Rainbow Room - Chinese New Year
... read to them....
Rainbow Class- Jungle Animals
As part of our Science topic "Animals Including Humans" , pupils took part in a hands‐on exploration of animals and their habitats. They listened to the story “Monkey Puzzle”, which helped introduce different jungle animals and their characteristics. Afterwards, pupils created...
Rainbow Room - Science Display Board (Materials)
WOW! Look at our fantastic display board, showcasing our pupils’ learning about materials as part of their science focus
Rainbow Room - Art from 1970s
As part of our Arts Curriculum, pupils engaged in creating fantastic artwork by exploring and experimenting with a range of art materials. They demonstrated creativity, curiosity, and confidence as they used different techniques and resources to produce imaginative pieces. Pupils have learned about...
Rainbow Room - Fun Art from 1970s Display Board
WOW! Look at our very creative art display board which represents art from 1970s
Rainbow Class - Science & DT Learning
This week, our pupils became investigators as they explored different materials and their properties. They practised writing simple sentences about a variety of materials and matched these sentences to the correct picture descriptions. This helped them develop early writing skills, including...
Rainbow Class - Spring 1 Term 2026
WOW! We have been so busy during Spring 1 Term with lots of fantastic learning and our work is now presented on the display boards
Rainbow Room - Teddy Bear Maths
1, 2, 3 — let’s count! Our pupils enjoyed a maths learning experience where they explored numbers through hands-on activities. Using concrete objects such as teddy bears, the pupils developed their counting skills and deepened their understanding of number representation. They practised adding...
Rainbow Class: Iggy Peck, Architect (Design & Technology)
This week, our pupils enjoyed a story that opened a window into the world of architecture. The pupils explored different types of buildings from around the world and learned about the important work that architects do when designing the places we live, learn, and play in
Rainbow Room - Exploring Spring
We had a fabulous time exploring our school garden today. Around the pond, we discovered clusters of frogspawn and spotted several frogs swimming across the water. Some pupils enthusiastically tried to count them as they darted through the pond. Pupils also explored the pond’s ecosystem by...
Rainbow Class - Shaped Rockets
🚀Zoom Zoom Rockets! 🚀 This week, our pupils were fully engaged in exploring rockets — wow! It has been an exciting journey of discovery, imagination, and hands‑on learning. In our school library, children enjoyed looking through books about spaceships and rockets. They focused on the...
Rainbow Room - Outdoor PE
Pupils were actively engaged in physical activity on the football court, where they practiced throwing and catching the ball, as well as building their confidence in kicking and passing during simple team games
Rainbow Room - WOW DAY
It was a fantastic WOW Day! Pupils showed great creativity as they used light food‐dye colours mixed with water to paint their own geometric shapes, by carefully creating bright and colorful patterns on each piece. They experimented with how the colours blended and enjoyed making their artwork...
Rainbow Room - 2D Monkey Model
As part of our literacy focus, pupils enjoyed listening to an adult read the story “Monkey Puzzle .” This helped them explore the different characters in the story, especially the jungle animals. They then created their own 2D monkey model, based on the main character. Pupils followed...
Rainbow Room - Maths (Measure)
Using Numicon Cubes, pupils measured a range of objects by placing the cubes next to them and comparing their sizes. This hands‐on approach helped pupils see which items were taller, shorter, longer, or smaller. They pupils recorded their measurements on their worksheets by using Numicon Cubes to...
Rainbow Room - Monkey Puzzle Story
Children enjoyed listening to the story “Puzzle Monkey” and learning about the different jungle animals and their habitats. With adult support, they matched each animal to its name and recognised the story characters, using sounds like e for elephant and m for monkey. The activity was...
Rainbow Class - Our Learning
This term, we have been very busy with lots of exciting activities. Check out our learning gallery to see what we’ve been doing
Rainbow Room - Planting
We have been learning about the life cycle of plants, focusing on beans and cress. As part of our sensory learning, the children planted their own seeds using soil, pots and water, exploring the different textures and steps involved when it comes to planting. Over the next few days, we will be...
Rainbow Room - Exploring and Learning about Materials
Our pupils have been diving deeper into their science learning this week as they explored a variety of living materials in our investigation tray. The pupils were encouraged to observe, touch and discuss both familiar and unfamiliar items, allowing their natural curiosity to guide their...
Rainbow Class - Learning Showcase
This week, some of our pupils had so much fun during their engaged learning sessions. They used magnetic letters to place them in alphabetical order, helping them develop letter awareness, understand spacing, and even form new words. Our trains and tracks was a big success too! The children loved...
