Helping Your Child

One of the things we value about our relationship with parents/carers at Norton Hill Primary, is the way parents engage in opportunities to support their children's learning. We try to arrange events and activities for parents/carers to learn more about the different subjects in school and how they can help their children to make the most of the opportunities on offer. 

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Nursery Rhyme Challenge 2021

The staff at Norton Hill Primary School are inviting all children (and adults!) to complete our 2021 Nursery Rhyme Challenge. Over the next 8 weeks, we will be setting a nursery rhyme to learn. The Nursery Rhyme Challenge, is a fun and interactive way to improve speech and language in our youngest children. Rhythm and rhyme are two of the fundamental building blocks of phonological awareness. In order to support the learning of these skills we are aiming to learn a new nursery rhyme every week in the spring term. Each week the nursery rhyme will be embedded into our play and learning in the classroom. The children will enjoy singing and reciting the rhymes and will build up their nursery rhyme bank across the term.

Weeks 1-8

Monday 8th February - Rock a bye baby

Monday 15th February - One two buckle my shoe

Monday 22nd February - Here we go round the mulberry bush

Monday 1st March - Hickory Dickory dock

Monday 8th March - Horsie, horsie don't you stop

Monday 15th March - Five currant buns

Monday 22nd March - London Bridge is falling down

Monday 29th March - Mary, Mary, quite contrary

At the end of the 8 weeks, we will invite parents in to join in to watch (and join in with) the children as they show you all the rhymes they have learnt! Please send in videos of the children performing their rhymes to office@nortonhillprimary.com. We encourage dressing up, props etc. to make it extra fun for the children!