Wolverhampton City Learning Centre (CLC)

During this half-term, the CLC has been running a series of six Social Confidence workshops aimed at Year 7 students. The sessions are planned and led in collaboration with the team from ComedySportz.

ComedySportz specialize in improvisation workshops designed to improve students’ social and team-working skills. Over the course of a day, students participate in a series of drama and trust-building activities before planning and performing their own improvised show. The results are often hilarious! The show is filmed and shared back to school as a DVD.

Feedback on the sessions from attending teachers has been universally positive:

Children have been engaged and motivated throughout the day. Even our most socially reserved / ill at ease / autistic were contributing and obviously enjoying themselves.

Pupils were fully engaged, enthusiastic and cooperative. They interacted well with each other and gained in confidence.

A very enjoyable day - thoroughly recommend it for both students and staff. Students attended with various learning difficulties which were catered for extremely well. They interacted positively with each other and with the staff.

Wonderful presenters. Extremely funny. Pace of activities kept students on-task and engaged. Students worked together and understood the importance of their role within a team.