I'm currently thinking of setting up a club at my school for nxt school yr, only problem it does no have much in the way of grounds that would make it much good for mapping as it is literally in the city centre. I would be in Y12 nxt year and also unable to drive a minibus to a suitable area so anything i did would have to based in school. I can forsee being able to keep people interested for the first couple of weeks but has anybody and ideas of how to keep interest up for a weekly club during and after doing the first couple of colour coded.
Or can anyone explain how the clubs are run in their schools?
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yeah,
things I did-
-changed the name from orienteering team to 'adventure racing team'
-bought an ocad copy of a nearby sprint map (my schools in the city aswell)
-held regular training on the map as a substitute to weekly sport
-included rogaining and streetO (Melbourne has the most street O events per year in the world?)
-showed orienteering videos at lunchtimes, (you could probably download some of major competitions if BOF doesn't have anything)
-got the school cadet unit interested
-got teachers interested
things I did-
-changed the name from orienteering team to 'adventure racing team'
-bought an ocad copy of a nearby sprint map (my schools in the city aswell)
-held regular training on the map as a substitute to weekly sport
-included rogaining and streetO (Melbourne has the most street O events per year in the world?)
-showed orienteering videos at lunchtimes, (you could probably download some of major competitions if BOF doesn't have anything)
-got the school cadet unit interested
-got teachers interested
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It gets up my nose everytime someone suggests we should change the name of orienteering to adventure racing. That is giving in & accepting that orienteering can't stand alone:) Fair enough let some marketing geek come up with a completely new name & definition of our sport but lets not go down the adventure racing road... the orienteering in adventure racing isn't real orienteering:)
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1. Get in contact with the BSOA www.bsoa.org - they recommend a couple of good books which are full of coaching ideas that you can do on a playground or small field. They will also point you to your region's development officer - ours is extremely helpful and great at getting freebies for schools - she is also willing to help organise events and even run them. Involvement from the "national body" can also help get teachers to be supportive - it adds prestige.
2. Talk to your PE teacher, Head or Deputy. Schools get an annual grant for "study support" which is for "out of lesson learning". A lot of this goes to fund things like homework clubs but in my school we do use it to make small grants to new activities, especially where these are run by students. This could pay for some mapping, transport etc..
3. Also ask within the school to be put in touch with "coaching for teachers" - if your school will back you, you can go on a free level 1 coaching course run by BOF - 1 day usually run by the schools development officer for your region. I thought this was an excellent course when I did it earlier this year - very down to earth and full of practical ideas of what to do with kids.
4. Do not give up on the school site. If you make tiny controls (printed on card) you can have good fun with "corridor O" and even a small urban school site will have two or three worthwhile "street-o" type courses. These will only take 10 - 15 minutes, but if you start with a bit of simple coaching that is fine for a lunchtime session.
5. Think about other local school sites. We do small events at a nearby primary school that has a bit more field than we do.
6. Talk to the local club. It can work very well to do some school events leading up to the kids doing a yellow at a CATI event, though clubs like to know when 10 or 20 people from a school are going to turn up.
Defintely worth a go. Quite a few will "come and see", many will drop out but you will end up with a core of people who get turned onto the sport and will encourage others. Parents can then get involved so it is not too difficult to get groups to turn out to evening and weekend events in the area.
Organised properly, orienteering can be used for GCSE and A level PE and if someone is doing A level, they would have to run some activities for "novices" so if a few students get interested, it can easily become part of the curriculum.
Last point - lots of geography teachers have orienteered - usually when they were at University - they can get very enthusiastic and helpful if you give them a chance.
2. Talk to your PE teacher, Head or Deputy. Schools get an annual grant for "study support" which is for "out of lesson learning". A lot of this goes to fund things like homework clubs but in my school we do use it to make small grants to new activities, especially where these are run by students. This could pay for some mapping, transport etc..
3. Also ask within the school to be put in touch with "coaching for teachers" - if your school will back you, you can go on a free level 1 coaching course run by BOF - 1 day usually run by the schools development officer for your region. I thought this was an excellent course when I did it earlier this year - very down to earth and full of practical ideas of what to do with kids.
4. Do not give up on the school site. If you make tiny controls (printed on card) you can have good fun with "corridor O" and even a small urban school site will have two or three worthwhile "street-o" type courses. These will only take 10 - 15 minutes, but if you start with a bit of simple coaching that is fine for a lunchtime session.
5. Think about other local school sites. We do small events at a nearby primary school that has a bit more field than we do.
6. Talk to the local club. It can work very well to do some school events leading up to the kids doing a yellow at a CATI event, though clubs like to know when 10 or 20 people from a school are going to turn up.
Defintely worth a go. Quite a few will "come and see", many will drop out but you will end up with a core of people who get turned onto the sport and will encourage others. Parents can then get involved so it is not too difficult to get groups to turn out to evening and weekend events in the area.
Organised properly, orienteering can be used for GCSE and A level PE and if someone is doing A level, they would have to run some activities for "novices" so if a few students get interested, it can easily become part of the curriculum.
Last point - lots of geography teachers have orienteered - usually when they were at University - they can get very enthusiastic and helpful if you give them a chance.
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Clare
Trebor's Mum
We did a lot in a primary School.
Jigsaws made from maps are good fun.
O round school buildings
Star events for compass work
Photo O- Use a digital camera and take Photos of things around school and get students to take one photo at a time find location and then plot on a map. If you can get an O map of grounds fne but we used a hand drawn one. You can make photos vary from easy to obscure!
We also did punching relays and simple score O's
I have lots more excercises which would work with Yr 7/8 if thats your target group. E mail Rob and let him know and I'll send some ideas to you if you want them
Trebor's Mum
We did a lot in a primary School.
Jigsaws made from maps are good fun.
O round school buildings
Star events for compass work
Photo O- Use a digital camera and take Photos of things around school and get students to take one photo at a time find location and then plot on a map. If you can get an O map of grounds fne but we used a hand drawn one. You can make photos vary from easy to obscure!
We also did punching relays and simple score O's
I have lots more excercises which would work with Yr 7/8 if thats your target group. E mail Rob and let him know and I'll send some ideas to you if you want them
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