Evaluation of Programme
Session and date Staff evaluation
Welcome
Ground rules part of session
session
went really well, girls came up
with some excellent rules and all
signed up to them. Girls really
enjoyed craft activities, very
enthusiastic about making
different items. Although girls
were asked not to take keepsake
boxes away two of them did so
and will need replacing before
follow-up session. Food was
popular, many girls ate a large
amount of the snacks provided –
take more filling refreshments
next week i.e. bread.
Friends
Bread was popular but messy,
girls had to be constantly
reminded not to walk round with
food (some found deposited in
room after group). Girls enjoyed
craft part of session – making
flowers and were keen to take
them away and give them to
someone special. Conversation
in pairs on what makes someone
a good friend and why friends are
important not so successful,
some girls did not engage well
with this and distracted others.
Some girls who had fallen out
with one another did not like the
carousel interview set-up and did
not want to talk to certain other
girls (although this did give
opportunity to explore their
differences and try to find a
common ground). Contributing to
group flower was great for some
but a little sad for others as they
struggled to think of the friends
they had, possibly ensure in
future girls right qualities that
make someone a good friend not
actual names of friends.
Beautiful?
Restricting times to eat and
ensuring all sat at the table
worked much better in terms of
Girls evaluation
“Funny. Good.”
“Great to just have fun
with girls.”
“It was fab”.
“Fantastic groovy and
funny. Thanks Catherine
and Rachel”.
“I fort it was good I hope
it could stay this way”.
“ It was good to know
what other people find
and like about a friend”
“Friends is a good topic”
“ I loved to make
flowers, I could make
them every day if I
want!”
“I think it is fantastic and
I really like it a lot”
“It was quite good
because it made my
think about my friends”
“It was quite fun and
artistic”
“What we are doing is
good and I want to come
next week”
“I think what we’re doing
is good because it
matters what you think”
“I think it was good and
so people said different
things”
mess and time management.
Movement involved in
“statements” part worked really
well, girls enjoyed moving around
the room and gave excellent
explanations for the decisions
they made. Collage part was ok,
some struggled with concept of
fake and real, some arguing
between girls about which
women should go on which
poster. Gave good opportunities
for discussion about how girls
feel about themselves. Playboy
bunny part was excellent,
fantastic discussion about
playboy and sexist attitudes
towards women. Girls changed
from saying they loved the bunny
and it is cute to saying it is rude
and sexist – came up with
fantastic points all by
themselves!!
“I think It was good this
week cuzz ov the things
we learnt like body
image! Can’t wait til next
week!” (Kimmie)
“Was a good lesson and
enjoyed doing about
body image because u
don’t matter what you
look like its better being
yourself than some fake
else!” (Olivia)
“I think it was safe!
Enjoyed it!” (Sarah)
“I think it was enjoyable.
And I like coming here.
Rachel and Katherine
are dead nice! Body
image was a good
subject” (Lucie)
“I think that when we did
the real women and the
fake women it was
fantastic”.
Feeling Good /
Celebration
Girls enjoyed making the shields
and each of them presented
them to the other girls. Girls were
able to identify things they are
good at and it was a positive
exercise reading them out (other
than opportunity for one member
of group to write provocative
things but this was overcome by
staff reading out statements and
omitting inappropriate ones).
Concept of character strengths
was not fully grasped by all,
translating this understanding to
the problem page exercise was
not that easy. Combining two
sessions not that effective, may
have been more meaningful to
just use strengths and then
shields and not add on problem
page part. What was useful
“It was good. We have to
stay and look for some
pics for our shields”.
“It was good because we
got to do art and crafts”.
“I think it was so fun.”
“It was good and funny
coz Nat made me
laugh”.
Girls vs Boys /
Heroines
Healthy
Relationships
Cyberbullying
about Problem Page exercise
was discussion on being in a
relationship with a controlling
male, how to recognise signs of
this and how to be assertive and
deal with this.
Girls engaged really well with
“heroines” exercise and historical
women, they enjoyed signing the
certificates for their own personal
heroines and this gave
opportunity to discuss what the
significant women in their lives
mean to them and the things they
learn from them. What came out
of the girls vs boys exercise was
that much of how they measure
themselves is in relation to the
attention they get from boys.
What the majority felt was good
about being a girl was that you
can have babies. Session
enabled discussion about
recognising what is important to
them and holding on to that
rather than doing what it
important to boys to please them.
The girls enjoyed creating the
four sections of the drama to
depict what can happen when a
relationship is abusive. We were
surprised by some responses to
the “stereotypes” exercise,
initially some girls stated they felt
it is ok for a boy to hit his
girlfriend if he thinks she has
been unfaithful to him. After
some discussion most changed
their mind but one girl was
adamant that it would be
acceptable for a boy to hit a girl
in these circumstances.
The girls responded well to the
DVD on cyberbullying, there was
useful discussion about the
impact on the victim and his
family. All of the girls use social
Missed evaluation due to
running out of time!
“I learnt lots of things”, “It
was quite good”
“it was good”
“Now I know that 1 in 10
kids are in a family with
DV”
“Slapping somebody is
wrong because they lose
their friends”
“I am more confident in
drama and I am putting
my hand up more in
class”
“I learnt that
cyberbullying is wrong at
it is a criminal offence”
“Cyberbullying is against
networking sites and many had
experiences of being bullied on
line that they wanted to share .
Celebratory Meal
Girls behaved really well at the
meal, all enjoyed being taken out
and it was a fantastic opportunity
to reward them for their hard
work.
The presentation at the end was
a wonderful celebration of their
efforts, they were each presented
with a certificate and their
keepsake boxes which we had
filled with Character Strength
cards and chocolates. The girls
were excited to see what they
had received and shared with
one another their strengths. They
spoke to onlookers about the
group and why they had received
certificates, they all seemed
really proud of what they had
done as a group and were keen
to have their pictures taken.
the law and it is a threat”
“I learnt that you have
got to be careful on the
computer and mobile
‘phones”
“I learnt that bullying is
wrong and it really
upsets people. It also
reminded me of when I
was bullied but I don’t
get bullied very much
anymore”
Final Evaluation from
girls:
“I thought it was good
and I’m sad that its not
every week. “ (Natalie)
“I thought it was so so
good but I thought
Natalie was a bit nasty
to Shannon and she was
very loud and I’m going
to miss you.” (Jade)
“Pearl group is great!!”
(Rebecca)
“It has been very fun and
funny / good. I am very
sad that we have
finished. It is going to be
very boring on Tuesdays
now.” (Sarah)
“Making stuff it was good
and I am sad that we are
not doing it anymore”.
(Shannon)
“I think it has let me
express my feelings and
emotions in front of
friends and taught me to
be myself and thank you
for choosing me to join
the Pearl Project club”.
(Siobhan)
“I thought it was cool.
And I loved when the
cake had come and the
dinner was lovely
inseped when I was
covered in gravey”.
(Kerry)