The Acting Head offers bespoke pupil workshops for both boys and girls, designed to inspire creativity, self-expression, and personal growth. Through a carefully balanced mix of drama-based exercises, discussion, and reflective activities, pupils are encouraged to build confidence, challenge gender stereotypes, and develop a stronger sense of wellbeing.
Each workshop is fully tailored to your school’s specific needs and can be adapted for different age groups or focus areas. Sessions can align seamlessly with your pastoral care objectives and PSHE curriculum, providing an engaging, safe environment for pupils to explore identity, empathy, and positive relationships.
Whether delivered as a standalone session or as part of an ongoing programme, these workshops equip pupils with the tools to express themselves more confidently, understand others more deeply, and contribute positively to school life.
An empowering half or one-day workshop for secondary-aged girls. This workshop, facilitated by our founder Faith Hagerty, brings together activities designed to build confidence and equip young women with key tools for nourishing their own self-esteem and maintaining positive relationships.
Presentation addressing gender stereotypes and inviting discussion on our experience of those.
Practical coaching activity exploring our inner voices and how to help the positive voices take the driving seat. Volunteers work with Faith exploring common voices, then all students take part in group work, working at tables with paper and pens.
Understanding different types of listening and how the right version can transform conversations and thereby relationships. Students are invited to try these out in a fun drama-based coaching activity.
Understanding what makes a great question in a dialogue with a friend or family member.
Students work in groups exploring pre-prepared scripts and then analyse the effectiveness of the conversations they have experienced, with some presenting these to the whole room. If there is time, we develop this with improvised role plays exploring great questions.
Short presentation and discussion about comfort zones; why we have them, what they do for us and how they can get in the way.
The final part of the workshop is dedicated to preparing a short presentation capturing the learning of the day. Using a ‘lucky dip’ system, groups are allocated one of the following; a talk, poem, rap, dance or piece of drama.
An inspiring and thought-provoking workshop for secondary-aged boys. This workshop, facilitated by our founder Faith Hagerty, brings together activities designed to break down barriers and equip young men with key tools for presenting their authentic selves and building positive relationships.
Presentation addressing gender stereotypes and inviting discussion on our experience of those.
Forum Theatre activity exploring responses to some of the most prominent male voices in the media. This work offers boys the opportunity to analyse examples of what they are hearing and discuss and/or reframe the messages being presented.
Practical coaching activity exploring our inner voices and how to help the positive voices take the driving seat. Volunteers work with Faith exploring common voices, then all students take part in group work, working at tables with paper and pens.
Drama-based activity exploring the masks we wear and empowering boys to remove them and present as their authentic selves.
Understanding different types of listening and how the right version can transform conversations and thereby relationships. Students are invited to try these out in a fun coaching activity.
The final part of the workshop is dedicated to preparing a short presentation capturing the learning of the day. Using a ‘lucky dip’ system, groups are allocated one of the following; a talk, poem, dance, rap or piece of drama.
“I think working collaboratively in such a positive environment across year groups from Y7-10 was completely the right way to go in wrapping the day up. Faith was very friendly and supportive. We also liked the language used."
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