“Children at Valley Infant School, along with Minister Steve Webb, local MP Lorely Burt and local MEP Phil Bennion, were transported on a magical adventure courtesy of Wizzleworld, an EU-backed community interest company.<\/b><\/p>\n
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Former primary school teachers Kelly Birch and Kerry Duffy founded Wizzleworld Dramatics to encourage creativity and self confidence in young children. The EU provided business mentoring and startup advice.<\/p>\n
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The two former primary school teachers ran a performance class for children at Valley Infant School, while the senior Lib Dem team watched and occasionally joined in.<\/p>\n
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The children wore masks and performed different animal roles. The story ended with a moral message, in which the children decided that the elephant should apologise to the other animals for stealing their fun.<\/p>\n
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The children were then guided through a relaxation session, imagining themselves as caterpillars transforming into butterflies. One young caterpillar was so relaxed he fell asleep.<\/p>\n
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Kelly and Kerry discussed their future plans with the Lib Dem representatives and expressed their optimism for expanding their work to other schools and groups.<\/p>\n
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Mrs Burt said, \u201cI was hugely impressed, not only with Wizzleworld, but with the youngsters who evidently enjoyed the whole experience.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe children practised their self-confidence and using their imaginations. They left with a great sense of wellbeing. Paolo the Parrot, for example, clearly has a great acting career in front of her!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mr Webb said, \u201cWizzleworld did a great job entertaining the children but teaching them at the same time.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt was exciting to see how the EU is supporting enterprise and education in Solihull.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI wish Wizzleworld every success for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Mr Bennion said, \u201cIt was good to see the team providing this specialist workshop have set up as a small business with EU support, a good example of private and public partnership benefiting children’s education in the area. I was very impressed, as was Steve Webb.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kerry of Wizzleworld Dramatics, said, \u201cWe love bringing our wellbeing story-drama to children in schools and supporting their emotional, social and personal development in a fun, exciting and unique way. Having a positive wellbeing is essential for children if they are to grow into happy, resilient empathetic adults in the future.\u201d”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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