Educational Support Programmes

'Friendship' By Ross, Loch Primary School

To date, we have delivered two six-week programmes, working with three P7 classes in South Lanarkshire exploring new ways of managing conflict. Using drama, poetry and artwork, pupils consider how conflict may be resolved within the school and wider community, prior to presenting their findings in short performance pieces for parents and peers. So successful has the programme been that the local authority now plans to deliver these programmes on an annual basis.

What's Wrong with Me? By Christopher Loch Primary School

I don't blame anybody for what is going wrong with me.
I'm not sure what it is except I'm just plain me.
Maybe it's my looks - oh I remember,
I don't have any.
Maybe it's my height - people say I am average,
But I think I'm above.
Maybe it's my dress sense - oh what?
I don't have one?
It might be my sensitivity - it's a bit over the top.
Maybe it's my gas problem - it really does stink!!!
So people - what's wrong with me!!!

"Thank you. It was great to see the issue of conflict resolution taught so well through the medium of drama".
P7 Teacher Burgh Primary School, Rutherglen

"Very good workshops. Very enjoyable"
P7 Teacher Loch Primary School, Rutherglen

A six-week programme of work with 6 boys aged 12 and 13 examining issues of behaviour within the classroom and home. The programme involved the use of drama techniques to explore issues and difficulties that are barriers to achievement at school. This unique programme of work not only involved the boys, but their mum's as well, and looked at how behaviour in the home can reflect and influence behaviour in school and vice versa.

"We are more than satisfied with the service that Solar Bear provided. Their 'no nonsense' approach worked well. Young people and adults enjoyed the experience and we hope to work with them again in the future"
Lorna Chapman, Carluke High School

Two programmes of workshops in East Ayrshire, each running over sixteen weeks, engaged with 15 young people, most of whom were looked after and accommodated and were not fully engaged in mainstream education.

Designed to offer participants opportunities to raise their confidence and self-esteem, and in doing so, explore alternative learning methods. The work led to a final showing of the participants work for 70 family, friends and education workers.

"I've learned to speak out more - to introduce myself to folk I don't know - so people get a sense of who I am".
Young person taking part in the Raising Attainment Project