Empowering and Raising the Self Esteem of Pakistani Girls
This project aims to enable children through independent questioning, thinking and reflecting to assess their stage of learning to recognise the next steps in their learning journey.
Link to School Improvement Plan & Self Evaluation Framework
To raise standards: Evidence from the school’s RAISEonline data supports the issue being addressed as a factor influencing underachievement of Pakistani girls the older that they get.
About the project
Using religious stories as a starting point, the young people devised their own theatre pieces which were then performed to a public audience. Ambitions for the project were to raise the self esteem of these girls and in doing so raise their standards of achievement and life chances, thus empowering them for the future. The project involved selected girls from Years 2, 3, 4 & 5 (thus also involving girls from Lea Junior Infant School).
Practitioners involved in the project
School leaders were keen that a strong, female, Muslim practitioner work alongside the school in this project, as a role-model and mentor. Theatre practitioner, Fateha Begum from ‘Ulfah Arts’ in Birmingham was the creative partner on this project. Fateha and Director of ‘Ulfah Arts’ Naz Koser worked alongside school leaders and lead teachers to explore creativity and plan the project through a Preparing for Partnerships session.