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Speech & Drama Syllabus 2008
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Adjudicator
Mary Greenslade AGSM
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Entries and enquiries to the
Speech & Drama
Secretary.
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All verse speaking to be performed
from memory.
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Apart from in Mime classes,
costumes, hand props and music may be used if required. Chairs and
tables (and stage blocks at the Pump House) are provided.
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A competitor may enter more than
once in Duologue and Group classes as specified in
Regulation 6.
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Performances must not cause offence
to members of the Festival audience (Regulation 7).
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All
verse speaking must be performed
from memory - no script reading.
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Speech Classes |
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Verse Speaking Classes
Set Poems
chosen by Jenny Thornton AGSM, ALAM, Cert
Ed, LISTD |
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F1 |
Reception Yr. & under |
£4.50 |
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Trainee Witch Wanted by Andrew Collett or Song of the Kite by
Judith Nicholls or Hallowe’en by Roger Stevens |
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F2 |
School
Year 1 |
£4.50 |
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Cats by Eleanor Farjeon or Contagion by Spike Milligan or
I Did Not Eat the Goldfish by Roger Stevens |
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F3 |
School
Year 2
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£5.00 |
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My Daddy Dances
Tapstep by Peter Dixon or Four O’Clock Friday by John Foster
or Ready Salted by Ian McMillan
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F4 |
School
Year 3
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£5.00 |
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Literacy Hour by Clare Bevan or Ugh! By Jenny Joseph or
I’m Sorry by Stewart Henderson |
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F5 |
School
Year 4 |
£5.00 |
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At the End of a School
Day by Wes Magee or Wildlife by Peter Dixon or The
Day I Got My Finger Stuck Up My Nose by Brian Patten |
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F6 |
School
Year 5
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£5.00 |
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Aliens Stole My Underpants by Brain Moses or The Bully Asleep by
John Walsh or The Dark by James Carter |
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F7 |
School
Year 6
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£5.50 |
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Cracks in the Pavement
by Marian Swinger or Why Do I Have to Clean My Room? by Jack
Prelutsky or The Feeling of Snow Before the Snow Itself Falls by
David Bateman |
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F8 |
School
Year 7 |
£5.50 |
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Autumn Guilt by
Valerie Bloom or Letters to the Three Little Pigs by Clare
Bevan or Days by Brian Moses |
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F9 |
School
Year 8 |
£5.50 |
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The Apple-Raid by
Vernon Scannell or Sally by Phoebe Hesketh or I Just Don’t
Trust the Furniture by Paul Cookson |
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F10 |
School
Year 9 |
£5.50 |
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The Poem to Be Spoken
Silently… by Pie Corbett or I am! By John Clare or I Bit
an Apple… by Vernon Scannell |
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F11 |
School Years 10 & 11 |
£6.00 |
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The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost or The Harvest Moon by Ted Hughes or Our Ditch
by Brian Moses |
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F12 |
School Years 12 & 13 |
£6.00 |
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A Bay in Anglesey by
John Betjeman or Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare or The Magic
of the Brain by Jenny Joseph |
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F13 |
OPEN |
£6.00 |
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The
Autumn by John Keats or Stage Directions for Bluebells by Dinah
Hendry or The Oldest Girl in the World by Carol Ann Duffy |
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Verse Speaking Classes (Own Choice - but NOT
a set poem listed above) |
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Fee |
Time Limit |
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F14 |
Reception Yr. & under |
£4.50 |
1 minute |
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F15 |
School Year 1 |
£4.50 |
1 minute |
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F16 |
School Year
2 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F17 |
School Year
3 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F18 |
School Year
4 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F19 |
School Year
5 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F20 |
School Year
6 |
£5.50 |
2 minutes |
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F21 |
School Year
7 |
£5.50 |
2 minutes |
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F22 |
School Year
8 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F23 |
School Year
9 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F24 |
School Year 10&11 |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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F25 |
School Year 12&13 |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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F26 |
OPEN |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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Group Speaking Classes (Own Choice)
Minimum of three performers. Verse or prose from memory. Movement,
music, props and costumes are allowed. |
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F27 |
Open |
£14.00 |
5 minutes |
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Prose Reading Classes (Own Choice)
The chosen piece of prose must be
read from a book. |
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F28 |
School Year 1 & under |
£4.50 |
2 minutes |
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F29 |
School Year
2 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F30 |
School Year
3 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F31 |
School Year
4 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F32 |
School Year
5 |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F33 |
School Year
6 |
£5.50 |
2 minutes |
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F34 |
School Year
7 |
£5.50 |
2 minutes |
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F35 |
School Year
8 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F36 |
School Year
9 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F37 |
School Year 10&11 |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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F38 |
School Year 12&13 |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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F39 |
OPEN |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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Storytelling
Competitors to tell a story (known or invented) in their own words.
