Rhythm & Rhyme

The main aim of the Rhythm & Rhyme project was to bring music, dance and play opportunities including traditional street and playground games to Out of School Care (OSC) clubs in Moray, through a series of workshops. The project was delivered by Lilian Ross a well known traditional singer and story teller.

Funded by the Scottish Communities Fund, the project ran over a two year period from January 2008 to January 2010. Over the two year period 16 groups participated and an average per year of 156 children and 44 staff engaged in the project. A Rhythm & Rhyme CD was also created and launched in Elgin in December 2009.

Children's Feedback:

This is the best day ever
Lilian is cool
Street dancing is fab
Some of it was ok
We made our own club song – it’s brill
Quite liked the skipping and ribbon sticks
Obstacle course was great
I didn’t like it the first two weeks but now I do
I can skip really fast now

Staff Feedback:

Really enjoyed R & R and intend to keep it going
The new material was very useful
It was great to have some fresh ideas
Younger children got a lot from this
We all enjoyed the street dancing and put on our own show
Now we have the words to remind us we’ll try to keep the traditional songs going for skipping and ball games