Rainbow Class - Learning about Seasons
Pupils explored learning about the different seasons by watching a short, engaging video and listening to a song related to seasonal changes. Following this, pupils took part in a hands‐on matching activity, where they matched pictures associated with each season, as well they were able to sequence...
Rainbow - Autumn Vocabulary Learning
Pupils were exploring fantastic learning about autumn vocabulary and oracy by being introduced to new words related to this season. Some pupils were able to look at the autumn-related illustrations on the worksheets and talk to each other about who they saw, what they saw, etc. Then, with the...
Rainbow - Fun Attention Activity
Our pupils had a magical learning experience that captured their attention and fostered teamwork. Sitting eagerly on their chairs, they worked together to guess sensory toys that were shown to them from the attention bucket. Each toy sparked curiosity and excitement while helping the children...
Rainbow - Spontaneous Learning
The children were fully engaged in spontaneous learning as they explored a variety of interests: Musical Instruments: They listened to and played with different instruments, experimenting with sound and rhythm. Sensory Toys: The children used sensory toys to help with emotional regulation, offering...
Rainbow Room - Autumn Maths Learning
Wow! We Have Fantastic Mathematicians. Our pupils had a fantastic time exploring autumn-themed maths activities! They practised number formation on the interactive board and enjoyed tracing numbers on pumpkins and acorns in their worksheets. This supported their number recognition and helped...
Rainbow Room - Outdoor Learning & Play
Pupils enjoyed learning outside during autumn. They noticed the leaves changing colour and felt how crispy the leaves were when they touched them. Even our pupils had fun doing physical activities like crawling through tunnels, sliding down slides, and walking on ropes on the climbing frame
Rainbow Room - Shapes Tracing and Colouring
Pupils explored 2D shapes like circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles on the interactive board, showing focus and independence while colouring, tracing, and drawing. In an adult-led activity, they traced and coloured shapes on large paper to create drawings. Then, pupils used the activity...
Rainbow Room - Autumn Art
As part of our seasonal learning journey, pupils have been engaging in fantastic activities to explore the beauty of Autumn through art. Pumpkins Art: Pupils painted their own representations of pumpkins using water colours and cotton buds, adding texture and vibrancy with orange tissue paper....
Rainbow - Attention Bucket Intervention
As part of the Attention Bucket Intervention, pupils were able to develop their attention by being engaged at exploring familiar objects that they like such as bubbles, sensory balls etc. Pupils were learning social skills by sharing popping bubbles or sharing the sensory balls. The fun part of the...
Rainbow - Constructive Activity
Adults have introduced a new learning opportunity called Constructive Play, where children use stickle bricks to create their own arrangements. This open-ended activity encourages creativity, problem-solving, and spatial awareness. Children explored different ways of connecting and placing the...
Rainbow Class: Writing and Phonics
Our Rainbow Class pupils have been very busy and dedicated as they practised their handwriting. They worked on writing simple CVC words in their learning books and explored mark‑making through dot‑to‑dot activities to develop fine motor skills and correct pencil grip for accurate letter formation....
Rainbow - Reading Stories
Pupils were well engaged during reading activities, particularly when listening to an adult read aloud the story "The Cat Who Had Different Coloured Shoes." The narrative captured their interest and provided a meaningful context for learning colours names. Pupils demonstrated recognition of colours...
Rainbow - Letters, Fingers Writing and CVC Learning
We had so much fun exploring literacy in our learning! The children enjoyed using the colorful sequence mats to create various marks and letters with their fingers, helping to develop early mark-making, letter formation, and fine motor skills. Also, were also fully engaged in practicing how to...
Rainbow - Autumn Tree (Apple Painting)
Pupils were engaged in creating their own unique and colourful autumn trees as the weather shifting between sunny and rainy, days. They explored painting autumn trees with apples—what an exciting new idea! Pupils enjoyed making apple stamps on their trees using red, yellow, and green paint,...
Rainbow Room - Clock Numbers
Today, our pupils stepped into the role of math detectives as they explored missing numbers on clocks. Armed with curiosity and sharp observation skills, they carefully checked the clocks and filled in the missing numbers. This engaging activity was able to help pupils to get familiar with numbers...
Rainbow Room - Clay Snowman's
As part of our winter theme, pupils explored the texture of both wet and dry clay through a hands-on modeling activity. They used clay rollers and their hands to roll the clay into three spheres of different sizes, forming the body of a snowman. Pupils had make their snowman's to be unique and...
Rainbow Class - Under the Sea: Sensory Story
This week, pupils explored the sensory story ‘Under the Sea’ through multi-sensory activities. They engaged with tactile resources like textured sea creatures, fabrics, and water play, while adults enhanced the experience with ocean sounds, calming music, and visuals from the story....
