Location: Wesley College, St Kilda Road Campus, Melbourne
Location: Wesley College, St Kilda Road Campus
Leadership League
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Drama for Prep to Grade 4
Mondays, Term 4, 2026
(8 weeks)
​3:20 - 4:20pm
Sessions:
- Monday 12th October, 2026
- Monday 19th October, 2026
- Monday 26th October, 2026
- Monday 2nd November, 2026 No Class due to Mid-term break College Holiday
- Monday 9th November, 2026
- Monday 16th November, 2026
- Monday 23rd November, 2026
- Monday 30th November, 2026
- Monday 12th October, 2026
- Monday 19th October, 2026
- Monday 26th October, 2026
- Monday 2nd November, 2026 No Class due to Mid-term break College Holiday
- Monday 9th November, 2026
- Monday 16th November, 2026
- Monday 23rd November, 2026
- Monday 30th November, 2026
Communication. Confidence.
Character. Leadership.
Leadership League teaches communication, confidence and leadership skills through structured, drama-based experiential workshops, to build the human skills of capacity, expression, connection, self-awareness and confidence.
We teach the codes and patterns of human interaction
to help children become more confident, capable and connected.
This course develops students' relational intelligence through:
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- Acting and improvisation
- Movement and physical expression
- Character and storytelling
- Voice expression
- Team challenges and collaborative problem-solving
- Ensemble-based activities
- Confidence-building exercises
Skills we teach in our courses:
$225 for the term.
The tutor:
​Isabella Dunwill
Isabella Dunwill is an experienced educator, performing arts practitioner and Wesley alumna with more than 22 years of experience delivering drama-based learning programs for children, young people and adults.
Isabella is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). She holds a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting), a Master of Business (eBusiness and Communications), a Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)(specialisms Legal Studies and Drama) and a Graduate Certificate in Educational Research. Her thesis examined the effectiveness of dramatic pedagogies in corporate learning and development. She is a qualified teacher, registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, is insured, first aid trained, and knowledgeable in child-safety requirements.
She has worked with NIDA for more than two decades as an actor, acting tutor, corporate trainer, senior lecturer and Manager of NIDA Melbourne, overseeing NIDA's Open Program courses and working as a corporate trainer with various private firms and government departments.
She is a Wesley Collegian, former School Captain of the Glen Waverley campus, and Wesley parent, with two sons currently enrolled at the College.​
Isabella’s acting credits include among others: Carla Cametti P.D., Satisfaction, Thank God You're Here, Neighbours, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers, Horace and Tina, Halifax FP, and Frontline. Her film credits include, WIL, A Black and White World and in the AFI winning short, The Projectionist. On stage she appeared in Jim Sharman's production of What the Butler Saw (Belvoir Street, NSW), the Bell Shakespeare Company’s Actors at Work, Scarlett O’Hara at the Crimson Parrott for Melbourne Theatre Company, Denise Baudu in the The Department Store at the Old Fitzroy Theatre (NSW), and Cassandra in Theatre @ Risk’s Requiem for the 20th Century.
Isabella has voiced characters in over 200 episodes of children’s television. She is the lead voice of Polvina the Octopus Sea Princess in Sea Princesses, and she is the voice of Amy, the blue teddy bear in Bananas in Pyjamas.
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The tutor:
​Belinda Jenkin
Belinda Jenkin is an actor/singer, composer and performing arts teacher.
She is a 2015 graduate of NIDA (DMT) and a graduate of America’s Musical Theatre
​Conservatory CAP21, NYC where she completed their Professional Musical Theatre Program. Belinda has been teaching piano, singing, musical theatre, acting for stage and screen and songwriting to all ages throughout Melbourne and Sydney for over a decade. She is passionate about helping students gain confidence expressing themselves through their creativity while improving their skills.
She currently teaches for Leadership League, The National Theatre and Queen of Peace. Some of her stage credits include; Phoebe in Friends The Musical Parody Australian Tour (SK Entertainment), Love Actually? The Musical, Bearded, Top Gun the Musical, Gilligan’s Island the Musical, Motor-Mouth Loves Suck Face, Anyone Can Whistle, Chronic (La Mama), The Musical of Musicals the Musical, and most recently Thrones! The Musical Parody (DVE). Some of Belinda’s screen credits include; Eleanor in Summer Heights High (ABC), Space Jam Experience (TEG), multiple educational sketch comedies for NTC and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.
