Develop navigation skills using a map to find all of the checkpoints on our orienteering course based at the site.
Orienteering
This can be a competitive team based activity or an opportunity for a self led exploration. For a longer activity this can be extended to an off site activity using the High Meadow course created by the local orienteering club.
Curriculum Links
- listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers
- ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge
- select and use appropriate registers for effective communication
- use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
- use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world
- take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team
- how regular (daily/weekly) exercise benefits mental and physical health (e.g. walking or cycling to school, daily active mile); recognise opportunities to be physically active and some of the risks associated with an inactive lifestyle
- about the benefits of sun exposure and risks of overexposure; how to keep safe from sun damage and sun/heat stroke and reduce the risk of skin cancer
- using Standard English confidently in a range of formal and informal contexts, including classroom discussion
- interpret Ordnance Survey maps in the classroom and the field, including using grid references and scale, topographical and other thematic mapping, and aerial and satellite photographs
- develop their technique and improve their performance in other competitive sports [for example, athletics and gymnastics]
- take part in outdoor and adventurous activities which present intellectual and physical challenges and be encouraged to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group
- analyse their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement to achieve their personal best
- lead healthy, active lives
- H14. the benefits of physical activity and exercise for physical and mental health and wellbeing
- H16. to recognise and manage what influences their choices about physical activity
- H30. how to identify risk and manage personal safety in increasingly independent situations, including online
- R14. the qualities and behaviours they should expect and exhibit in a wide variety of positive relationships (including in school and wider society, family and friendships, including online)
- R15. to further develop and rehearse the skills of team working
- R16. to further develop the skills of active listening, clear communication, negotiation and compromise
- working effectively in groups of different sizes and taking on required roles,
- including leading and managing discussions, involving others productively,
- reviewing and summarising, and contributing to meeting goals/deadlines
- listening to and building on the contributions of others, asking questions to clarify and inform, and challenging courteously when necessary
- istening and responding in a variety of different contexts, both formal and informal, and evaluating content, viewpoints, evidence and aspects of presentation
- take part in further outdoor and adventurous activities in a range of environments which present intellectual and physical challenges and which encourage pupils to work in a team, building on trust and developing skills to solve problems, either individually or as a group
- evaluate their performances compared to previous ones and demonstrate improvement across a range of physical activities to achieve their personal best
- develop and extend their competence in a range of skills including those used in fieldwork, in using maps and Geographical Information Systems
- H22. ways to identify risk and manage personal safety in new social settings, workplaces, and environments, including online