RSHE Theatre in Education

Concepts

• education and training
• dudley
• youth education
• safety education
• health education
• education settings
• rshe lessons
• rshe theatre
• rshe)sensitive
• educated

Location

Dudley

Description

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Children & Young Peoples Public Health & Wellbeing is notifying providers to an upcoming tendering opportunity. This will be to deliver a programme of Theatre in Education performances and workshops to support Dudley education settings with their Relationship, Sex, Health & Education (RSHE) curriculum provision and safeguarding. Education settings will be able to choose and book from a menu of age-appropriate performances that cover a variety of topics. For full list please refer to full description in section II.2.4.Indicative Publication of Contract Notice: 20th May 2024 Indicative Contracts Commence: 1st September 2024This Prior Information Notice is for preliminary information purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition. The contracting authority reserves the right to amend or cancel the procurement process at any stage.

Total Quantity or Scope

This Prior Information Notice is for information purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition. The contracting authority reserves the right to amend or cancel the procurement process at any stage.Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Children & Young Peoples Public Health & Wellbeing is notifying providers to an upcoming tendering opportunity. … Education settings will be able to choose and book from a menu of age-appropriate performances that cover the following topics:• Anti-bullying• Puberty • Sexual health • Healthy relationships / consent• Child exploitation including both child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation• Child abuse• Domestic and teenage partner abuse• Staying safe on and offline• Mental wellbeing• Knife crime / youth crimeEstimated value for this opportunity will be £160,000 over a 3 years + 1 years.Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, Children & Young Peoples Public Health & Wellbeing intend to issue the tender opportunity in May 2024 although this may be subject to change. The contract will likely commence on 1st September 2024. This opportunity will be published on Intend, find a tender and contracts finder webpages.Children and young people are growing up in an increasingly complex world and they need the knowledge and skills to stay safe and healthy. In response, Relationships and Health Education has been made compulsory in all primary schools and Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) is compulsory in all secondary schools. RSHE lessons support children and young people to develop healthy relationships and to keep themselves and others safe, both on and offline. It also provides learners with the knowledge that will enable them to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing.Theatre in Education (TIE) & Relationship, Sex & Health Education (RSHE)Sensitive subjects within the RSHE curriculum, such as relationships, sex, abuse, misogyny, gangs, knife crime, exploitation and substance use are often difficult to teach as they can sometimes be uncomfortable for young people to discuss and also challenging for staff to raise or discuss. TIE can add value to RSHE lessons by enabling students to be educated on these important subjects in an engaging way. Using theatre as a tool in RSHE can provide shared, imagined contexts and experiences, within which real life situations and can be explored meaningfully, with a whole class or year group. By watching a performance, students can often relate to what the characters are experiencing and without realising, receive advice and knowledge in an engaging format. Following the performance, students can question the characters about the choices they made and the consequences of their actions. Using TIE produces novel and exciting workshops that the students will be able to recall and put into practice in everyday life.Indicative Publication of Contract Notice: 20th May 2024 Indicative Contracts Commence: 1st September 2024This Prior Information Notice is for preliminary information purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition.

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
• 80310000 - Youth education services
• 80410000 - Various school services
• 80330000 - Safety education services

Indicators