KS4 · Physical education · Year 10
Indoor caving
Outdoor adventurous activities: outdoor pursuits and team challenges
Learn it. Recall it. Make it stick.
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Your learning goal
I can plan, design and follow a caving route that is challenging yet achievable.
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Indoor caving: 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 plan, design and follow a caving route that is challenging yet achievable.
Key learning points
- Move: travelling in a low position requires alternate arm and leg action
- Move: engaging our core and bending from our knees when lifting protects our back.
- Think: planning our route and thinking ahead helps us select the correct level of challenge.
- Feel: successfully navigating a caving route requires courage, determination and self-belief.
- Connect: supporting and encouraging others provides reassurance and builds confidence.
Words to know
- spatial awareness
- understanding your body’s position in confined space
- courage
- the ability to do something difficult or face a fear even when it’s uncomfortable
- perseverance
- continuing even when it’s physically or mentally tough
Common mistakes
Indoor caving is just about squeezing through tight spaces as quickly as possible.
Caving isn't just about speed. It involves planning, moving carefully, using spatial awareness and thinking ahead to create and navigate a route that is both enjoyable and challenging.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Ensure you research the correct technique for lifting and carrying heavy items - use the internet to give yourself some ideas. Keep a strong sense of age appropriate balance between enjoyment and challenege in these activites. Risk assess the area, activites and equipment used.