All around us people are placing rainbows in their windows. Perhaps you have put one up. Rainbows are associated with hope and happiness. Fr Kenny and Fr Rooney asked for families to send some rainbows to help decorate the church for Easter Sunday.

We are going to do a short topic on rainbows. We will look at some of the religious stories and some of the mythical stories. We will have the opportunity to understand the science behind rainbows and if possible make our own rainbow at home!

You will be using your literacy, science, problem-solving, creative and ICT skills.

You will be able to show your work via our team area. Please remember to click on the link in the Teams Post! You can take photos of your work and upload it to this area.

I have included some science, reading, myths and RE. Please have a look at the different  activities and choose to do at least two! This is a 4 day week for children so I suggest the tasks here are for this and next week!

Science

Do you remember the lady from the healthy eating videos who sounded like she was on a sugar rush? Click on the link below to listen to her explanation behind the science of rainbows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm9ZkYTnCNE

The next clip is also American but I like it because it has children asking questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obl6jWuFjdw

The next clip is really short. It tells how rainbows are formed and gives a useful mnemonic for getting the colours in correct order.

Experiments:

Make your own rainbow. CAUTION THIS EXPERIMENT NEEDS ADULT SUPERVISION DUE TO USE OF WARM WATER!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAAr7EvqWPk

 

5 Ways to Make a Rainbow using everyday items we have at home.

 

RE and Myths

Before science was able to explain how rainbows formed people came up with their own ideas and stories about them.

We know the story about Noah saving the animals but did you know in the Old Testament Rainbows were seen as messages from God. Rainbows signify hope and joy. If you want to you can look up and read the story of Noah in your children’s Bible. In Norse mythology a rainbow was a bridge that the God’s could use to visit earth. In Greek mythology the same idea a path linking heaven and earth. The other story about rainbows we are familiar with comes from Ireland. Here is a version of the story for you to read/listen to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSGBzeg0pM

After you may want ideas of how to make a rainbow. Look here for inspiration

https://blog.kidadl.com/articles/rainbow-shine-11-ways-to-make-a-rainbow-in-lockdown

 

Rainbow cupcakes

https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/rainbow-cupcakes.html