Citizenship at key stage 3    (Year 7-9)

• use a range of communication skills in discussion and debate
• use observational and recording skills to establish the current use of the school grounds
• use mapping skills to plot features in the grounds
• understand how different groups make conflicting demands on the school grounds

• identify a range of ways of making decisions on behalf of a group of people
• use analytical skills to interpret evidence from the survey process
• choose appropriate methods to present ideas and thoughts, both from their own and another person's point of view
• show they have recognised there are other points of view as well as their own, through oral presentation and/or written work
• understand how and why their school grounds may be planned and managed

• recognise the diversity of religious and ethnic identities within the school and wider community by thinking how this can be reflected in the features and usage of the school grounds
• identify relevant local and national voluntary and community-based groups that can link into the school grounds project
• develop discussion skills and recognise the validity of other people's points of view
• interpret data to create a plan for the school grounds
• identify and use sources of information using a range of resources including the internet
• design features to be incorporated into the project, eg seating, signage

• describe the work of locally and nationally based voluntary organisations that can support schools in their school grounds projects
• demonstrate planning, organisation and money management skills
• evaluate their contribution to the project and describe the knowledge and skills they have developed
• understand the effects of environmental planning and management on the school grounds