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A dancer working for Ludus Dance interacting with primary school children as part of the Alien Needs Our Help workshop

The Alien Needs our Help

A collaborative wellbeing programme from Ludus Dance and More Music

Over two years, 3,800 pupils from 24 primary schools in the Lancaster and Morecambe District, learnt about the body's immune system, vaccines and the importance of good hygience through music and dance. Developing a better understandinf of how to make healthy wellbeing choices.

Pupils who took part in the six-week programme felt more informed, confident and knowledgeable about vaccines and how to make the right choices about their health after taking part.

 

  • Alien Needs Our Help - Girl Dancing

Through playful storytelling, games, movement and music - the children help the alien learn more about planet Earth and how to keep safe from diseases and virueses. Together the children, alien and their musician friend learn how to properly wash their hands, how germs work and they even go back in a time machine to se how and why the first ever vaccine was made!

Here is what the children had to say about the project:

"I enjoyed the dancing because it gave me confidence."

"I am very proud of myself and I didn’t even know who even did the first vaccine, but now i do!"

"I enjoyed learning about how to stop the germs fighting us - it was fun being a germ."

"I liked playing Edward Jenner in our show to help teach others about vaccines."

"Thank you for teaching us!"

Parnter at More Music

"This project has been a great opportunity to collaborate with Ludus Dance and create a music and dance project that will help children make healthy choices. It's fantastic that the council commissioned this innvative project to involve arts organisations. The positive evaluation evidence gathered from participants shows how successful creative arts appropaches can be to comunicate these important educational messages."

Funders Testimony

"Teaching children the importance of keeping their bodies healthy and protected from infections - particularly since Covid-19 and the rise of diseases such as measles and smallpox - has NEVER been more important! We are pleased that through the collaborations with Ludus Dance and More Music, children have been able to participate in an engaging programme, which has supported teachers to deliver aspects of the science and PSHE curriculum, reinforcing the message to keep safe from germs and discover the history of vaccines"

Teacher

"Working with Ludus and More Music on the project brought Science and History to life for the children. Their prior knowledge of germs and the importance of being hygienic, was extended by learning about the discovery of the first vaccine and how vaccines work. They fully engaged with the exploration of movement to explain scientific concepts, and songs to remember key historical dates and names."

Thank you to our funders...

This project was commissioned by Lancaster City Council's Public Protection team thanks to funding through the Goverment's Community Scheme after the Covid-19 Pandemic.

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