With colour as a starting point, the students will use their senses and observation skills to investigate and explain the characteristics of materials (both inside and outside in nature), sort them by colour and reflect on their findings. By observing colours and exploring how they feel about them, students will have the opportunity to ‘rediscover’ colours and become aware of symbols and prejudices related to colour. They will practise making choices, collaborating and transferring their own personal experiences in the reflections and warm-ups using colour as a form of expression. They will record and explain their work through digital media.

Throughout the theme, the students will experience colours through various practical tasks that involve observation and creation. The theme is introduced by providing an opportunity for students to listen to a mythical story from the indigenous people of America, ‘How The Rainbow Was Made’. They are then given the opportunity to create their own stories about the origins of colours. They then explore colours in objects in their indoor and outdoor surroundings, describe the objects, analyse the colours they have explored, create colour spectrums and finally make ‘ugly’ and ‘beautiful’ coloured pictures