Just Be Good To Me

Sex and Relationships Education

For years 9 and 10 (KS3&4)

Just Be Good To Me is a drama workshop about the complications young people encounter as they begin to take responsibility for their relationships. The drama presents dilemmas about commitment, pregnancy and contraception, STIs and sexuality with an honesty that commands this age group's attention. The sketches are interspersed with challenging workshop sections when the audience members are invited to improve their decision-making skills, understand their sense of responsibility, learn about some of the realities of adolescence and consider how their friends and family influence them.

NB Sexual activity, contraception and homosexuality are referred to in the drama and there is an opportunity to examine information relating to these topics if questions from the young people arise.

Just Be Good To Me is targeted at years 9 and 10 pupils and lasts approximately 90 minutes divided into three sections. Each section is led by a short piece of drama that leaves the characters in an unresolved situation. It is then up to the audience to offer suggestions to the characters who will explore the options and examine the possible consequences.

A long wait at the bus stop gives Tanya and Julie the perfect opportunity to discuss whether Tanya should have sex with Sean. Julie thinks Tanya is nowhere near being ready to have sex (she wants to wait; she's proud to still be a virgin and in no hurry to grow up). Their discussion falls apart with the appearance of Sean and his over-excited mate, Lee.

Tanya's attempts to make Julie buy some condoms on her behalf have failed - Julie has stormed off. Tanya is looking for a bit of sympathy from Mark (her older brother's friend) but he doesn't help when he says that he is gay. She really wasn't expecting that. Meanwhile, Sean has confessed to Lee that he has lied about being sexually experienced. Lee just wishes that he'd get a chance to put his own sexual theory into practice ...

Tanya can't find Julie so she chats to her mum, Lynne. Lynne's not like most mums and Tanya's pretty embarrassed when Lynne is talking to her about safer sex and condoms. But the point seems to have hit home when later Sean and Tanya are alone together with four bottles of alcohol and a packet of three condoms. Sean's not convinced they need any contraception but Tanya seems to have a plan.

"This is just a letter to say thanks for that excellent drama you performed for us. It was fantastic and really captured the difficult times we have today as youths. The drama also went in to great details about what we are all going through for example peer pressure, sex and many other things. Also finally you helped us to see that there are many people we can talk to rather than face these situations alone. Lastly we just want to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH."