This week we have been learning about prepositions. It involved lots of discussions with talk partners as the photos show. Rainbows had to describe where the worm was in the garden. The prepositions we focused on were;
under, beside, next to, above, on top, inside, in front and in between.

Rainbows have had another busy week learning about lifecycles. Here they are completing some of their provision activities and taking part in some child led activities.

Some activities this week included making caterpillar paper chains from the Hungry Caterpillar story, continuing colour patterns, creating symmetrical butterfly paintings and 3d frog pictures in the creative area!

Today on welly walk we went on a minibeast hunt! First we learnt the names of these and some of their features so we could identify them;
woodlouse, worm, bee, ladybird, slug, snail, fly and butterfly.

We searched places we thought the bugs might live including under rocks and stones, within cracks in walls, in the soil and around the wild flowers.

You can see by the photos how much we enjoyed searching! What can you spot that we found?

Everyday Rainbows get opportunities to access outdoor learning. This helps develop their gross motor skills and encourage exercise as well as providing a different environment for personal, social and emotional development, communication and interaction as well as development across all other areas of the curriculum.

​Here are some photos of the Rainbows enjoying their learning and developing their skills!

Some of the activities in maths this week have been based on using rekenreks. Rainbows first had to orientate them correctly and understand how they work. They know there are ten beads on the top line and ten on the bottom and that there are 20 altogether. They know on each row there are five white beads and five red beads. When using the rekenreks the children need to subitise rather than count one bead at a time.

The Rainbows have been practising moving a set number of rekenreks at once to the other side of the line by subitising. They have begun to identify how many they have moved and how many are left at the other side. This is supporting their recall of number bonds to 10.

During our outdoor learning time the Rainbows wanted to perform a talent show! This was completely child led and they continued this over the course of the week. They used a pallet as a stage and each stood up to perform their talent. Some of the other Rainbows sat and watched quietly and were a very captivated audience! Here are a couple of the Rainbows performing. We had lots of singing and dancing and even some gymnastics!

This half term our core book is about lifecycles and is called "Tad." Tad is a tadpole and keeps wondering what happens to her brothers and sisters as they keep disappearing. Tad soon learns that they are all turning into Frogs as she finally escapes Big Blub and leaps out of the pond as a frog.

Here are our Easter Egg competition entries. Don't they all look amazing! Can you spot yours?

Rainbows were incredibly excited to find that they had a visit from the Easter Bunny!

The Bunny left them all an egg in their beautifully decorated Easter baskets. The Bunny also left footprints all the way from the door and through the classroom! Here are some Rainbows discovering what happened!

This week we have been learning about the Easter Story. Our key vocabulary has included Jesus, disciples, cross, angel, resurrection and angel.

We ordered some pictures from the story, making sure it was the correct sequence so we could retell the story in the right order.