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UR  - https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Projects/Evaluation_Protocols/Speech_Bubbles_Trial_Protocol_20190724_v3_final.pdf
TI  - Evaluation Protocol: Speech Bubbles
N1  - © Published by EEF 2019 under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 (https://nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2).
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AV  - public
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N2  - The Speech Bubbles intervention aims to improve children?s communication and social skills
by providing them with weekly creative drama sessions. The benefit to pupils?
communication skills is also thought to have an effect on pupils? reading skills. This is an
intervention targeted at pupils with below expected communication and social skills. During
the sessions trained practitioners encourage children to tell, act out and reflect on their own
stories by creating a safe and playful environment, promoting children?s communication,
confidence and wellbeing. This is based on the Helicopter Stories pedagogical approach.1
Speech Bubbles is part of a broader programme of work entitled ?Learning about Culture?,
which aims to improve the evidence base around arts-based education programmes. This is
coordinated by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Royal Society for the Arts.2
It consists of five programmes: two in Key Stage 1 (Reception and Year 1) and three in Key
Stage 2 (Year 5). Despite the unique aspects of these intervention models, there are many
similarities in how they are delivered and what they hope to achieve.3
CY  - London, UK
A1  - Shure, N
A1  - Anders, J
A1  - Wyse, D
A1  - Bohling, K
A1  - Barnard, M
PB  - The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Y1  - 2019/04/24/
ER  -