Theme Notes
Series 232: Colours
Colours
This week in Play School we learn about the
three primary colours - red, blue and yellow and what happens when they are mixed
together. We also explore all the colours in the
world around us. Each day we take a look at
the Rainbow Calendar.
Monday
SONGS
Green, Green
Composers: D. Hoermann & D. Bridges
Bananas in Pyjamas
Composer: Carey Blyton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Song about Colours
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Karen Pang – Andrew McFarlane
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
Super Surprise
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Dressing Up
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Bananas in Pyjamas
(Play School, ABC)
I Can Sing a Rainbow
Composer: Arthur Hamilton
Publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Co.
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Nicky, Knacky, Knocky, Noo
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Tea for Two
Composers: Vincent Youmans & Irving Caesar
Publisher: WB. Music Corp.
IDEAS FOR LATER
Next time you visit a park, see how many
different coloured flowers you can see.
Visit an Art Gallery and see how colours are
used in paintings.
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Flick Painting
How to Make Primary Colour Murals
You will need:
A large piece of white paper, such as
butcher’s paper
3 paint buckets or large plastic
containers
Yellow, blue and red paint
A paint roller
2 inexpensive plastic brooms or dustpan
brushes
You will need:
3 pieces of cardboard – yellow, red
and blue
A collection of yellow, red and blue
objects, such as patty pans, kitchen
sponges, tinsel, coloured plastic bottle
lids, straws, craft feathers, ribbons, pegs
and pipe cleaners
Tape
This activity can get very messy, so it’s a good
idea to set it up outside.
Sort your objects into like colour piles.
Fill each plastic container with a primary
colour.
Use tape to secure all of your yellow objects to
your yellow cardboard, your blue objects to
your blue cardboard and your red objects to
your red cardboard.
Use the paint roller to cover the paper in yellow
paint.
Dip one of the brooms in the bucket of blue
paint. Use the broom to flick and swish the blue
onto your yellow painting.
Dip the other broom in the bucket of red paint
and dab on some red paint.
Use the brooms to make different patterns. Mix
colours together to make new colours!
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Tuesday
SONGS
The Music Man
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
They’re Digging a Hole in the Road
Composers: Jan Holdstock & John Pitts
The Fire Engine
Composer: A. Wiechard
Publisher: Allans Music Aust.
PRESENTERS
Justine Clarke – Alex Papps
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORY
Tremendous Tractors
Author: Tony Mitton
Illustrator: Ant Parker
Publisher: Kingfisher
La Bamba
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Down on the Farm
Composer: Graham Beebee
Publisher: BBC/KPM
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
Composers: Leo Sayer & Vini Poncia
Publisher: Rondor
FILM
Red Montage
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
This Little Piggy
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Some fire stations have an annual open
day. See if your local fire station has one
coming up!
Make a pair of colourful glasses with
cardboard frames and cellophane lenses.
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make a Purple Berry Shake
You will need:
1 cup milk
1 punnet of blueberries
1 tablespoon plain yoghurt
Blend all ingredients together until well combined. Watch as the blueberries turn the milk and
yoghurt purple!
Pour into a glass and enjoy! Add a teaspoon of honey if desired.
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Wednesday
SONGS
I'm a Dog
Composer: Harvey Broadbent
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing (c/o Mushroom
Music)
The Elephant Wobbles
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Justine Clarke – Alex Papps
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
TOLD STORY
The Big Adventure
(A story told by the Play School team)
FILM
Black and White Animals
(Play School, ABC)
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Fairy Penguin Strut
Composer: Don Spencer & Allan Caswell
Publisher: MCA-Gilbey
Hey Diddle Diddle
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Oomba Baroomba
Composer: Peter Charlton
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
ANIMATION
My Dog Bill
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Make up your own adventure story with the
help of a friend or family member. Use
household objects to create places to visit
along the way. For example, you could use
boxes and cushions to make a cave and a
blue or green towel to make a river. Have
fun drawing a map to take you to all of
these places!
Visit the penguins at the zoo! Watch how
they walk and listen to the noises they
make. If you can’t go the zoo, find a book
about penguins at your local library.
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make Black, White & Grey Animal Paintings
You will need:
White paper or cardboard
Black and white paint
Use black paint to draw a penguin, a zebra and an elephant on white paper or cardboard.
