• Involve parents and friends. Invite them to come and watch or join in, some may even like to purchase a kite from your school as a fund raiser.
   
• Hold your kite day on a Friday so it will encourage the children to fly with their parents on the weekend.
  TOP TIP - Grandparents and Aunties and Uncles love it!
   
• To publicize an event such as a fete, hold your kite day two weeks earlier. Invite the local newspaper to take photos, and also mention your coming event in their story.
   
• Don’t worry about the weather. Our kites fly in everything except pouring rain and very strong winds. Some schools in Scotland held their kite day in the snow in January.
   
• Take your left over sticky tape, a hole punch and a pair of scissors when you fly so you can make quick repairs and cut out tangles and re-tie kite lines if you need to..
   
• Have a science lesson in the week before your kite day.
   
• Kites are a feature of almost every culture, old and new, from India and China to modern kite surfing. Why not combine kites with your multicultural activities program?
   
• Practice tying knots in class the week before and set a weekend task of encouraging your children to have their family help them practice tying knots.
   
• Combine your kite day with a fruit day and encourage the children to bring some coloured fruit to match the bright colours of our kites.
  • Red – apples, strawberries, cherries, blood orange
  • Orange – orange, mango, pawpaw
  • Yellow – banana, apricot
  • Black – grapes, cherries, blackberries
  • Dark blue - berries
  • Turquoise – (this is a real challenge!)
  • Dark pink – plum, raspberries, pomegranate
  • Green – apple, pear, kiwi fruit
  • Purple - plum

WARNING Do not fly near overhead powerlines or during thunderstorms.
Not suitable for children under 36 months.

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