Year 5 - Physical education
Following a set route using a map
Outdoor adventurous activities: orienteering
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Unit Summary
This unit will develop pupils' ability to orientate a map to locate points. Pupils will follow a set route and think strategically in order to reach as many points as possible in a set time. Pupils will develop their ability to collaborate with others and work as a team to complete the challenges.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to orientate a map and locate points on the map in a set order to complete the orienteering course.
Key Notes
- Move: we must locate the points as fast as possible by attempting to run throughout the orienteering course.
- Think: identifying features on the map helps us to make quick and accurate decisions when navigating.
- Think: deciding how to get to the next point before setting off limits mistakes and stops incorrect navigation.
- Feel: communicating with our partners even when we disagree with navigation decisions helps us to develop trust.
- Connect: supporting our partner in orienteering shows encouragement and teamwork.
Vocabulary To Learn
- orienteering: using a map to navigate through unfamiliar terrain, aiming to find specific checkpoints in the fastest time possible
- navigation: using a map to understand the area, find your location, and choose the best route to reach checkpoints
- points: specific locations that pupils must find during the course
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils follow other teams assuming they're going the correct way.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: we must locate the points as fast as possible by attempting to run throughout the orienteering course. Think: identifying features on the map helps us to make quick and accurate decisions when navigating.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'orienteering'
using a map to navigate through unfamiliar terrain, aiming to find specific checkpoints in the fastest time possible.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils follow other teams assuming they're going the correct way. Correction: Highlight to pupils that orienteering is about independent navigation, and others can be wrong too.
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