Each half term we have a Forest School session. We go out onto the school field and use the Forest School area. On these days, we stay outside for the whole session and enjoy exploring our outdoor learning. We love to climb and swing on the ropes on the trees, go on mini-beast hunts, listening walks, explore our shadows and much more!
Throughout the year in Rainbow class, we have many special occasions and events to celebrate together.
From Rememberance day, to Children in Need, Christmas to Springtime chicks, we cover it all! We also have a special assembly at the end of the year for all of the parents to come and enjoy. We sing songs, dress up and showcase the wonderful world of Rainbow class. We are incredibly lucky to be based right next to Richmond Park, so for our end of year trip, we go for a walk in the woods through Richmond Park and have a delicious teddy bears picnic too.
Every week the children make something new to either enjoy at home or eat with their friends in the setting. Cooking is such a great activity to do with the children – we love it! We always link each recipe with a special story to share together. It also covers many different areas of their learning…
Physical Development – Using Equipment and Materials: using spoons, mixers, pouring, measuring
Physical Development – Health and Bodily Awareness: we always have a chat about importance of cleaning hands, washing the ingredients, and having a balanced diet
Personal Social and Emotional Development – Behaviour and Self Control: taking turns, waiting, sharing
Creative Development – Exploring Media and Materials/being creative: noticing and feeling different textures when using ingredients, using descriptive words as we work, observing what is happening as we add different ingredients
Communication Language and Literacy – Language for Thinking: talking through the process with the children, asking them questions about what is happening, encouraging them to explain why we use or do certain things
Problem Solving Reasoning and Numeracy – We always do lots of counting: counting spoonful’s, looking at numbers on scales, is there more or less of different ingredients, counting paper cases, dividing how many cakes each
