Calling all songwriters!
The Achieve Well Team, Nottingham Music Hub, and Challenge are teaming up to create a brand-new song for RSE Day 2026, and it’s going to be written and performed by Nottingham children and young people! The Nottingham Music Hub previously created the single "If Every Child Could" which was a great success.
The theme for the RSE Day song is: “It Starts with Me”. We want to hear children’s ideas about why it’s important to like and love yourself, and how that helps them to build positive relationships with others. Discussion of these lyrics would fit well within an RSE session, particularly around the topics of friendships, healthy relationships, media representations, self-esteem.
To support children’s song-writing we have created some prompts on the RSE Day Song padlet. We are happy to receive one line, a full verse or a chorus around our theme, “It Starts with Me”. Every idea will be read and considered. Once we have the lyrics, we will be asking for melodies and chord structures (optional) to bring the song to life.
The finished song will be sung by Nottingham children and young musicians and professionally recorded in the Spring Term 2026. Timelines for the project can be found on the Padlet. We are hoping to have a collaborative sing of the song on RSE Day next year, 25 June. The song lyrics will be shared with schools across the country as part of the RSE Day resources.
This is a great opportunity for children to be part of a city-wide creative project that will be shared nationally. To get involved, please register your interest here.