Orienteering

Maps

We make High quality colour orienteering maps using British Orienteering Symbols. We have already made over 300 orienteering maps of schools and small parks. Once a map has been completed several versions can be produced for different purposes. This cuts down teachers planning time and means they can just come along and pick up a different set of maps of each lesson.

Permanent Courses.

In consultation with the school we can suggest control site locations to make the best use of the site. We can create plaques of an appropraite size and design to place at the control sites on a permanent basis. Having a permanent courses saves further planning and preparation time

Training. (Accredited or Non-Accredited)

Teaching Orienteering Part 1.

A basic course accredited by British Orienteering.
The learning outcomes of this course are to:

• Introduce children to orienteering in a safe environment
• Plan sessions which introduce the basic understanding of how to use an orienteering map and include the following skills: map as a bird's eye view, importance of north, map orientation, use of map colours and commonly used symbols, keeping in contact with the map and "thumbing".
• Plan and deliver orienteering sessions that meet the safety standards required by British Orienteering.
• Organise and deliver simple orienteering competition
• Be able to advise children on the opportunities to further their orienteering experience
  
  Teaching Orienteering Part 2
  
  A more advanced course accredited by British Orienteering. The learning outcomes of this course are to
  

• Develop orienteering skills on small areas with clear boundaries that have been risk assessed as safe for the level of participants involved.
• Use your previous knowledge of planning learning programmes to plan programmes that include use of compass, scale, distance understanding, basic contours and the techniques required for the relevant external school examination.
• Deliver orienteering sessions that achieve the outcomes of the learning programmes.
• Organise and deliver a range of orienteering competitions.
  
  

  Bespoke Training.

  For those not requiring an accredited course we can provide training which runs through a scheme of work appropriate to both the syllabus and the school site. The training is largely practical giving teachers first hand experience of how to deliver effective orienteering sessions on their own school site.
  
  

  Schemes of Work

  Written to meet the individual needs of the school. This could be a simple overview of all the lessons, teaching cards to act as prompts within lessons or step by step session plans. In addition we can provide maps specifically drawn to meet the aims and objectives of each session. This significantly cuts down teachers' planning and preparation time.