Hear Me

How can we empower young people to feel confident using their voice? This workshop creates an active, supportive space where pupils practise expressing opinions, listening respectfully and exploring real-life decision-making through drama and role-play.

• Practise expressing opinions clearly and confidently
• Develop active listening and respectful response skills
• Explore leadership, agency and responsibility through role-play
• Work collaboratively to solve problems and make group decisions
• Build empathy by exploring different viewpoints in role
• Reflect on what “voice” looks like in a class/school community

Drama to explore feelings, knowledge and ideas

• Exploring feelings and viewpoints through improvisation
• Interpreting and representing roles and relationships
• Developing a belief in the role to examine real-life situations

Reflecting on Drama

• Discussing and evaluating dramatic action and decisions
• Sharing insights and learning gained through participation

Supports Drama aims in developing communication, empathy, co-operation and social understanding.

• Exploring and Making – investigating power, voice, choice and decision-making through drama strategies
• Performing and Presenting – presenting ideas, viewpoints or short scenes to an audience/class group
• Responding and Reflecting – reflecting on fairness, inclusion, and how decisions affect others

Supports agency, belonging, ethical understanding and confident expression.

Cross-Curricular Links

• SPHE – rights and responsibilities, belonging, respect, communication
• Oral Language – expressing opinions, listening and responding, discussion/debate
• Literacy – persuasive language, viewpoint writing (optional extension)