THE WORKSHOPS (Optional)

The Confident Communicators Workshops are specialist communication courses designed to develop confidence, character and strengthen interpersonal skills as part of life-long learning. Delivered by an expert team who work with the school to ensure delivery of the most appropriate workshop content focused on meeting the needs of participants. Tailored to suit, but usually lasting no less than half a day, the workshops can run for classes of up to 40 pre-selected pupils, with schools retaining the ability to select groups of pupils who will most benefit from the content of the workshop.

In addition to the Workshops, activity sessions are available. Pupils will have the opportunity to take part in activities themed on encouraging the use of effective communication skills. Activities include Murder Mystery, where participants must learn how to spot body language and ask the right questions in order to solve the Crime, or Mad Inventors, in which participants have to work together in a team to come up with an invention to present to a panel of judges.

As part of social education Confident Communicators has created a Lifeskills Module which aims to support the Personal and Social Education framework for secondary school pupils, and integrates with the national curriculum requirements for social education.