Trust schools unite to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week

Pupils from across South Cumbria Multi-Academy Trust will this week join together to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week.

Members of the Trust’s Early Years professional network group have organised events to support pupils’ vocabulary, language and love of music.

World Nursery Rhyme Week is an international celebration promoting the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood development.

Children from Chetwynde, Newbarns, Vickerstown, Ormsgill, Cambridge, South Walney Infants, Victoria and Ramsden Schools are taking part.

Pupils will explore a different nursery rhyme each day, including learning and performing the poem to bring it to life and creating artwork activities based on the themes.

Ruth Squires, Assistant Headteacher at South Walney Infant and Nursery School, said nursery rhymes provide a fun way to support literacy and numeracy skills and help children to develop social, physical and emotional skills.

“We use rhymes to build attention and a love of language that our children can share with their friends and families. It helps us to create an environment where we can show language really is celebrated and valued,” she said.

“Nursery rhymes can easily be incorporated into all aspects of the school day and across the curriculum, they are often a familiar link with home and they are a perfect gateway into early reading skills. 

“For our families sharing nursery rhymes from their own childhoods is a fun and easily accessible way in which parents and carers can support their child’s learning as well as developing their sense of belonging and identity.”

Chetwynde Primary School reception teacher and phase 1 lead Katie Stepanian, who is part of the network, said the group wanted to do something impactful to share good practice based around a theme across the schools and there were lots of ideas.

“It is great that all the early years classes across the Trust will join to celebrate the same events and are sharing the planning,” she said.

“Suggestions came from across the group as we aim to give our pupils the best possible experience in their early education. We hope parents will engage with the events at home as well to support what happens in school.”

Following this, the group is organising events for World Book Day on March 6 and an outdoor family fun event in the summer term.

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