Rainbow Class: Magical Music Session
As we know, SEND Music Sessions with Mr O’Flynn are always fun and magical. It was a wonderful experience for our pupils to explore musical instruments such as the triangle, tambourine, and ukulele. Mr O’Flynn was truly amazed by how beautifully the children shared the instruments,...
Rainbow Class: Small World - Transports
Straight after the playtime break, some of our pupils noticed train tracks with trains on the table and a rocket set on the floor. They quickly noticed it and decided to play with them, enjoying the activity with lots of excitement
Rainbow Class - Interventions Focus
As part of our Colourful Semantics intervention, pupils listened attentively as adults modelled and recalled simple sentences using the sentence structure such as " Who"/ 'What doing"/ etc. Pupils were supported to identify and understand each part of the sentence through visual...
Rainbow Class - Reading Fun
Pupils demonstrated strong engagement during reading by independently choosing books from the reading corner and they were looking at the illustrations from it to develop their comprehension skills. Some pupils were able to verbally describe the images to adults with limited support
Rainbow Room - Exploring Autumn in Hop Garden
As the weather turned warm and sunny, pupils enjoyed exploring autumn in the school garden—collecting colourful leaves and even spotting a snail! This outdoor learning has inspired staff to plan exciting new activities for next week. Can our pupils guess what the next topic will be?
Rainbow Class - Geography (My Local Area)
As part of the geography learning, children took part in exciting geography activities focused on exploring their local area. Using photographs, symbols, maps, and matching tasks, learners developed their understanding of familiar places within the community. Some children were able to identified...
Rainbow Class - Pigs Masks & Houses (Art)
Pupils had a fantastic time taking part in a creative art activity inspired by the story of "The Three Little Pigs." They carefully painted their pig and wolf masks and explored a variety of materials, including sticks, colour paper, and tissue paper, to create houses for the pigs. This...
Rainbow Class - Farm Animals (Literacy Focus)
Our pupils were highly engaged while listening to the story "Down on the Farm". During the session, they explored a variety of farm animals through colourful illustrations and enjoyed listening to adults model the different animal sounds. This helped to develop their attention, listening,...
Rainbow Class - Learning Subtraction
Our pupils have been working hard to develop their early math's skills through practical subtraction activities. Using counters and number worksheets, the children explored how numbers become smaller when objects are taken away
Rainbow Class - Exploring Subtraction (Maths)
Pupils were able to explore simple subtraction problem-solving activities by counting objects, crossing out the required number, and identifying how many remained by using a house-themed. They were able to select and match the correct numeral on the door, window, roof and other parts of the house...
Rainbow Class - Exploring Plants & Tress (Science)
This week, the children in Rainbow Class explored the life cycle of plants and trees through a range of practical, sensory, and engaging learning activities. Using pictures and matching activities, children explored the different parts of plants and trees by matching, labelling, or writing the...
Rainbow Class - Flower Painting (Arts & Science)
This week, the children in Rainbow Class combined their science and creative skills while learning about flowers and the different parts of plants. Children had an opportunity to to explore the features of flowers and used paint to create their own beautiful flower artwork. The children carefully...
Rainbow Class - Planting Fun & Plants Life Cycle (Science)
As part of the science and sustainability learning, our pupils did enjoyed learning about about how plants grow. We explored the life cycle of a plant and learned the correct order: seed → root → shoot → plant → flower → new seeds. Using visual pictures and sequencing...
Rainbow Class - Geography
Our learners have been exploring what makes Hackney special through a creative geography project. Using their knowledge of local landmarks, community spaces, transport links, parks, and places they enjoy, pupils designed their own unique Hackney logos
Rainbow Class: SEND PE
As part of SEND PE, pupils were engaged in developing their balance, coordination and gross motor skills. They practiced walking along the bench, standing on agility tables and safely jumping down using both feet. Pupils also enjoyed jumping on the trampoline, demonstrating increasing confidence,...
Rainbow Class - Geography: Exploring Places
Our learners were a great explores as they were learning about community and places as part of their geography learning, and by using symbols, pictures, and matching activities, pupils identified a variety of important places including shops, schools, post offices, police stations, parks, and...
Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes)
As part of our Maths learning, pupils explored a variety of 2D shapes through engaging shape-identification worksheets and matching activities. Pupils practised recognising, naming, and colouring different shapes using a colour code, including circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, pentagons, and...
Rainbow Class: PSHE: Emotions Monsters
As part of our PSHE learning, our pupils had the opportunity to explore emotions through a fun and creative activity. Using recycled cardboard tubes, a variety of paint colours to represent different emotions, glitter, googly eyes, and feathers, our pupils designed and created their own Emotion...
