1st Whittlesford Rainbows
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1st Whittlesford Rainbows
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Our
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Meetings |
Trips |
Summer
Term 2008
16th April: Garden Creatures  
 As we arrived we coloured
garden pictures. We then played a garden themed running game. Next we
made paper Robins, wooden fridge magnets and insect pouches.
23rd April: Thinking
of Others
 This week we thought about
children in parts of the world where it is sometimes difficult to go to
school. We found out about three girls and talked about how their lives
were similar and different to ours. We played a special version of pass
the parcel to make us think about some of the things that can make it
difficult for children in poor countries to go to school. We then
played a game to help us think how difficult it would be if we had to
walk miles to find water. We decided to raise some money to buy
learning toys for children in Bolvia.
30th April: Frogs
 As we arrived we sang songs,
including one about a little green frog. Next we played hunt the fly.
We then made frog finger puppets and frog pouch bags. At the end of the
meeting we had a froggy race.
7th May: Yogabugs
  This week we were lucky enough
to have a lady come to our meeting from Yogabugs. She told us a special
story and we did lots of actions to it.
14th May: Aim Hi badge!
We began by making a laminated
picture to remind us to brush our teeth. We then had a very silly race
involving a tomato. After this we took part in an activity to show us
the importance of keeping our teeth clean, found out about the organs
of the body and discussed the things we were good. We then made talent
tree posters.
17th May: GR8 Day Out
 
  Today we joined with our whole
Division for a special GR8 Day Out. We made badges, hamma beads and
window decorations, we played giant games, tried some circus skills,
had our faces painted and made bath salts.
21st May: Harry Potter Promise Party
As
we arrived we made owl bookmarks and coloured Harry Potter themed
pictures. Our new Rainbows then made her Rainbows promise. We then
played lots of games including Professor Snape's potion, hunt the bat,
balloon quidditch, pass the owl and musical bumps. We finished with
some songs.
4th June: Bees and
Flowers
We made bumble bee cards, clay
flowers, and flower photo frames. We also played a game in which we
gathered nectar from flowers.
11th June: Butterflies
   We made caterpillars, butterfly
gliders, butterfly masks, decorated foam
butterflies and painted our
clay
flowers. We also played a silly game called caterpillar crawl.
18th
June: Tangram puzzles and Chinese Ribbon Dancing
  We
began by colouring a picture of the olympic rings. We then listened to
a story about tangram puzzles and had a go at making our own. Next we
watched a short video of some girls doing a chinese ribbon dance. We
then split into little groups and made up our own ribbon dances.
25th June: Olympic
Mascots and Chinese Games
We watched a cartoon featuring this
year's Olympic mascots and coloured pictures of them. We then played
games from China including Lame Chicken and Motherhen. We also played a
game in which we found out how Chinese food could symbolise different
things. At the end of the meeting we watched a video showing the
Olympic torch, but we ran out of time to make one!
2nd July: Mini Olympics 
![straw race]](pictures2008b/summer7.jpg) At the start of the meeting we made
Olympic torches. We then had lots of wacky races including obstacle
courses a silly triathlon, a balancing straw race and a balloon
co-operation race.
9th July: Safari Park   On arrival we coloured safari
park bookmarks and door hangers. We then played a game where we
exchanged places when different safari animals were called. After this
we made a vulture,
wolf or
lemur model
and a long, bendy snake. At the
end of the meeting we learnt some safari and zoo based songs.
18th July: Rainbow Romp
 
 We enjoyed a whole day of
activities. Our theme was 'Mythical Creatures'. To find out more about
this event, take a look at our trips section.
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