WOOLAVINGTON WI KNIT AND STITCH GROUP
When Rachel Lucas, Nursery class teacher at Woolavington School, first came to one of our WI meetings to speak about her hopes of involving us with the Nursery Rhyme shoe box project she could not have envisaged such an amazing response. True to WI tradition the knit and stitch group rose to the challenge, enthusiastically embracing the idea of usefully occupying themselves whilst creating beautiful knitted items. These have been both Nursery Rhyme characters, such as those in “Hey diddle diddle” and counting rhymes like “five fat peas in a pod”.
The intention was that the characters in each rhyme be contained in a decorated shoe box and used to help the children with reading, speech and counting skills in class but would also be available to take home.
In all 16 boxes were completed together with a sewn version of “The Old Lady who swallowed a fly”; a total of 100 different items.
Rachel invited the group involved to the school to hand over the boxes. These were enthusiastically received. The children had made a colourful thank you card and presented everyone with a beautiful plant. After some time spent with the class we enjoyed tea, lemon drizzle and Victoria sponge cake.
Following the success of this project the group has already been thinking of future plans and it is rumoured that Rachel may have some ideas for the next academic year.
Not only have the knit and stitch members thoroughly enjoyed the activity but there has been the added bonus of the formation of closer links with our local school through the nursery class.
When Rachel Lucas, Nursery class teacher at Woolavington School, first came to one of our WI meetings to speak about her hopes of involving us with the Nursery Rhyme shoe box project she could not have envisaged such an amazing response. True to WI tradition the knit and stitch group rose to the challenge, enthusiastically embracing the idea of usefully occupying themselves whilst creating beautiful knitted items. These have been both Nursery Rhyme characters, such as those in “Hey diddle diddle” and counting rhymes like “five fat peas in a pod”.
The intention was that the characters in each rhyme be contained in a decorated shoe box and used to help the children with reading, speech and counting skills in class but would also be available to take home.
In all 16 boxes were completed together with a sewn version of “The Old Lady who swallowed a fly”; a total of 100 different items.
Rachel invited the group involved to the school to hand over the boxes. These were enthusiastically received. The children had made a colourful thank you card and presented everyone with a beautiful plant. After some time spent with the class we enjoyed tea, lemon drizzle and Victoria sponge cake.
Following the success of this project the group has already been thinking of future plans and it is rumoured that Rachel may have some ideas for the next academic year.
Not only have the knit and stitch members thoroughly enjoyed the activity but there has been the added bonus of the formation of closer links with our local school through the nursery class.