On site activity days
Map Building & Orienteering
Working
in and outside of the classroom, young people will have the opportunity
to build 3 dimensional models of their school, then to use these models
to plan and execute an orienteering event.
This project will incorporate curricular skills from a range of core and non-core subjects.
The morning will see children mapping the school grounds, before turning 2- D maps into plan view topographical equivalents. These will then be built upon, using corrugated card to represent the shape of the landscape. Once raised, maps will then be covered in Papier Mache to create feature flow.
The afternoon will see children, using their maps to plan a score orienteering course around the school grounds, or an extended area if necessary.
The finale to the day is the orienteering event, followed up by a review of the mapping accuracy and overall success of the day.
This project will incorporate curricular skills from a range of core and non-core subjects.
The morning will see children mapping the school grounds, before turning 2- D maps into plan view topographical equivalents. These will then be built upon, using corrugated card to represent the shape of the landscape. Once raised, maps will then be covered in Papier Mache to create feature flow.
The afternoon will see children, using their maps to plan a score orienteering course around the school grounds, or an extended area if necessary.
The finale to the day is the orienteering event, followed up by a review of the mapping accuracy and overall success of the day.
Duration: Whole day Group Size: 35
Adult assistance required to supervise map making.
Team Development Tasks
Over the course of a school day, classes can have the opportunity to undertake a number of team tasks. These are designed to address team dynamics whilst challenging independent thinking skills. The tasks range from sensory activities to 'nuclear fall-out' scenarios. Tasks can be adapted to all ages and abilities and operated on a school field or equivalent.
Duration: 1 hour for each class Group size: 35
Adult assistance required to monitor tasks.
