November 1 2024 – Colours in School Grounds

Have a class discussion about what colours pupils would expect to find in their school grounds and why and how different colours create different moods. Talk about how different colours are associated with different features and activities. Using old magazines to create two mood boards one based on the pupils’ current perceptions of their school grounds and one based on their ideal school grounds.

Children will take photos of the school grounds using an ipad. Children will be organised into mixed ability groups and allocated to a different
area of the school grounds (for example, the playground. Children will be asked to
photograph all the different colours (and shades of
colour) they can find there and fill in the record sheet
Print the photographs and display as a mood board.
Compare the three mood boards by asking:
– how different is the board made up with
photographs compared to the boards created with
magazine cuttings?
– what do the differences and/or similarities tell you
about your school grounds?
– are there colours that are missing, or colours that
predominate?
– would the pupils like to change the balance and, if
so, how could this be achieved?