Aim: 

  • To develop orienteering skills
  • To improve teamwork and communication
  • To be able to follow instructions 

 

Layout of the day:

0900 – Meet at school, children arrive.

0910 – Transport to field

0930 – Introduction to the day, aims, safety, what is orienteering?

0935 – Warm up, North, South game (outdoors)

0945 – Team building games. (indoors)

1030 – Orienteering obstacle course – (outdoors)

1100 – Breaktime at the field

1120 – Funny Face Map game (indoors)

1150 – Counting Cones (outdoors)

1215 – Map symbols games (indoors) 

1245 – Lunch on the field

1315 – Punching relay game (not actual punching!) (outdoors)

1345 – Star orienteering games (outdoors)

1445 – Orienteering to finish and Medals given out (outdoors)

1455 – End of the day and Return to school