Norton Canes High School Health and Social Care Students Rainbow Activity Book 2020
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Norton Canes High School
Health and Social Care
Students
Rainbow Activity Book
2020
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Social interaction is one of the most important factors for health and
development of everybody, from young children to the elderly. Positive
social interactions have a wide range of both physical and mental
benefits, including increased cognitive ability, good mental health,
communication skills, independence and improved physical health,
especially in older people.
Early social interaction is particularly beneficial for child development,
and the right environment can help children develop strong language
skills, creativity, empathy, communication and confidence.
Sandford Day Nursery (2020) https://www.sandfield-day-nursery.co.uk/the-importance-of-social-interactions-
in-a-childs-early-years
Keeping up our ties to friends and family and taking part in social
activities may help us stay sharp as we age, according to the Global
Council on Brain Health.
Age UK (2019) https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/health-wellbeing/mind-body/staying-
sharp/looking-after-your-thinking-skills/social-connections-and-the-brain/
At Norton Canes High School, our Health and Social Care students
recognise the importance of social interaction, particularly at this
difficult time when we’re being asked to physically distance ourselves
from others.
Therefore, they have created some activities for people both young and
old to take part in to get them engaging in fun activities with their
families. All with the added bonus of them being rainbow themed!
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Rainbow Fruit
By Keira (year 12)
Ingredients/materials
• Fruits such as strawberries, mango, banana etc. (personal preference or
availability)
• Skewers if you’re doing that design.
• A plate or serving board.
• Marshmallows if you choose those for clouds.
Method
• Peel and chop the fruit you have chosen.
• Place the fruit in a gradient pattern in whatever design you have chosen, this
could be on skewers, on a serving board or in a cup.
• Add any other ingredients such as marshmallows.
• If you are doing the serving board version, make into the shape of a rainbow.
And enjoy as a healthy snack alternative.
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Rainbow Football Quiz
By George (year 10)
1. What is the name of the Aston villa stadium is it called?
A. Etihad stadium
B. Aston Park
C. Villa park
2. Who does Lionel Messi play for is it:
A. Barcelona FC
B. Real Madrid FC
C. Atletico Madrid FC
3. Who won the world cup in 1966?
A. England
B. France
C. Germany
4. Which team is currently top of the premier league?
A. Man city FC
B. Liverpool FC
3. Bromley FC
5. Who is the manager of Aston Villa FC?
A. Jurgen Klopp
B. Dean Smith
C. Steve Bruce
6. What league does Weymouth FC play in?
A. National league
B. League 2
C. National league south
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7. What was the score in 2015 when Aston Villa beat Liverpool in the FA
CUP semi - final? was it:
A. 2-1
B. 4-2
C. 1-0
8. Which non-league football club did Jamie Vardy transfer to from
Stockbridge Park steels FC was it:
A. Hednesford town FC
B. Heath Hayes FC
C. FC Halifax town
9. Which England player scored the free kick against Croatia to go 1-0
up in the world cup semi-final was it:
A. Eric Dier
B. Kieron Trippier
C. Harry Kane
10. When did Aston Villa FC win Europe?
A. 1983
B. 1984
C. 1982
Why not have a go at answering these questions first then research the
answers to find out how well you did.
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Indoor gym
By Olivia (year 10)
The target audience for the indoor gym is mainly aimed at younger
children, but the age range varies, depending on the complex of the
activities and the persons interests.
Equipment you may choose to create your own DIY rainbow gym at
home:
ü Skipping ropes- (set up a mini station for that exercise to take
place)
ü Bright/colourful sticky notes or coloured card and sticky tape to
make a small course across the floor so your child can jump, hop,
skip etc across them.
ü Lay out coloured card or paper across the floor and have your
child/children get across without touching the floor.
Optional: you can also use your imagination and set up little obstacle
courses or little challenges by timing how fast they can complete a
task etc. Adding other equipment such as Hola hoops or anything
you have lying around the house and make an activity out of it is also
a good idea for your home gym.
