KS2 · Physical education · Year 5
Following a set route using a map
Outdoor adventurous activities: orienteering
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Your learning goal
I can orientate a map and locate points on the map in a set order to complete the orienteering course.
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Following a set route using a map: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
What you’ll learn
I can orientate a map and locate points on the map in a set order to complete the orienteering course.
Key learning 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.
- 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.
Words to know
- 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
Pupils follow other teams assuming they’re going the correct way.
Highlight to pupils that orienteering is about independent navigation, and others can be wrong too.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Start pairs at different points on the course to ensure they are not all moving to the same points at the same time.