Young Performers Certificates
Young Performers Certificates
Trinity College London Young Performers Certificates encourage young children to develop performance, musical and communication skills as they create and explore stories, songs, roles and situations through the imaginative and integrated use of movement, music, voice and artwork.
To encourage participation and provide a sense of progression the Certificates are available at three levels - Bronze, Silver and Gold.
The Young Performers Certificates are awards, not examinations. The intention is to promote good classroom practice through co-operation and creativity, developing an appropriate child centred introduction to performance.
About the YPC
About the YPC
Groups of six to twelve children may enter for these awards presenting their work to a Trinity examiner at their school or teaching centre.
Children present a short group performance which takes the form of some kind of enactment of one of the following:
Story; nursery rhyme; poem; myth or fairy story; song; musical work.
Children use a variety of performance, musical and communication skills such as:
Speaking poetry or prose; dramatic expression; singing; playing musical instruments; expressive movement; mime; use of costume, props, masks; use of puppets.
The children’s teacher is present throughout and may lead or direct the performance.
What are the levels?
Assessment Process
Assessment Process
The group is allowed a couple of minutes to come into the room, settle and prepare for their performance. The examiner introduces themselves and creates a supportive atmosphere.
The length of the assessment will vary according to the level at which candidates are entered, the group size and the nature of the prepared performance.
After the assessment the examiner will talk informally to the children about how they went about preparing their work. During the conversation, group members will normally be presented with a sticker in recognition of their achievement.
The group will then leave the room and the examiner will write a report recording the group’s work and noting areas of outstanding achievement. This will be handed to the teacher on completion of the session.
Each participant subsequently receives an individual certificate from Trinity College London.
Examiner Expectations
Examiner Expectations
Each participant subsequently receives an individual certificate from Trinity College London.
While there are no formal assessment criteria for the Young Performers Certificates, at each level the examiner would normally expect to see the participants:
- work co-operatively
- use a range of basic performance skills to convey a sense of mood and/or narrative
- respond appropriately to teacher direction and support
- reflect at an appropriate level on their contributions to the presentation by answering some simple questions
The emphasis throughout is on each child’s participation at an appropriate level and their enjoyment.