COMMUNICATION, BEHAVIOUR & ART
Emotional Intelligence Through Art, School Incursions
For schools and youth organisations in and around Perth, WA
For schools in and around Perth, WA
I offer school incursions taking a cross curricular approach, teaching emotional intelligence through art, for schools in and around Perth, WA.
The sessions run for either a half-day or full-day. Scroll down for fee structure↓
The session starts with an introduction into emotional intelligence, followed by an interactive talk about our core emotions and facial expression, with a combined drawing activity. Students then complete a quiz to discover their new found understanding of others and recognition of facial expression. Students then get to sculpt a face using clay, focusing on a facial expression of emotion.
Full-day workshops include a variety of additional emotional intelligence-based activities, covering areas such as emotion regulation (mindfulness meditation, abdominal breathing, the fear response), relationship management (team games).
These sessions can be tailored to your preferences, depending on your goal and the available time.
— Sophie
Incursions in Perth schools include:
Perth Modern School
St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls
Bob Hawke College
Williams Primary School (with other schools from the region)
Ashdale Primary School
Dianella Heights Primary School
Carlisle Primary School
All Saints College
Iona Presentation College
Kolbe Catholic College
Methodist Ladies College
Prendiville Catholic College
Happiness, (Clay) by Sophie Zadeh
Sadness, (Clay) by Sophie Zadeh
About Sophie
Art
Before life as a communication specialist, Sophie worked as an art educator for fifteen years in the UK. She has led hundreds of art projects for children, adults and people with disabilities, as well as running training sessions for teachers and adults working with children. Her artwork has been exhibited in a range of art galleries, with a series of sculpture housed in a permanent collection in a city art gallery.
Communication
Sophie works with leaders in government and industry giants, including Woodside, Rio Tinto and Alcoa. She has featured across a variety of news and media platforms, including ABC Radio, The West Australian, The CEO magazine, Seven News Media and Foxtel Networks.
Sophie has coached public speakers and TEDx presenters to convey their message with impact. She has worked with TED-ED, to create an animated lesson–Are There Universal Expressions of Emotion?.
Her blog has been rated in the top five body language blogs on the web for 2020 and 2021.
Emotional Intelligence Through Art Fee Structure
Half-day, $1000 +GST
Full-day, $1900 +GST
Sample of Student’s Work
Primary School and High School
“I cannot say enough about Sophie! This multitalented person made such a huge difference in the children’s lives. They look forward to every single class with her.
Sophie is eclectic, passionate, fun, warm, caring and most important she makes you feel comfortable from the minute you meet her! No one in class felt left out; we had a great time communicating during the classes. I definitely, highly recommend Sophie as the first resource to people who struggle with public speaking anxiety or to people who need to improve!
Actually, I highly recommend, any, if not all the workshops with Sophie…It will be money well spent.”
“My four home-schooled children attended Sophie’s public speaking course last term and they loved it! Sophie is a wonderful teacher and her lovely, gentle approach was perfect or my ASD and dyslexic kids. They were always keen to go to class and happy to do the homework.
The whole course is presented in such a comfortable and flowing way that even my most reluctant writer was excited to sit down and do his homework. Having children of different ages, I was beyond happy with the skilful way Sophie was able to meet the children where they were at and tailor the coursework to their ability.
Along with speech writing, they learned how to calm their nerves, hold their bodies and how to use their hands. The confidence to speak in any setting is so important and this course has absolutely given them the confidence and also some very useful skills. So grateful to have found a wonderful teacher.”
“Tyler seemed really enjoyed the course and said he learned a lot from it. He was really nervous before the final performance but he said it went well and was very happy about the result. He gained alot of confidence throughout the course which was excellent result!”