Rainbow Room - PHSE: Recognising Emotions
During our PSHE lesson, pupils were learning to recognise and identify emotions that are familiar to them in order to develop emotional awareness and communication skills. Pupils participated in matching, colouring, and emotion-identification activities, helping them recognise different feelings...
Rainbow Class: Maths (Shapes Matching/ Shapes Names)
As part of their Maths learning, our learners explored the properties of 2D shapes by counting and identifying the number of sides each shape has. Pupils practised recognising and naming a range of common shapes, including circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. They also matched shapes to...
Rainbow Class: Literacy (Story about emotions)
As part of our Literacy learning, pupils explored different emotions through stories and picture-based activities. Pupils carefully looked at illustrations, identified how characters might be feeling, and matched emotions to different situations within the story. Pupils had the opportunity to name...
Rainbow Class: PSHE & Arts (Emotions Jars)
As part of our PSHE and Arts learning, pupils explored a range of emotions through a creative "Emotions Jars" activity. Pupils identified different feelings, including happiness, sadness, anger, worry, calmness, and surprise, and discussed situations that might cause these emotions. Pupils used a...
Rainbow Class: Drums Fun (SEND Music Session)
YAY! We had so much fun playing on the drums alongside our peers
Rainbow Class: Three Three Little Pigs Literacy
As part of the literacy learning, pupils were engaged in matching story sequences in the correct order by recalling key events from the story and using the illustrations to support their understanding. They demonstrated their ability to remember and identify the different stages of the story....
Rainbow Class: SEND Music
Our pupils enjoyed taking part in SEND Music session. Through singing and listening to sounds of musical instruments, they were encouraged to develop their attention and listening skills in a fun and engaging music session . The session provided opportunities for pupils to participate at their own...
Rainbow Class - Seasons Arts & Crafts
As part of a combined Arts & Crafts and Science activity, our pupils explored the topic of seasons. Pupils created colourful paintings to represent the different seasons, using vibrant paint colours to express seasonal changes. Also, they took part in a sticking and gluing activity to explore...
Rainbow Room: Human Body Learning
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body, beginning with singing their favourite song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” with actions to support identifying the names of different body parts. Then, pupils were using an interactive board to match facial and...
Rainbow Class - Literacy Focus
In literacy, pupils enjoyed listening to the story “We Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus”, where they learned about different types of transport and their uses. Pupils listened carefully to the story and were able to recall key events by identifying the characters (animals) and...
Rainbow Class - Using Coins
As part of mathematics learning, pupils took part in practical activities to explore the use and value of coins, helping to develop their understanding of money. Pupils used concrete resources, including coins and numericons, to support counting skills and reinforce number recognition from 1 to 20....
Rainbow Class - Transports
As part of our history and literacy learning, pupils learned about different types of transport that people use to travel. We talked about the names of different transports and how people use them. Pupils also explored transport from the past and the present, looking at how some transports have...
Rainbow Room - Builders
The pupils had great fun and showed high levels of enjoyment while creating towers of different sizes. They explored measurement vocabulary such as small, big, short, and tall while working collaboratively in small groups to build their own colorful towers
Rainbow Class - Transports: History
As part of our history learning, our pupils had a great opportunity to learn about different types of transport across land, water, and air. They were able to sort and match transports by gluing and sticking them into the correct categories, for example, a helicopter in the air group, a ship in...
Rainbow Class: Body X-Ray Art Fun
As part of our Science and PSHE learning, pupils explored the human body using simple, visual books showing body parts and organs. This was supported by looking at X-ray images of hands, arms and feet, helping pupils understand what is inside the body. Adults used clear language, repetition and...
Rainbow Class: Fun Learning
Our pupils were well engaged in the fun learning environment. Some pupils explored the safari animals and enjoyed the soft texture of the sand in the sandpit, supporting their sensory development. Other pupils were engaged in intensive interaction, demonstrating strong eye coordination and focus as...
Rainbow Class: Big Draw Day
Our pupils enjoyed a fun and engaging Big Draw Day! Pupils were able to express their artistic skills using crayons and felt tips by creating expressive mark-making drawings. Even, pupils explored different patterns, lines, and shapes by showing creativity and confidence in their artwork
Rainbow Class - The Three Little Pigs Focus (Literacy)
As part of their literacy learning, pupils engaged in active listening while exploring the focus story, The Three Little Pigs. Children matched concrete objects, including sticks, blocks, and shredded paper, to the different houses built by the pigs in the story. They were also encouraged to feel...
