Pinky and Rainbow Fish are the names of the two fantail fish that spend their days happily floating around the fish tank at Harrington Nursery School in Derbyshire. They are happy in the company of children’s smiling faces and pointing fingers, watching them with wonder as they gracefully glide through the water. Occasionally, a sad face appears, but before long the face begins to relax as the child becomes mesmerised by the scene before them.
‘The fish are very much part of the setting – in fact, they are part of the cohort,’ explains Tom Russell, NQT. ‘The children chose them from the aquarium shop – they selected them for their differences: one is rainbow-coloured and the other one a more pinky colour – and they named them accordingly.’
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