1st Whittlesford Rainbows
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1st Whittlesford Rainbows
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Spring
Term 2007
10th January: Welsh Evening    We are hoping to exchange mascots with a
welsh unit (Panther can't find their address so please get in touch if
you are the unit who wanted to exchange with us!) so this evening we
made a 2007 Welsh dragon calendar, Welsh love spoons and little pet
dragons. We also played a new listening game - Isn't it funny that a
bear likes honey.
17th January: All About Me
 
 As we arrived we decorated the
front cover for a special book. We then played Isn't it funny that a
bear likes honey. Panther had cut up photographs of our faces so that
our forehead, eyes, nose and mouth were separated and we tried to find
ourselves. It was very difficult because some people had similar eyes
and noses! We then looked at photos of us that had coloured special
effects on them. We were quite good at guessing who was who, but some
were quite tricky. We then made books about ourselves. As part of this
activity we drew around our hands and feet to show how big they were.
We finished the meeting with some of our favourite songs. Everyone
present received a badge called The Right To Be Me.
31st January: The
Right To Peace
  As we arrived we coloured a
picture of people holding hands around the world with a dove flying
over head. We then played Isn't it funny that a bear likes honey. After
this we discussed what we could do when we felt angry or argued with
someone. We discovered why a paper folded crane is a symbol of peace
and
folded our own origami crane. We then learnt seven hatha yoga postures
and played a game using them.
7th February: Flower
Fairy Promise Party
  At the start of the meeting we
decorated fairy cakes. As we finished some of our older Brownies led
some singing. Three new Rainbows made their promise and then we played
pass the parcel, hunt the fairies, musical statues and Panther says.
Some of us came dressed as fairies. We all went home with a fairy pony
and a balloon.
21st February: District Thinking Day
Celebration
   We
joined with other Rainbows, Brownies and Guides to celebrate Thinking
Day. We enjoyed lots of activities from Switzerland, Mexico, India and
England. We made God's eyes, had Mendhi designs painted on our hands,
tried some Indian dancing, ate Fondue and nann bread and many other
interesting activities.
28th February: Japan
   Tonight we thought about
Brownies and Guides in Japan. As we arrived we coloured a Japanese
picture. We then played a Japanese game called Flower Basket. After
this we made a Japanese doll, a good luck cat and folded some simple
origami. At the end of the meeting we listened to some music from Japan
and had a little dance to it!
 7th March: Canada 
 
 We began by colouring a picture
of a moose in Canadian countryside. We then made mini pancakes using
pie cases and candles (OK, not very Canadian but they tasted yummy!).
After this we made either a moose or a beaver. At the end of the
meeting we sang a couple of songs.
14th March: New Zealand
   As we arrived we decorated
sticks with Maori style patterns. We then tried a Maori stick dance,
made Kiwi bird finger puppets and sheep fridge magnets. At the end of
the meeting we played a clapping game played by New Zealand Pippins
(the equivalent of Rainbows) and sang some songs.
21st March: Messy Week!
    At the start of the meeting we sang songs and played 'Isn't it Funny that a bear like honey?' We then did some painting with our nose and feet, made goo and hunted for a ring by sticking our hands into bowls full of baked beans, spagetti, custard, mashed potato and other icky things. 28th March: Easter
  
 As we arrived we coloured eggs and Easter bookmarks. We then had an Easter Egg hunt. After this we made Easter purses, Easter bracelets and had a go at some Easter wordsearches. |