It’s breakfast time. Ten tiny children sit neatly round a table covered with a shiny tablecloth full of daisies. They wait patiently until everyone sits down before tucking into the breakfast they have chosen. The room smells of fresh toast, and the children chatter good-naturedly. One is showing off the gold star he got for being good in assembly. While the rest of their year is stuck in formal lessons, these children are in Rainbow class. This is special. This is a nurture group.
“I like coming to Rainbow,” says six-year-old Shonaya, wearing her neat navy uniform and a grin that looks too big for her face. She tells me that her friends in mainstream class feel left out. “Everyone says ‘Can I come? Can I come?’ and I say, ‘You have to ask’. I feel special.”
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