Dip your paintbrush into white paint and trace over your black elephant painting. Watch as
your elephant turns grey!
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Thursday
SONGS
Here is the Sea
Composer: John Fox
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
Sailing over the Ocean Blue
Composers: Judith Keyzer & Val Donlon
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
PRESENTERS
Brooke Satchwell – Matt Passmore
The Railroad Train
Composer: Harvey Worthington Lomis
Publisher: Allans
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
Trumpet Song
Composer: Malcolm Carrick
Publisher: ABC Music Publishing
STORY
And the Train Goes...
Author & Illustrator: William Bee
The Green, Green Grass Grew Around
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
FILM
Buskers at Circular Quay
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
Here is the Sea
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
Do any of your friends or family members
play a musical instrument? Ask if you can
listen to them play and then have a go
yourself!
Paint a colourful picture using lots of
colours. Mix some colours to make new
colours.
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make Colourful Fabric
You will need:
Plastic kitchen gloves
White fabric
Fabric dye – red, blue & yellow
Water
3 large buckets or plastic containers
First, put on some plastic kitchen gloves to avoid staining your hands with dye.
Prepare your dye as directed by manufacturer. Prepare a bucket or container of each
primary colour.
Scrunch up your fabric. Dip one end into the red dye, the other into the blue dye and the
middle into the yellow dye.
Have some fun by mixing the colours, for example dip the blue end into the yellow dye, etc.
Hang your material out to dry. Look at all the beautiful colours you have made!
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How to Make Musical Instruments
You will need:
Cardboard
Safety scissors
Old plastic milk bottle lids (approx 10 –
12)
Toothpicks
Tape
A cake tin
Ribbon
2 plastic juice bottles with lids
Rice
A funnel
Make your own musical instruments using household objects.
Tambourine
Cut a long strip of cardboard approximately 60cm x 8cm.
Ask an adult to stick a toothpick through the middle of each milk bottle lid.
Cut a series of identical rectangles in the middle of the cardboard strip – one for each milk
bottle lid.
Secure a milk bottle lid in the middle of each rectangle by taping either end of each
toothpick to the cardboard strip.
Join the ends of the cardboard strip and shake away!
Drum
Tape a length of ribbon to either side of a cake tin. Wear the cake tin around your neck and
use your hands to tap a beat.
Maracas
Fill two, clean plastic juice bottles with some rice, about a third of the way full. Secure the lids
firmly to avoid a mess.
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Friday
SONGS
All the Colours of the Rainbow
Composer: Colin Buchanan & Keith Robert
Publisher: Rondor
Our House
Composers: Carl Smyth & Chris Foreman
Friends All Together
Composers: Peter Dasent & Sophie Emtage
Publisher: Origin/Control
PRESENTERS
Brooke Satchwell – Matt Passmore
PIANIST
Peter Dasent
STORIES
Alfie’s World – A Celebration
Author & Illustrator: Shirley Hughes
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books,
London
Maisy’s Colour Collections
Author & Illustrator: Lucy Cousins
Publisher: Walker Books, London
The Black Cat
Composers: Mary Britton-Miller & M.
Bartholomew
Publisher: Silver Birdette (US)
Jump If You Feel You Want To
Composer: Lionel Morton
Publisher: Control
One Grey Elephant Balancing
Composer: Traditional
Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing
Hip Hip Hooray
Composer: June Buckingham
FILM
This Is My Pet
(Play School, ABC)
ANIMATION
One Grey Elephant
(Play School, ABC)
IDEAS FOR LATER
See if you can find the book we read today
on Play School, Maisy’s Colour Collections,
at your local library. Have a look at all the
colourful pictures. Can you find any other
colour books at the library?
Have you ever seen a rainbow in the sky?
Next time you do, see if you can name all
its colours. Then go home and paint a
picture of it.
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MAKE AND DO
How to Make Puzzle Animals
You will need:
A set of 3 identical cardboard boxes for each animal you plan to make
Coloured markers, pencils, crayons and paint
Choose an animal, such as a giraffe, crocodile or elephant.
Split the animal into three parts and draw the outline of each part on a box. For example,
draw the head, neck and body of a giraffe on three separate boxes.
Use markers, pencils, crayons and paint to colour in each part.
Mix up the boxes and see if you can put them back together in the right order!
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