Rainbow Class: Colorful Hands
We had so much fun creating colourful hands! Pupils explored making their own handprints on a range of different textures, using both primary and secondary colours. They enjoyed experimenting with colour mixing, discovering how new colours can be created by mixing colours together. The activity...
Rainbow Class - Human Life Cycle & Needs / Human Body
As part of Science and PSHE, pupils learned to identify and name parts of the human body. They were able to find, match, and write body part names on worksheets using a labelled human body diagram. Pupils demonstrated understanding by pointing to and naming most body parts independently. In...
Rainbow Room - Mehdi Hanna Design ( RE )
As part of the RE learning, our pupils began exploring Islam through a creative and engaging art and crafts activity. They designed their own Mehndi (henna) patterns, using chalk dipped in a mixture of powder and water to create vibrant designs on their hands. Pupils thoroughly enjoyed...
Rainbow Room: Human Anatomy (Our Body)
We have been learning names of the body parts and identifying them on the human's body drawing
Rainbow Class: Coreboard Intervention (Pop The Pirate/ Colour Match)
As part of the targeted intervention session, pupils engaged in a small-group activity using the " Pop the Pirate" game, by developing communication, social, and early literacy skills. Pupils took turns inserting coloured swords into the barrel, showing good engagement and anticipation....
Rainbow Class: RE - Learning about Islam
As part of our RE learning, pupils have been exploring Islam. They were actively engaged in matching key vocabulary words with corresponding images, such as mosque, hijab, prayer mat, Ramadan etc . This supported their understanding of important religious concepts and symbols. Pupils explored the...
Rainbow Room - Maths: Adding & Subtracting Coins
Our pupils were fully engaged in exploring different ways of using 1p coins as part of their learning about money. Through a range of practical, hands-on activities, they were encouraged to recognise, count, and manipulate coins in meaningful and purposeful contexts. They demonstrated growing...
Rainbow Room - Art: WOW Day
WOW! As part of ART WOW DAY, our pupils immersed themselves in a vibrant dot painting activity, exploring creativity through colour, pattern, and design. With great enthusiasm, they carefully used colourful dots to create beautiful artworks, developing their concentration, fine motor skills, and...
Rainbow Room - Letters Learning
Pupils had a fantastic time exploring letters through engaging fine motor skill activities! They practiced forming letters on the interactive board and completed letter formation worksheets with enthusiasm. Some children were actively involved in matching letters in alphabetical order, while others...
Rainbow - Self-Portraits Drawings
As part of our learning about ourselves and our peers, we have been exploring self-portraits. This activity has helped us reflect on our individual identities, emotions, and physical features. We looked closely at our faces in mirrors and discussed what makes each of us unique — from the...
Rainbow Room
...attention....
Rainbow Room - Our Body: Identity Play
As part of the science activity, we incorporated an identity play where children were asked to use a doll to identify and name different body parts. This activity aimed to help them become more familiar with the human body
Rainbow Room - Big and Small Hearts Stamping
... activity....
Rainbow Room - Heart Size Matching
The children were carefully comparing hearts of various sizes, picking up each one and sorting them in order, distinguishing between the small and large hearts as they arranged them on the tuff tray
Rainbow Room - Dots Heart Painting
We've been exploring various art techniques, and our focus has been on dot painting. We painted hearts using cotton buds and purple and pink colors. Additionally, we explored different patterns within dot painting to enhance the creativity
Rainbow Room - Numerical Hearts
We had fun exploring numbers on heart shapes in the tuff tray, matching them to develop our numerical understanding. We also practiced counting and number recognition with interactive actions like jumping
Rainbow Room: Drawing & Painting Pigs from Social Story
...tivity, the children from the Rainbow Room explored the classic story of "The Three Little Pigs." To enhance their learning, the children participated in an Attention Bucket Activity, where they used paper rolls and pink paint to create their own representations of the pigs from the story. This acti...
Rainbow Room: Surprise Day
As part of our wonderful learning journey, we were pleasantly surprised with a special treat! We were given colouring sheets and stickers as a reward for our incredible determination and effort in our learning. It was such a fun and exciting way to celebrate our hard work!
Rainbow Room - Science (Our Body)
The children were actively participating in a science lesson focused on learning about the human body. They engaged in a body parts memory game that helped them learn the names of various body parts. In this game, they matched the names of body parts with their corresponding pictures, such as the...
Rainbow Room - SEND PE: Throwing & Catching Bean Bags
...ession, the children from the Rainbow Room engaged in an exciting and interactive activity focused on developing their throwing and catching skills. Using soft bean bags, children practiced various techniques, improving their hand-eye coordination and motor skills....
Rainbow Room - Heart Tree
...ach child....
Rainbow Room - Garden
...ects....
