By exploring reflections, the formation of shadows and the mixing of coloured lights, I can use my knowledge of the properties of light to show how it can be used in a creative way.

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    * Demonstrates and records, through practical investigations, that light travels in straight lines, can be reflected by highly-polished surfaces and that curved faces can distort the image. 

    * Predicts and investigates how the position, shape and size of a shadow depend on the position of the object in relation to the light source. 

    * Demonstrates that white light/sunlight can be dispersed to show the colours of the visible spectrum and identifies the colours and order of the rainbow as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. 

    * Explains that we see objects because they give out or reflect light rays that enter our eyes. 

    * Draws on findings from practical investigations to describe the effect that coloured filters have on white light and how they can be used to make other colours. 

    * Explains how we can recognise the colour of an object due to the reflection and absorption of particular parts of the visible spectrum.