Teen drama on teenage mums (From Redditch Advertiser)

Teen drama on teenage mums

10:48am Monday 28th July 2008

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THREE Arrow Vale High School students have been putting their drama BTEC to good use, by focusing their theatre in education module on teenage pregnancy, taking their piece to young people across the county.

Amy Irish, 17, Abbie Egginton, 17, and Annaliese Morgan, 16, focused on teenage pregnancy and young people's relationships because they felt it was a subject that can often be taboo, and would be of interest to other young people.

They first researched their drama, talking to young Redditch parents, and to their school peers, to look at how men and women view relationships and sexual health differently.

The drama piece then focused on this, following a young woman as she has a one night stand and becomes pregnant, and looks at the subsequent actions of the young people involved.

The students also worked with the Worcestershire PSHE (personal, social and health education) teacher advisor, the PSHE teacher from their school and their drama teacher to ensure the content was educational.

Abbie, Amy and Annaliese originally performed their play to students from their school, but professional teenage pregnancy specialists were so impressed they were asked to perform in schools across the county.

Worcestershire Teenage Pregnancy Partnership offered funding to transport the teenagers to other schools to perform, and a number of schools across the county are expected to take-up the offer.

Abbie said: "We really enjoyed this piece of work and it's great that we've been asked if we'd like to perform it for more schools."

Amy added: "We wanted to focus on relationships because they're an important part of our lives and other young people's lives."

"It was also good to work with the health schools advisor," said Annaliese.

"She helped us make sure our play contained information that was really helpful to other young people."

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