Listen up, Speak out, Pass the Mic

Glow, Newcastle Cultural Education Partnership and Hawthorne Primary School

As Artist in Residence at Hawthorne Primary School Jonluke co-created this illustrated story for film, exploring communication and kindness with year 3 and year 4 pupils.

Jonluke used drama games and techniques to help the children identify attitudes and behaviours which can challenge communication and ways we can respond creatively to these challenges and keep talking, keep listening. 

Jane Dube, Headteacher at Hawthorn Primary School, said the work helped children be “the representative for someone who doesn’t have a voice.”  According to Jane, as a result of the project children have been “looking out for each other and encouraging each other.  Staff have noticed how children will wait for someone else to speak, listen and “say yes to ideas” following their work with Jonluke and GLOW Newcastle.