callie Mitchell; Bronze Medal – Chea Ruiz; Silver Medal – Bethany Hamlin, Lucy Brackley. Acting: Grade 4 – Dominic Parratt; Grade 6 – William Stonham; Gold Medal – Harriet Walker. Oral Communication (Public Speaking): Grade 2 – Olivia Birks, Harry Greenough, Emma Kniebe, Callie Mitchell, Kate Sloane, Lucy Weldon, Saskia Wilcox; Grade 4 – Dominic Parratt; Grade 5 – William Stonham; Grade 7 – Chea Ruiz, Bethany Hamlin.

The head of examinations of the Victoria College Examination Board, Robin Wood, was the examiner and said that he was impressed by the very high standard of work from every pupil.
pupils will be taking their Acting exams in July.