Know Your Mind |
Drugs Awareness (key stage 2)
Know Your Mind
A hugely engaging and informative project that takes young people on a magical tour through DJ Groovemaker’s mysterious drugs lab, whilst learning key facts about drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
Suitable for:
Ages 8-11 (School Years 4-6)
Key Stage 2
Know Your Mind takes young people on an entertaining journey, exploring the effects and risks of a wide variety of substances both legal and illegal, ranging from medicinal drugs through to legal drugs (caffeine, alcohol, tobacco) and illegal drugs such as cannabis.
The show bursts with comedy, song and hilarious references to youth culture. This is underpinned by a serious emphasis on understanding the roles that drugs can play in our lives and on the personal responsibility that young people have for their own decision making with regard to their lifestyles, peer pressure and school rules.
Overview
Know Your Mind follows the story of streetwise Charlie Bucket from East London who wins a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore the legendary DJ Groovemaker’s drugs laboratory. Charlie’s fellow lucky golden flyer winners are rather peculiar characters…
‘Celebrity’ Veruka Spoilt thinks alcohol is the answer to all her problems but finds out it may actually be the start of many whilst Poor Mikalia Divvy learns the importance of resisting peer pressure and following our own minds.
In a memorable way Know Your Mind focuses on prevention by providing facts on the detrimental effects of substance misuse, equipping young people with the knowledge they need to avoid drug or alcohol problems later in life.
Logistics
Format: Performance / Teachers Resource Pack
For: Ages 8 - 11 / schools years 4 – 6
Run time: 35 minutes
Are there any accompanying resources?
Yes – you’ll get a free hard and digital copy of the Know Your Mind Teachers’ Resource Pack including further information, lesson plans and much more.
You can also book an optional one-hour interactive drama workshop for up to 60 pupils. Just get in touch below for costs and to find out more.
Link it
What school work does it link to?
PSHE (Personal, Social & Health Education) (DATe)
SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social, Cultural)
Healthy Schools
National Curriculum For Sciences
National Drug Strategy
Know Your Mind teaches young people…
About the different kinds of illegal drugs, the effects they can have and their associated risks
About legal drugs including caffeine, alcohol and tobacco and their associated risks
About further drug use issues including handling needles/syringes and taking medicines
To look at their own attitudes towards drug and alcohol misuse
To resist peer pressure and make positive, informed choices with regard to alcohol and drug use/misuse
To be confident in making their own decisions
What people are saying about this show:
“An excellent, stimulating, thoroughly engaging and professional, entertaining performance. I was pleased to see a well-balanced informative approach rather than a one-dimensional ‘Drugs are bad just say No!’ as the children have been taught that it is very rarely as clear cut and they need to be aware of all the facts before they make their own choices […] Awesome!”
– Paul Harrington, Year 5 Teacher, St Patricks Primary School,
London Borough of Waltham Forest
“It was very entertaining, funny and funky and it taught us a lot about drugs and not to take them as it can destroy your life, and not to give in to peer pressure.”
– Pupil, Ripple Junior School, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
“I liked the way they didn’t just say “don’t do this” and “you can’t do that”, they explained why and showed us the consequences. I learnt that you need to be strong, it’s not just a case of deciding you are not going to take drugs, you have to be prepared to say no when you are being pressured in to something like that.”
— Pupil, age 11, St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, London Borough of Havering
"The children all listened and participated. It was pacy, modern and on the level of the children. It reinforced the facts (for adults too!) but also gave new information. A great play about a difficult to discuss topic. It was to the point, not condescending towards the children."
— Teacher, Parsloes Primary School, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Book this show.
If you’re interested in booking this show, or you’d like to find out more about it, drop us a line here and we’ll be in touch.
Alternatively, you can always pick up the phone, we’d love to hear from you…
Tel: (020) 8981 9527