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SCHOOL PAGES TRINITYHOUSE PREPARATORY HERITAGE HILL Importance of colour in our classrooms By Kotie Pienaar and Cindy Frost Your first learning experience, in your mother’s womb, involved colour. From the first time, we open our eyes we are bombarded by colour. That’s why it isn’t surprising to learn that colour affects our feelings, behaviour and mood. Young parents put a lot of planning into decorating the new nursery. The brighter and busier the better, or is it? Teachers also find it challenging to decide how to decorate their learning spaces for effective learning. Precision Media did extensive research in this regard, and hopefully, this article will provide you with some tips on how to colour your classroom effectively. To get away from a boring classroom, let’s paint our classroom red, yellow or even orange. Unfortunately, a very wrong choice! Although all those colours are cheerful or stimulating, they all may cause overstimulation in a learning environment. Many teachers aren’t allowed to paint their classroom walls. What colour is a traditional classroom? White, grey or off white? Grey is associated with negative emotions including sadness, tiredness, anger, etc. Green and blue are calming colours and can be incorporated in the class décor. The age of the learners and the subject must also be taken into consideration when you play interior decorator. Teachers must realise Alien dress-up day in the Bridging Class. that the colour of the classroom can enhance or impair learning. According to Karen Walstra, an educational consultant, classroom decor is not limited to coloured walls alone, colourful furniture and rugs are also very effective if the teacher isn’t allowed to repaint the classroom. Instead of painting the walls bright colours, paint frames for your posters. Hang a colourful quilt on the wall, or place a rug in the centre of the room. Get coloured bins to mark contents or stations. Also remember that a bright, well-lit space goes a long way, and it can be more effective than a room filled with too much colour. Don’t add too many different coloured chairs and desks as it may cause the learners to lose focus. July Barret, from the Board of Education in California, did extensive research on this topic. She found that colour gives clues to the brain as well as where to find information. Using colour overlays when reading can enhance comprehension skills by 80% in dyslexic children. The glasses help them to increase their reading ability when they use grey or blue overlays on their work. Colours also assist children in expressing themselves. Teachers, have fun in your classroom and play around with colour. Just be mindful of not overdoing it… Keep it simple! Resources: Precision Media: Psychology of Colour, www.brighthubeducation.com 50 | The Trinitonian
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