When a Reception child asked to paint the shed in the outdoor area at Richmond Academy, part of the Harmony Trust in Oldham, Greater Manchester, staff embraced the opportunity with fabulous results.
The idea of creating a rainbow shed evolved from children using chalk to write on the walls inside the shed. ‘Some children started to clean the writing off, and then one child got a brush and another one got a brush and they kept going until lots of them were working together to clean the inside and outside of the shed,’ says early years lead Charlotte Smythe.
‘They started going back and forth to the tap with heavy buckets of water. They worked together to carry them, which was wonderful to observe and it was lovely hearing them discussing what they needed to do. When it was done, the children were very proud of what they had achieved.’
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