New Parent & Toddler Group at Polam Hall

Polam Hall School is to launch a weekly Parent and Toddler group that will have monthly themed sessions with the first focusing on the benefits of helping children to talk by singing nursery rhymes.

The aim of the group, which will first meet on Monday February 28 from 9:30am to 11am, is to provide a support network for parents by allowing them to exchange views about bringing up children as well offering a safe and creative environment in which their children can play.

The first session will concentrate on how using nursery rhymes can help youngsters to talk. Polam Hall School decided to highlight the benefits of nursery rhymes after it emerged that these days fewer parents were using this technique to help their children develop their language skills.

Angela Foster, Polam Hall Junior School Head Teacher, said: “It is important to keep nursery rhymes alive. We believe that by encouraging parents to sing rhymes to their toddlers we are providing the best of both worlds –teaching and pastoral care.

“Nursery rhymes are also a fun way of helping children develop language skills and parents will find this out during the sing-a-long session at our first parent and toddler group meeting.”

The new group is open to families from across the area.

Mrs Foster added: “While the parents will be able to exchange experiences and make new friends in a relaxed environment, their youngsters will have the chance to meet other children, play and socialise.”