Adopt-a-Kite Scheme National Curriculum and QCA link

The Adopt-a-Kite Scheme can be adapted to suit Foundation Stage and Key Stages 1 to 4 and includes the following six activities plus further curriculum based ideas:

1 – Introductory PowerPoint to the Northern Kites Project
2 – Red Kite habitat exercise
3 – Red Kite Map-based exercise
4 – Wildlife Reintroduction Debate exercise
5 – Red Kite Statistics exercise
6 – Environmental Action exercise

National Curriculum and QCA Unit Links	Red Kite Activity
	1	2	3	4	5	6
Citizenship
Key Stage 1-2
Unit 1 Taking Part					X	X
Unit 3 Animals & Us	X	X	X	X	X	X
Unit 6 Developing our school grounds						X
Unit 11 In the media					X
Key Stage 3
Unit 5 How the law protects animals	X				X	X
Unit 10 Debating a global issue	X				X	X
Unit 13 How do we deal with conflict?					X
Unit 18 Developing your school grounds						X
Unit 21 People & the environment	X				X	X
Key Stage 4
Unit 12 Global issues, local action	X					X
Geography
Key Stage 1-2
Unit 1 Around our school – the local area		X
Unit 5 Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?			X
Unit 6 Investigating our local area	X	X	X		X
Unit 8 Improving our environment					X	X
Unit 16 What’s in the news?					X
Unit 21 How can we improve the area we see from our window	X					X
Unit 24 Passport to the world			X
Key Stage 3
Unit 1 Making connections			X
Unit 5 Exploring England	X		X	X	X
Unit 14 Can the earth cope?	X			X	X	X
Unit 23 Local action, global effects						X
ICT
Key Stage 1-2
Unit 2c Finding information	X		X
Unit 6a Multimedia presentation	X
Key Stage 3
Unit 2 Information and presentation	X		X
Science
Key Stage 1-2
Unit 2b Plants & animals in the local environment	X	X	X	X	X	X
Unit 4b Habitats	X	X	X
Unit 5b Life cycles	X	X
Unit 6a Interdependence & adaptation	X	X	X	X		X
Key Stage 3
Unit 7c Environment and feeding relationships	X		X			X
Unit 8d Ecological relationships	X					X
Key Stage 4
Adaptation and competition	X
Literacy/English
Key Stage 1-2
Non-fiction reading: non-chronological reports	X
Non-fiction writing: journalistic writing					X
Non-fiction writing: persuasive writing					X
Non-fiction writing: discussion texts					X
Key Stage 3
En1 Speaking & listening: 3 Group discussion & interaction					X
En3 Writing: 1 Composition					X
En3 Writing: 2 Planning & drafting					X
En3 Writing: 7 Language structure					X
Numeracy/Maths
Key Stage 2
Ma2 Number &Algebra: 3 Calculations				X
Ma4 Handling Data: 1 Using & applying handling data				X
2 processing, representing & interpreting data				X
Key Stage 3
Ma2 Number & Algebra: 3 Calculations				X
Ma4 Handling Data: 1 Using & applying handling data				X
4 processing and representing data				X
5 Interpreting and discussing results.				X