BEANii Bodyscience Children's Theatre Show: 1837 vs 2012. (360G-Wellcome-099577_Z_12_Z)

BEANii Bodyscience Children's Theatre Project: 1837 vs 2012 is a series of creative learning workshops leading to presentations for families and teachers of participating children (aged 8-10), culminating in a public show. The project builds on BEANii's 10-weekly bodyscience course and community project of creative learning workshops which increase children's understanding of nutrition, exercise and psychology. The effectiveness of our methodology was demonstrated through an average score of 70% correct answers to bodyscience questions achieved by child participants. This project will extend content, reach and capacity of the existing programme for schools and communities in South Westminster initially, over two phases which complement but are independent of each other. Phase 1 will develop and deliver 2 sets x 1 school workshop to explore with 60 Year 4 & 5 children diets, lifestyle and psychology which affected childhood growth in 1837. The workshops will support curriculu m learning in science and history, leading to presentations for families and teachers (120 people). Phase 2 will develop and deliver 1 set x 12 community workshops for 30 children leading to a children's theatre show. The show will ask the audience (150 people) to decide whether early intervention based on current biomedical understanding of nutrition, exercise and positive psychology could have saved the life of Dickens' sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth, who died of heart failure in 1837, aged 17 . A project steering group will be established to facilitate collaboration between delivery team, scientists, historians and theatre professionals, ensuring quality and sustainability of the project.