No costumes. |
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F40 |
School
Year 5 & under |
£5.00 |
3 minutes |
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F41 |
School
Year 9 under |
£5.50 |
4 minutes |
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Public/Project Speaking Classes
Competitors to prepare a speech/talk on any topic. Notes and visual aids
allowed. |
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F42 |
School
Year 9 & under |
£5.50 |
4 minutes |
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F43 |
Open |
£6.00 |
5 minutes |
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Sight Reading Classes
Competitors will be given a short passage to read aloud. A brief
period of preparation time will be allowed. |
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F44 |
School
Year 3 & under |
£5.00 |
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F45 |
School
Year 4 & 5 |
£5.00 |
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F46 |
School
Year 6 & 7 |
£5.50 |
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F47 |
School
Years 8 & 9 |
£5.50 |
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F48 |
School
Years 10, 11, 12 & 13 |
£6.00 |
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F49 |
Open |
£6.00 |
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DRAMA SECTION
Apart from in the Mime Classes,
costumes, hand props and music may be used if required. Chairs and
tables (also stage blocks at the Pump House) are provided. A competitor
may enter more than once in Duologue and Group Classes as specified in
Regulation 6 (see back page). Performances must not cause offence to
members of the audience (see Regulation 7). All Drama pieces must be
performed from memory - NO SCRIPT READING. N.B. No extra marks
will be awarded for costumes.
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Solo Mime Classes
Competitors to prepare a mime on any topic or theme.
One stage block or one chair can be used if essential. No sounds
to be uttered. No music, costumes or hand props. A title may be
announced, but no introduction or verbal explanation given. |
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Fee |
Time Limit |
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F50 |
School Years 5 & under |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F51 |
School Years 6 & 7 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F52 |
School Years 8 & 9 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F53 |
School Years 10,11,12&13 |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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F54 |
Open |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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Shakespeare Solo Acting Classes (Own Choice) |
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F55 |
School Years 7 & under |
£5.50 |
2 minutes |
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F56 |
School Years 8 & 9 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F57 |
School Years 10 & 11 |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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F58 |
School Years 12 & 13 |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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F59 |
Open |
£6.00 |
3 minutes |
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Shakespeare Duologue (Own Choice) |
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F60 |
School Years 9 & under |
£8.00 |
4 minutes |
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F61 |
School Years 13 & under |
£9.00 |
4 minutes |
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F62 |
Open |
£9.00 |
4 minutes |
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Solo Acted Scene from a Play or Adaptation (Own
Choice - but NOT Shakespeare) |
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F63 |
School
Year 3 & under |
£5.00 |
2 minutes |
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F64 |
School
Year 4 & 5 |
£5.00 |
3 minutes |
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F65 |
School
Year 6 & 7 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F66 |
School
Years 8 & 9 |
£5.50 |
4 minutes |
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F67 |
School
Years 10 & 11 |
£6.00 |
4 minutes |
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F68 |
School Years 12 & 13 |
£6.00 |
4 minutes |
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F69 |
Open |
£6.00 |
4 minutes |
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Monologue Acting (Own Choice)
A dramatic composition for one performer |
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F70 |
School
Year 5 & under |
£5.00 |
3 minutes |
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F71 |
School
Year 6 & 7 |
£5.50 |
3 minutes |
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F72 |
School
Year 8 & 9 |
£5.50 |
4 minutes |
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F73 |
School
Years 10 & 11 |
£6.00 |
4 minutes |
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F74 |
School
Years 12 & 13 |
£6.00 |
4 minutes |
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F75 |
Open |
£6.00 |
4 minutes |
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Duologue (Own Choice - but NOT Shakespeare) |
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F76 |
School Year 3 & under |
£7.00 |
4 minutes |
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F77 |
School Year 5 & under |
£7.00 |
4 minutes |
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F78 |
School Year 7 & under |
£8.00 |
5 minutes |
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F79 |
School Year 9 & under |
£8.00 |
5 minutes |
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F80 |
School Year 11 & under |
£9.00 |
6 minutes |
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F81 |
School Year 13 & under |
£9.00 |
6 minutes |
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F82 |
Open |
£9.00 |
6 minutes |
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Group Acting Classes (Own Choice)
Minimum of three competitors. Script required for adjudicator. |
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F83 |
School Year 8 & under |
£20.00 |
10 minutes |
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F84 |
No age limit |
£20.00 |
10 minutes |
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Group Anthology/Theme Classes (Own Choice)
Minimum of three competitors to prepare a programme
on a theme of their own choice using any combination of music, dance,
drama, mime, movement and verse. A script or running order/notes must be
provided for the adjudicator. |
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F85 |
School Year 8 & under |
£20.00 |
10 minutes |
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F86 |
No age limit |
£20.00 |
10 minutes |
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Prepared Group
Improvisation (Set Themes)
Groups of 3 - 8 persons to prepare an original improvisation
inspired by one of the following titles:
“Telephone”
or “What a surprise” or “Why
me?” or
“Lost and Found” |
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F87 |
School Year 5 & under |
£14.00 |
4 minutes |
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F88 |
School Year 7 & under |
£14.00 |
5 minutes |
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F89 |
School Year 9 & under |
£14.00 |
5 minutes |
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F90 |
School Year 11 & under |
£14.00 |
5 minutes |
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F91 |
No age limit |
£14.00 |
5 minutes |
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N.B. If an original script evolves through
the improvisation and rehearsal process this is permissible |
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KEY TO SCHOOL
YEARS & COMPETITORS AGES:
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5
years of age or less on August 31st 2008 should be entered in
“Reception Year & under |
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6 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year 1
7 yrs on
August 31st 2008 enters School Year 2
8 yrs on
August 31st 2008 enters School Year 3
9 yrs on
August 31st 2008 enters School Year 4
10 yrs on
August 31st 2008 enters School Year 5
11 yrs on
August 31st 2008 enters School Year 6
12 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year
7
13 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year 8
14 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year 9
15 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year 10
16 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year 11
17 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year 12
18 yrs on August 31st 2008 enters School Year 13
Open – a class for all school years and adults
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