The Island Project: Week Two
Workshop leaders: 3
Participants: 20 - 30
Location: Hall/garden
Duration: 1 hour
In this session the children take on the roles of Miranda, Caliban and Ariel for themselves. Through hot-seating and guided improvisation the actors help the children to explore the feelings of the characters and possible resolutions for their conflicts. This helps the children to develop empathy and conscious decision-making skills and to find creative, non-violent, resolutions to conflicts.
This session meets Key Stage 2 Teaching Requirements in the following ways:
Citizenship, Taking Part
Enabling children to explain how somebody felt, as well as what they said, in a communication; to participate actively in a group discussion and problem-solving activity; to express their own views, and sometimes adapt them after having listened to the views of others; to represent the views of others when sharing information; to recognise that there may be conflicting views and that a compromise may be needed.
Citizenship, Choices
Enabling children to communicate the decision-making process visually; to identify situations in which more knowledge or external help may be needed to make informed choices.
Citizenship, Living in a Diverse World
Enabling children to develop strategies to support others who may encounter prejudice or discrimination; to discuss and express their feelings using appropriate language; to recognise and respect each other’s needs and differences.
Citizenship, Children’s Rights, Human Rights
Enabling children to empathise with the experiences of other people and describe situations from other points of view; to know that their actions affect themselves and others; to work with others to resolve problems or conflict.
Citizenship, Moving On
Enabling children to recognise what bullying and harassment are and why they can happen; to understand the effect bullying can have on those involved.
Art and Design
Enabling children to compare ideas, methods and approaches in their own and others’ work and say what they feel about them.