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Exemplar 17
A unit of work in outdoor and adventure activities
first and second classes
Strand units
Preliminary orienteering, Outdoor challenges, Walking
Warm-up activities
Jogging and running, turning to face north, south, east and west (simple guidance to
recognise that sun rises in east, etc.),
Walking and learning to orientate a map
Lesson 1, 2, 3
Development of lesson
Class is divided into groups and each
group is assigned a different task for each lesson.
Group 1: Orienteering activity (1):
A ‘snake walk’
Follow a route marked on the ground using beanbags which takes the child around obstacles.
Draw it onto your plan of the yard (different routes may be marked using various colours).
Group 2: Orienteering activity (2):
Pair activity: Using a plan of the yard, one child leads another around a course of his/ her
choice. They record the route taken on a plan of the yard.
Group 3: Outdoor challenges:
Further pair work
Pair activity 1: complete the blind trail*
Pair activity 2: complete the adventure trail*
*activity outlined in curriculum for first and second classes
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