Outdoor Adventurous Activities

Year 3

By the end of Year 3 children will be able to:

• Understand the importance of strength and flexibility for physical activity.
• Orientate themselves with increasing confidence and accuracy around a short trail.
• Identify and use effective communication to begin to work as a team.
• Identify symbols used on a key.
• Choose equipment that is appropriate for an activity.
• Communicate with others.
• Complete activities in a set period of time.
• Begin to offer an evaluation of personal performances and activities.

Year 4

By the end of Year 4 children will be able to:

• Orientate themselves with accuracy around a short trail.
• Create a short trail for others with a physical challenge.
• Start to recognise features of an orienteering course.
• Communicate clearly with other people in a team, and with other teams.
• Experience of a range of roles within a team and begin to identify the key skills required to succeed at each.
• Associate the meaning of a key in the context of the environment.
• Try a range of equipment for creating and completing an activity.
• Make an informed decision on the best equipment to use for an activity.
• Plan and organise a trail that others can follow.
• Communicate clearly with others.
• Work as part of a team.
• Use a map to complete an orienteering course.
• Complete an orienteering course more than once and identify ways of improving completion time.
• Offer an evaluation of both personal performances and activities.
• Improve trails to increase the challenge of the course.

Year 5

By the end of Year 5 children will be able to:

• Explain some safety principles when preparing for and during exercise.
• Start to orientate themselves with increasing confidence and accuracy around a course.
• Design an orienteering course that can be followed and offers some challenge to others.
• Begin to use navigation equipment to orientate around a trail.
• Use clear communication effectively complete a particular role in a team.
• Complete orienteering activities both as part of a team and independently.
• Identify a key on a map and begin to use the information in activities.
• Choose the best equipment for an outdoor activity.
• Create an outdoor activity that challenges others.
• Create a simple plan of an activity for others to follow.
• Identify the quickest route to accurately navigate an orienteering course.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with others.
• Work effectively as part of a team.
• Successfully use a map to complete an orienteering course.
• Begin to use a compass for navigation.
• Complete an orienteering course on multiple occasions, in a quicker time due to improved technique.
• Offer a detailed and effective evaluation of both personal performances and activities.
• Improve a trail to increase the challenge of the course.

Year 6

By the end of Year 6 children will be able to:

• Orientate themselves with confidence and accuracy around a course when under pressure.
• Design an orienteering course that is clear to follow and offers challenge to others.
• Use navigation equipment to improve the trail.
• Use clear communication to effectively complete a particular role in a team.
• Compete in orienteering activities both as part of a team and independently.
• Use a range of map styles and make an informed decision on the most effective.
• Choose the best equipment for an outdoor activity.
• Prepare an orienteering course for others to follow.
• Identify the quickest route to accurately navigate an orienteering course.
• Manage an orienteering event for others to compete in.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with others when under pressure.
• Work effectively as part of a team, demonstrating leadership skills when necessary.
• Successfully use a map to complete an orienteering course.
• Use a compass for navigation.
• Organise an event for others.
• Complete an orienteering course on multiple occasions, in a quicker time due to improved technique.
• Offer a detailed and effective evaluation of both person performances and activities with an aim of increasing challenge and improving performance.
• Listen to feedback and improve an orienteering course from it.