Using Koloron to teach boys and girls 7-11 years old, choose an activity

When you become characters from history you can re-live
history. Children can learn a lot from acting out historical
situations from the viewpoints of the people at the time.
Dressing up and role play are powerful aids to this experience.
Researching and making symbolic costumes can be part of
an historical enquiry.

Activity title: History comes alive
Project: Living History
Age Range:7-11 years
Activity Number:0076
Subject area: History/Drama
(links with Art and Design)

Day-Glo colours really can be seen so if the class is going
out, paint the going out gear. Be imaginative and be seen.
It's really fun. Designing a high-visibility Top that people
will want to wear and that will keep them safe.

Activity title: Be safe, be seen
Project: Special clothing
Age Range:7-11 years
Activity Number:0025
Subject area: Design

Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Light. Make Rangoli and
Mendhi patterns and paint a large exciting mural of Rama
and the demon Ravana. Design your own diva lamp to
welcome good fortune for the coming year.

Activity title: Festival of Light - Diwali
Project: Celebrations and Festivals
Age Range:7-11 years
Activity Number:0078
Subject area: Art and Design
(Links with Religious Education and PSE)

Make up a long train by painting
windows on Tabards. Standing together, the children can become a train
with many carriages. It's fun, it's exciting and it means telling the time,
reading the timetable and going on a journey. What time will the train
depart today? Where are the trains going today on their journeys?

Activity title: Play trains
Project: Number games
Age Range:7-11 years
Activity Number:0074
Subject area: Mathematics

Who are you going to be this Hallowe'en?
Scary, fantastic or famous?
Design and decorate your own costume.

Activity title: Trick or treat
Project: Celebrations and Festivals
Age Range:7-11 years
Activity Number:0077
Subject area: Art and Design

Be a clown and make people laugh! Work with
a friend to put on a performance that will make your
audience laugh and will be lots of fun for you too!
You will need to collaborate to plan and perform
your comedy act and design your costumes.

Activity title: Clowns and comedy
Project: All the world's a stage
Age Range:7-11 years
Activity Number:0081
Subject area: Drama (strong links with Art and Design,
Language and P.E.)

Camouflage yourself to be hidden. Can your friends find you?
Can you see them? How do you become invisible? Take a
lesson from nature. How do animals and insects disguise
themselves? Experiment with camouflage.

Activity title: Hide and Seek
Project: Pattern and Texture
Age Range:7-11 years
Activity Number:0007
Subject area: Art and Design,
strong links to Science