FORWARD PLANNING DOCUMENT

TERM/WEEKS:
3
EYLF
PRACTICES

Responsiveness
to children

PRINCIPLES

1/ 2-

Learning
through play

1. Secure, respectful &

reciprocal relationships
1.Children have a strong
sense of identity

OUTCOMES

YEAR LEVEL: PP

Intentional
teaching

Learning
environments

2. Partnerships
2.Children are connected
with and contribute to
their world

LEARNING AREA/TOPIC: Colour

Assessment for
learning

3. High expectations &

equity
3.Children have a strong
sense of wellbeing

Cultural
competence

Continuity of
Holistic approaches
learning &
transitions
4. Respect for diversity
5. Ongoing learning &
reflective practice
4.Children are confident
5.Children are effective
and involved learners
communicators

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
General Capabilities:
Literacy

Numeracy

ICT

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and
Cultures

WEEK
/
LESS
ON

3/3

EYLF
Prin
O/C

1
3
5

AUSTRALIAN
CURRICULUM
LINKS

Prac

1
2
3
4
5
8

1
2
3
4
5

Objects are made of

materials that have
observable properties
(ACSSU003)
Share observations and
ideas (ACSIS012)

Critical and creative

thinking

Ethical Behaviour

Asia and Australias engagement with Asia

Personal and social

Competence

Intercultural
Understanding

Sustainability

SPECIFIC
LESSON
OBJECTIVE

ASSESSMENT
(what & how)

TEACHING & LEARNING

EXPERIENCES
(include learner diversity)

Children become
confident in
identifying, naming,
mixing and
renaming colours.

Anecdotal notes
and general
observations

Introduction: A game of Crocodile,

Crocodile, one child stands in the
middle (crocodile) with the rest in a line
facing them. The crocodile says a
colour and any children wearing that
colour must try to run past the crocodile
to the other side of the river.
Activity One: Play-Dough mixing.
Large quantities of play-dough in the
primary colours on a table, children are
to mix these colours to create a new
colour. Children will be prompted to
name and discuss the colours and how

KEY
QUESTIONS

RESOURC
ES

- Are you
sure you
don't have
the colour
____ on you
today?
- What two
colours did
you begin
with?
- What
colour have
you made?

Play
dough and
tools
Recordabl
e pegs
Objects of
different
colours
Sesame
Street.

they were made.

Activity Two: Recordable pegs colour
hunt. Children are partnered up and
given a peg with a recorded message
that tells them to find an object of a
specific colour. Some tasks are harder
and require more thinking than others.
Afterwards children are able to record
their own colour hunt instructions.
Conclusion: Children are brought back
to the mat to watch a youtube clip of a
song discussing the three primary
colours and mixing them. The song is
played again and children are invited to
dance/ sing along.

- What two
colours make
green/orange
/purple?
- What
colour are
those
blocks/the
grass ect?

(2012).
OK go:
The three
primary
colours.
Retrieved
from
https://ww
w.youtube.
com/watch
?
v=yu44JR
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