1st St Ives Rainbows - GG Cambs West

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1st St Ives Rainbows welcomes all girls aged 4 to 7 for play, learning and tons of fun!

19/10/2026

New Term ready! What do I need to start as a Rainbow? A top (long or short sleeve), and a sash if you'd like one! New starters get a badge book, welcome badge and plain bag to store everything in!

19/10/2026

Loving the new Leader badge tab!

19/10/2026

The girls made some lovely animal masks last week, all different showing how unique we all are! They then made a step-by-step instructed spinning top and had a little play, before moving onto a blindfolded obstacle course, trusting each other and listening to instructions. Great job!

19/10/2026

Autumn Harvest themed week 🍂🦔🍁 A really lovely session - we begun with a brief chat about what harvest is, then sorted my fruit and veggies into size order. Then they had to guess which was heavier than the other! We moved onto crafts - making an autumn tree picture with tissue paper leaves, followed by our own little scarecrow with yellow wool 'straw' hair. After clearing up we sang 'Di**le Dangle Scarecrow' followed by the parachute playing a harvest festival version of fruit salad (🥕🥔🌽)!

30/09/2026

BUG WEEK at Holt Island Nature Reserve 🐞🍃🐌🪱🍁🪳🐜 Part two of their challenge badge, this time we were outdoors, practically exploring the world of bugs! Some excellent pond dipping, using ID cards to spot what we had found. Lots of good discussions. Plus a brilliant bug hunt, under and around the big willow tunnel - they used magnifying glasses, brushes and bug viewing pots to take a closer look and tick them off their sheet, as well as finding some other autumnal bits of nature. They finished by collecting up materials and making a big art attack (showing my age now ;)) nature picture of a snail, all working together. Thrilled to award them their Bugs of the World Challenge Badges tonight.

A special thanks to Holt Island Friends for supplying the pond dipping equipment 🙏

30/09/2026

BUG WEEK! 🐞🪱🐌🍃🐜🍁🪳 Working towards a challenge badge, the girls explored a fact finding worksheet and colouring, before making an air dry clay snail, complete with pipe cleaner and bead shell! Next they made a butterfly from a recycled toilet roll tube. Finally they did a bug hide and seek game, then rotated on stations with big bingo, habitat matching and fact-finding exercises!

Bugs of the World Challenge

24/09/2026

The NEW Rainbows t-shirt 🌈 It is super soft made from 100% organic cotton, no label in the neck causing sensory discomfort, a lovely navy Girlguiding outer tag, and the care label has lots of space for multiple names encouraging passing down to reduce waste. The pink is very vibrant, with the bold contrast of the red on the back with the big sky blue trefoil. I like it better on than I thought I would! 😍 Yet to see how it washes!

24/09/2026

A special unboxing of new term goodies, including NEW UNIFORM & NEW BADGE BOOKS! More close up pics of the new top and sash to come, including the curious sash zip pouch! 🤨

24/09/2026

The NEW Rainbows sash 🌈 What a bold sky blue! Vivid in colour, it is excellent quality, thicker than the last (but hopefully that doesn't hinder sewing on badges!), with the super cool pouch (see pictures for the internal length of the pouch) which is good to store badges and a spare hair tie - and knowing Rainbows.... leaves and twigs ;)

18/09/2026

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Address

St Ives Girl Guide HQ, The Cabin, Station Road
St Ives
PE275BW

Website

https://www.girlguidingcambswest.co.uk/

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