Rainbow Room - Number Lines
...mber line....
Rainbow Room - Blocks Play
Ayyad and Benjamin were having an absolute fun as they transformed the room into a colourful and exciting mess, using blocks to build towers of all shapes and sizes. Each tower was uniquely crafted with different colored blocks, making every creation stand out even more. It was a joy to witness...
Rainbow Room - Phonics Game
The children were actively practicing phonics through an interactive game that made learning fun. They matched words to pictures, reinforcing letter sounds, word formation, and pronunciation. They also listened to an adult pronounce the initial sounds and independently matched them in the game....
Rainbow Room - Money (Coins)
The children were engaged in a hands-on math activity exploring money, focusing on 1p coins. They independently counted the coins from 1p to 10p and placed them into money bags, reinforcing their counting and money use skills in a practical context
Rainbow Room - Mother's Day Card
...ow Room.......for Mother's Day from the Rainbow Room....
Rainbow Room - Spring Flowers Painting (Mother's Day)
The children were fully focused on the activity, using forks dipped in vibrant paint to create colorful patterns and lines. With great care, they pressed the forks onto the paper by experimenting with colours and lines formations to represent flower petals and stems. Their concentration was great...
Rainbow Room - Valentine's Day Phonics
...unication....
Rainbow Room: Speech & Language Intervention
... books....
Rainbow Room - Colours Alphabet
Today, the children had a fantastic time during their phonics session, which skillfully combined learning with lots of fun! The session focused on colours, giving the children the opportunity to not only name various colours but also practice their phonics skills by identifying the first letter...
Rainbow Room - PE Session
Today, as part of the PE session (Sensory Circuits), the children had the opportunity to engage in an enriching activity where they practiced walking along the bench. They were encouraged to make their own decisions about the direction they wanted to take, fostering independence and enhancing their...
Rainbow Room - Identiplay Learning (Cars & Instruments)
As part of Identiplay, children had the opportunity to engage in interactive play with adults and peers using a variety of objects. They explored musical instruments by mimicking different sounds, to foster auditory skills and musical creativity. Also, children played with cars by demonstrating...
Rainbow Room - Maths
...l of their pencil grip....
Rainbow Room - PE Session
As part of the SEN PE sessions, the children engaged in an activity where they practiced walking on a beach by making choices about their directions as well they developed their physical skills such as coordination, balance, and body awareness
Rainbow Room - Maths: Counting Blocks
...lacing blocks....
Rainbow Room - Peers Reading: Library
Children have joined their peers from different classes in the school library to take part in the peer reading by looking at illustrations and words from the books to develop new vocabulary from reading
Rainbow Room - Letters of name
...s activities, children in the Rainbow Room eagerly explored the letters in their names, focusing on identifying each letter individually. They practiced matching the letters in the correct order, reinforcing their understanding of sequencing, and actively listened to the sounds each letter....
Rainbow Room - Singing Intervention (3 Speckled Frogs)
The children were engaged as the adult sang the familiar song "3 Speckled Frogs." They joined in singing along and followed the song's phrases to count the frogs from 1 to 3. As they sang, the children placed the frogs into a red container with water. Additionally, the children used a...
Rainbow Room: Shapes Learning
Today, the children learned about 2D shapes by drawing them on the whiteboard, which helped develop their fine motor skills and ability to form shapes through drawing. Afterward, they played a shape-matching game, naming familiar shapes like circles, triangles, and squares
Rainbow Room: Heart Painting
...39;s Day, the children in the Rainbow Room created heart paintings to enhance their fine motor skills. They painted with brushes, added pipe cleaners, and finished with glitter for a sparkling touch. After their had presented their heart painting to their peers....
Rainbow Room - Attention Bucket with Maths
As part of the Attention Bucket, the children had the opportunity to engage in a creative activity where they used 2D shapes to design and create their own shape stamps. Children worked together to figure out how to combine and position different shapes so this helped them practice spatial...
Rainbow Room - Click Clack Cars with Coreboard
As part of Speech & Language Intervention, the children explored playing with Click Clack Cars by letting them roll down the platform. They were introduced to key vocabulary related to the activity, such as "Stop," "Next," "Go," and "I want a car."
Rainbow Room: Display Boards
... Learning....
Rainbow Room: Picture Sequences Activity
Children have been practicing understanding picture sequences through exercises with three-part images. This activity helps them interpret the flow of events, grasp cause and effect, and recognize the order of actions. By observing the arrangement, they develop skills in logical thinking and...
Rainbow Room - PE: Throwing & Catching Ball
As part of the PE session, children were participating in activities to develop their throwing and catching skills using a ball
Rainbow Room - Number Day ( Part 2 )
...ioception....
Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 1)
Today, children had a fantastic time participating in a fun and engaging learning activity that was all about numbers. The activity was designed around Valentine's Day, using heart-themed cards to make it even more exciting! They explored different quantities of hearts on each card, and their...
Rainbow Room - Number Day (Part 3)
The children engaged in an maths activity where they rolled a dice and matched the numbers with corresponding number cards. This helped them recognize numbers and improve their counting skills. They also counted cubes by matching the quantities to number cards as they were exploring quantities in...
Rainbow Room - Ducks in Water
As part of the Indentiplay activity, children were introduced to ducks and bowls—one filled with water and one empty. The activity began with an adult modeling the actions. For example, the children observed the adult placing a duck into the water while saying, "Ducks in the water."...
Rainbow Room - Displays: Spring
...growth of the children in the Rainbow Room. These displays serve as a celebration of the creativity, curiosity, and dedication that our students have invested in their activities and learning....
Rainbow Room - Human Life Cycle
In our Science and PHSE lessons, the children explored the fascinating journey of human growth stages from infancy to adulthood. They participated in an engaging activity where they arranged a series of pictures, each one depicting a different stage of the human life cycle, Some children...
Rainbow Room - Our Body and Senses
WOW! Look at those wonderful displayed which demonstrates our learning about our body and senses as part of PHSE and Science
Rainbow Room – PSHE: Family Relationships
Children participated in their PHSE session, where they learned about different families and family members. They were introduced to Makaton signs such as "mum," "dad," "family," "brother," and "sister," and did an excellent job repeating these...
Rainbow Room - VE Day Celebration
Children had great street party to celebrate VE Day
Rainbow Room – PHSE: Family & Friendships
Children drew pictures of their families using simple shapes. Some children said, "I am drawing my mummy," or pointed and said, "Look at my dad," to identify their family members. Therefore, some children used family names like mum, dad, brother, or sister. In addition children...
Rainbow Room - Adventure Playground
We have fun at Adventure Playground by participating in fun activities
Rainbow Room - Preposition Learning
Children were learning about prepositions by completing matching activities and sticking tasks with the support of an adult. They also participated in a game called "Find the Ball," which encouraged them to identify and name the prepositions related to a hidden ball in a picture. During...
Rainbow Room: Buttons Maths
Children were actively engaged in a math activity that involved using buttons for counting. They placed the buttons on circles numbered from 1 to 10 and then recalled the names of the numbers. Additionally, the children used a whiteboard to practice simple addition. They placed buttons under the...
Rainbow Room - Our Body and Senses
As part of our PHSE and Science curriculum, students have the opportunity to learn about their bodies by naming and identifying various body parts through worksheets, interactive games, and coloring activities. They are encouraged to identify familiar body parts on their own bodies, such as eyes,...
Rainbow Room - Senses Book
Children were engaged in looking at the pictures of different senses in the books about senses
Rainbow Room- Requesting with Coreboard
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Rainbow Room- Attention Bucket ( Glitter Fun ) )
The children had a great time using paper cups as shakers to sprinkle different colors of glitter onto large sheets of paper. After that, the children used cotton buds to create mark-making with the glitter on the paper
Rainbow Room - Attention Bucket Fun
... Shaving Foam Painting Rainbow Room Experiment (oil, salt, and paint painting) Star Stamping Sticky Animals with Clay Fun...
Rainbow Room - Chalk Drawing
The weather outside has been nice, allowing our pupils to have a great time participating in outdoor learning. They engaged in small group interactions, creating their own chalk drawings. Using a variety of chalk colour and the space available at the playground to create own chalk drawing. The...
Rainbow Room - Shapes ( Maths )
As part of their math learning, children engaged in exploring 2D shapes by learning their properties, including their appearances. They were introduced to a fun shape memory game where they matched the shapes on cards to those on a template. Some children even named the shapes, such as circles,...
Rainbow Room- Patterns Arrangements
We had an amazing time exploring different pattern arrangements using colorful lollipop sticks. There was an opportunity for us to challenged ourselves to try memorize the colours sequences as we carefully placed the lollipop s sticks on the paper, matching each stick to its corresponding colour in...
Rainbow Room - Sun Catchers & Rainbow Clouds
We have been exploring the different types of weather we experience during our outdoor playtime, particularly in the playground where we have noticed changes in the weather while playing. The children had a wonderful time creating sun catchers using paper plates and triangles from orange paper ....
Rainbow Room - Weather learning
Children were matching the names of the weather using weather cards and word cards. Some children were able to recognize the weather names by saying them or pointing to them with an adult
Rainbow Room- Weather Patterns
Children participated in learning about various weather phenomena they encounter in their daily lives, such as sunshine, rain, and clouds. They had a great time using colorful lollipop sticks to match different colours to weather cards. This activity helped them visualize and demonstrate different...
