Vicki-Marie Buchanan, Part 4, teaching drama - Manawatu Conversations
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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio, 2nd July 2024. Part 4 of 4. As a drama teacher at St Marks school she used the Trinity College syllabus as a framework for the year. Term one and two were spent learning fundamental skills culminating in a performance in term three. Persuaded by a Trinity College examiner to do FTCL (Fellowship of Trinity College London) which included writing a thesis. Invited to become an examiner with Trinity College Took leave from school to travel to London for assessment. Travelled for five weeks at a time to examine in other countries – India, China, USA, Canada, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia. Working with Trinity College was a most humbling, enriching, inspirational experience. Settled in Palmerston North in 2013 and remarried. A visit to Pike River memorial resulted in her writing a play for the school to perform.
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- July 2, 2024
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- COMM1720304261
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- Stuart Birks
- Place
- Turitea Valley
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- By Attribution Alone
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- drama teaching
- oral history
- trinity college