For these activity/mini activities, there are no set rules or
instructions, as it is completely down to you. You can make it as easy
or as hard as you would like (all depending on who is taking part).
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Taste Safe Paint
By David (year 10)
• 85g salt
• 180ml water
• Food colouring of your choice
• 500g corn flour
The age group for this activity would be for primary school students.
• Mix the flour and salt in a bowl
• Add a few drops of food colouring to the water.
• Pour into the flour and salt mixture.
• Stir well
This can keep it up to 6 months in the fridge!
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By Gabriella (year 10)
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Homemade Shoot Off
By Brandon T (year 10)
Materials you will require
• Water
• Paper discs
• Wood plank
• Stand for the paper
• Rainbow coloured stars
• Paint
• Open space
Step by step instructions
• Get the wood smooth it out and make a barrier
• Paint the barrier what coulure you wish as long as it’s in the
rainbow
• Make a stand out of wood with a back ground with a theme of
rainbows on
• Make some shelfs for the little stands for the paper to sit in
• Place the paper in the stands and put one of your stars in the
centre of your paper disc
• Now you are set for the rest get the water guns at the ready and
shoot the paper discs
10Rainbow Cookies
By Leah (year 12)
Ingredients for 24 cookies
• 1 cup butter (230 g), softened
• 2 ½ cups powdered sugar (300 g)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 eggs
• 3 ½ cups flour (440 g)
• ¼ teaspoon red food colouring
• ¼ teaspoon orange food colouring
• ¼ teaspoon yellow food colouring
• ¼ teaspoon green food colouring
• ¼ teaspoon blue food colouring
• ¼ teaspoon purple food colouring
Preparation
1. Using a hand mixer or standing mixer, beat butter until creamy.
2. Add powdered sugar and beat until combined. Add the eggs, vanilla, and
salt. Beat until well combined.
3. Gradually, add the flour until dough is moist and holds together, but doesn’t
stick to your hands.
4. Place dough on a cutting board and form into a ball. Cut in half, then cover
one half with plastic wrap and set aside.
5. Divide the other half into 6 pieces. The outer layers of the rainbow will need
a little bit more dough, so make two of them slightly larger than the others.
6. Dye the dough with food colouring by placing a ¼ teaspoon of dye on the
ball of dough and kneading it until it is one solid colour. Gloves optional but
suggested.
7. Starting with purple, roll the dough into a log about 6-8 inches (15-20 cm)
long. This will be the centre of the rainbow.
118. Next, roll out the blue dough with a rolling pin until it’s about ¼ inch (6 mm)
thick, slightly longer than the purple, and wide enough to wrap around the
purple dough. Repeat with the green, yellow, orange, and red doughs. The
further away from the purple you get, the wider the dough needs to be to go
around the previous colour, making the red dough the widest.
9. Wrap the blue dough around the purple, pinching together any cracks that
form, cutting off any excess dough. Repeat with the rest of the colours.
10. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
11. Once chilled, remove the plastic wrap, and cut the dough in half to make 2
rainbow shapes. Set aside.
12. Cut the reserved dough in half, roll out to ¼-inch (6 mm) thickness, and
make it slightly longer than the rainbow log.
13. Place the rainbow dough in the centre and wrap the plain dough around it,
again, pinching together any cracks and smoothing out the surface.
14. Repeat with the other halves. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill for another
30 minutes.
15. Preheat oven to 180˚C.
16. Once chilled, remove the plastic wrap. Slice cookies about ½-inch (1 cm)
thick and place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
17. Bake for 20 minutes or until the bottom has browned slightly.
18. Cool on a cooling rack.
19. Enjoy!
Link to video: https://tasty.co/recipe/slice-bake-rainbow-cookies
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Rainbow Threading
Use ribbon, pipe cleaners or even spaghetti coloured with food
colouring to thread through the holes of a colander.
This is great for the fine motor skills of babies and toddlers.
16Skittles Experiment
• Arrange Skittles sweets into a pattern on a plate.
• Pour warm water onto the plate, enough to cover the skittles
themselves.
• Watch and wait for the rainbow to appear.
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