Rainbow Room - Adventure Playground
We had so much time in the Adventure Playground!
Rainbow Room - Learning Prepositions
Activity: Where is the Monkey? In this activity, children listened to an adult reading a story about a monkey while looking at illustrations. They were tasked with finding out where the monkey was hiding by identifying the prepositions and naming the objects that the monkey was hiding behind,...
Rainbow Room - Spring Hyacinth
...th, which the children in the Rainbow Room were exploring as part of their attention bucket focus (Stage 3). The children took turns using paint, pom-poms, and glitter to create their own artistic representations of this beautiful flower....
Rainbow Room - Learning Preposition (Interactive Game)
... prepositions....
Rainbow Room- Old McDonald Song
...tervention, children from the Rainbow Room participated in an interactive session centered around their favorite song, "Old McDonald Had a Farm," using farm animals to make the activity more engaging. The adult sang a line of the song and paused, allowing the children to fill in the blanks...
Rainbow Room - Harp Sounds
Today, during the SEND Music Session, the children showed great focus and curiosity as they explored the harp’s sounds. With guidance from adults, they carefully interacted with the strings, producing soft, delicate tones. The supportive environment allowed them to experiment with different...
Rainbow Room - Dino Pegs Counting
The children had a wonderful and engaging math session, where they had fun learning by using Dino Number Cards and pegs for counting. In this activity, they observed the numbers on the Dino cards and then counted out the corresponding number of pegs to match the number on each card. This...
Rainbow Room - Spring Books
Children explored the vibrant season of spring through two delightful books: "Hooray for Hoppy! " and " Five Little Ducks". Both stories brought the joys of spring to life, focusing on farm animals and changing weather. Hooray for Hoppy! by Linda L. Harkins follows a playful...
Rainbow Room - Easter Chicks
...choices....
Rainbow Room - Easter Bunnies
Today, the children created their own Easter bunnies using paper plates and cotton. They explored the texture of the cotton by touching it with their hands. They also used black paper to make whiskers, googly eyes for the eyes, and pink paper to create ears
Rainbow Room - Autism Awareness Week Celebration
...our school, the pupils in the Rainbow Room participated in meaningful and enriching activities with ......ditionally, the pupils in the Rainbow Room engaged with great focus and enthusiasm in a coloring act...
Rainbow Room - Incy wincy spider song
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Rainbow Room: The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Matching Game and Life Cycle)
Children were learning about the caterpillar's life cycle by matching pictures in the correct order. They also played a memory game by naming pictures from a story and placing them on a matching game board
Rainbow Room: Actions Words & Colourful Semantics
...rt, some Year 4 pupils in the Rainbow Room took part in an activity to name and match different actions. They learned that action words are called verbs and often end in -ing. For example, they looked at phrases like "watching TV" and "eating food." They also explored colorful s...
Rainbow Room - Caterpillar Painting
Children have been exploring the world of caterpillars and had the opportunity to use wooden pegs to create prints in their paintings, repeating the colors found in our social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar. on the caterpillar " They followed the color patterns from the...
Rainbow Room - Chalk Butterflies Drawing
As part of our captivating social story, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," children immersed themselves in a artistic experience. They enthusiastically engaged in colouring and drawing their own spring butterflies, using chalks. With each stroke, they brought their imaginations to life, crafting...
Rainbow Room - Dotted Butterflies Painting
Children were exploring butterflies from the book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" during their learning activities. They discussed the various colors and patterns they noticed on the butterfly in the story and created their own representations of the butterfly by painting it on cardboard...
Rainbow Room - Insects Hunt
Children enthusiastically engaged in play with the insects found in the sand, eagerly observing and identifying various species. Their excitement peaked as they played with butterflies, spiders or bugs. We took the opportunity to discuss the distinctive characteristics of these insects such as...
Rainbow Room - Playdough Caterpillars
The children were remembering the numbers on the caterpillar cards and used green playdough to position it on the caterpillar to represent numbers when counting from 1 to 10 by counting both forwards and backwards
Rainbow Room - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Children listen to an adult read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," where they learn the days of the week and the fruits the caterpillar eats. They match the fruits with the corresponding days and arrange them on a caterpillar model
Rainbow Class - RE day - Exploring Christianity & Church
As part of our RE Day, our pupils were engaged in learning about Christianity and explored some of the important symbols associated with this faith. As a creative activity, the children carefully designed and decorated colourful crosses using tissue paper, helping them to deepen their understanding...
