P.S.H.E. Video Workshops Tour

MLD and EBD

The P.S.H.E. Video Workshops Tour is devised for M.L.D./E.B.D. students aged 9 - 16.
Over a series of 5 x 90 minute sessions, the students create 3 different films.

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Film 1: The students discuss behaviour within school that could cause upset to others. This covers bullying, exclusion, isolation, and peer pressure. The students then film examples of this behaviour. The resulting film is put to suitably atmospheric music and finished with a subtitled set of questions for further discussion of the themes raised in the film.

Film 2: This film is taken from the results of a workshop with the students involving the use of masks. Each mask depicts a very simple facial expression. One student is asked to wear a mask while the rest of the group suggest as many words as they can to describe the expression and suggest how the character might be feeling. They also suggest ideas on how the mask wearer should move, and direct the action. The final film is edited and put to music. This is another potentially useful P.S.H.E resource for the school.

Film 3: This film is a comedy that is improvised and filmed immediately with the students. This is done purely for fun as a reward for the students efforts in the other films.

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Once the tour is completed each school receives a DVD with the final edit of all films produced. This DVD provides a useful alternative resource for P.S.H.E. work throughout the school.

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Apart from these films the students also participate in a Team Challenge workshop. The students are split into 2 teams. Each team is then challenged to construct a football goal from the materials provided. Once achieved, the teams are asked to think about how they worked together. After this discussion the two teams play a game of Handball using the two goals. This is a great workshop that breaks up the filming routine, but still keeps the theme of teamwork, and behaviour highly relevant.

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This Tour is also available as 1 day workshops.

These workshops provide an excellent alternative way to approach the potentially difficult subject of behaviour and discipline.
The children become extremely involved in the whole process and pay close attention at all times.
We find that video is a very useful tool for developing speech and language, improving deportment and increasing self-confidence and self-esteem.

For more information email us.
Or telephone: 01458 833693

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"The pupils found the workshops interesting and stimulating and were able to continue with follow-up work in the classroom... activities and video topics were appropriate to the experiences and social problems faced by the pupils, and the solutions found during the workshops have been a valuable developmental tool for the participating pupils."

Class Teacher,
Culverhill School, Yate

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