Her writing credits include several cabarets; Practically Perfect, and Kid as well as musical collaborations with William Hannagan such as the Until Tomorrow and HouseWarming which was presented at The New York Musical Theatre Festival, New York and later under the new name of The Gathering at Fortyfivedownstairs with the support of The City of Melbourne.
Belinda is a performer for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, a proud MEAA member and represented by Expression! Arts Management.​
Communication. Confidence.
Character. Leadership.
Leadership League teaches communication, confidence and leadership skills through structured, drama-based experiential workshops, to build the human skills of capacity, expression, connection, self-awareness and confidence.
We teach the codes and patterns of
human interaction
to help children become more confident, capable and connected.
This course develops students' relational intelligence through:
​
- Acting and improvisation
- Movement and physical expression
- Character and storytelling
- Voice expression
- Team challenges and collaborative problem-solving
- Ensemble-based activities
- Confidence-building exercises
Skills we teach in our courses:
$225 for the term.
The tutor:
​Isabella Dunwill
Isabella Dunwill is an experienced educator, performing arts practitioner and Wesley alumna with more than 22 years of experience delivering drama-based learning programs for children, young people and adults.
Isabella is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). She holds a Bachelor of Dramatic Art (Acting), a Master of Business (eBusiness and Communications), a Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary)(specialisms Legal Studies and Drama) and a Graduate Certificate in Educational Research. Her thesis examined the effectiveness of dramatic pedagogies in corporate learning and development. She is a qualified teacher, registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, is insured, first aid trained, and knowledgeable in child-safety requirements.
She has worked with NIDA for more than two decades as an actor, acting tutor, corporate trainer, senior lecturer and Manager of NIDA Melbourne, overseeing NIDA's Open Program courses and working as a corporate trainer with various private firms and government departments.
She is a Wesley Collegian, former School Captain of the Glen Waverley campus, and Wesley parent, with two sons currently enrolled at the College.​​Â
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Isabella’s acting credits include among others: Carla Cametti P.D., Satisfaction, Thank God You're Here, Neighbours, The Secret Life of Us, Stingers, Horace and Tina, Halifax FP, and Frontline. Her film credits include, WIL, A Black and White World and in the AFI winning short, The Projectionist. On stage she appeared in Jim Sharman's production of What the Butler Saw (Belvoir Street, NSW), the Bell Shakespeare Company’s Actors at Work, Scarlett O’Hara at the Crimson Parrott for Melbourne Theatre Company, Denise Baudu in the The Department Store at the Old Fitzroy Theatre (NSW), and Cassandra in Theatre @ Risk’s Requiem for the 20th Century.
Isabella has voiced characters in over 200 episodes of children’s television. She is the lead voice of Polvina the Octopus Sea Princess in Sea Princesses, and she is the voice of Amy, the blue teddy bear in Bananas in Pyjamas.
​
The tutor:
​Belinda Jenkin
Belinda Jenkin is an actor/singer, composer and performing arts teacher.
She is a 2015 graduate of NIDA (DMT) and a graduate of America’s Musical Theatre
​Conservatory CAP21, NYC where she completed their Professional Musical Theatre Program. Belinda has been teaching piano, singing, musical theatre, acting for stage and screen and songwriting to all ages throughout Melbourne and Sydney for over a decade. She is passionate about helping students gain confidence expressing themselves through their creativity while improving their skills.
She currently teaches for Leadership League, The National Theatre and Queen of Peace. Some of her stage credits include; Phoebe in Friends The Musical Parody Australian Tour (SK Entertainment), Love Actually? The Musical, Bearded, Top Gun the Musical, Gilligan’s Island the Musical, Motor-Mouth Loves Suck Face, Anyone Can Whistle, Chronic (La Mama), The Musical of Musicals the Musical, and most recently Thrones! The Musical Parody (DVE). Some of Belinda’s screen credits include; Eleanor in Summer Heights High (ABC), Space Jam Experience (TEG), multiple educational sketch comedies for NTC and Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.
Her writing credits include several cabarets; Practically Perfect, and Kid as well as musical collaborations with William Hannagan such as the Until Tomorrow and HouseWarming which was presented at The New York Musical Theatre Festival, New York and later under the new name of The Gathering at Fortyfivedownstairs with the support of The City of Melbourne.
Belinda is a performer for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, a proud MEAA member and represented by Expression! Arts Management.