I've recently heard from a couple of sources that orienteering is no longer on the school curriculum. Maybe this only applies in England.
One source thought that a factor had been that teachers hadn't really been doing it properly.
Does anyone out there know what has happened, why it has happened and what we might be able to do about it ? (Should we want to, that is. I'd also be interested in any thoughts about what benefits have been accrued from its curriculum status.)
Orienteering and the School Curriculum
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Re: Orienteering and the School Curriculum
If your sources are from English Secondary schools then I think they must be referring to the activity list for the practical element of a PE GCSE. Orienteering is not on the new list and is not explicitly mentioned; however one of the reasons given for exclusion of a sport is that "In a number of activities used in the previous specifications, experience suggested that teachers and moderators were often unfamiliar and at times uncomfortable with the assessment of them, relying too heavily on outside expertise to inform assessment decisions"
I don't know how many people taking a PE GCSE in England used orienteering as one of their sports; the only ones I know personally were already orienteers. The numbers may be out there but I can't find them. I do think the exclusion is a shame, and would argue that gaining colour coded badge standards is pretty objective compared to many of the remaining options - but I'm not sure how much practical difference this change will make to our sport.
(The PE National Curriculum tends to talk about broad outcomes rather than specific sports so I cannot see anything to prevent a teacher using orienteering to develop skills).
I don't know how many people taking a PE GCSE in England used orienteering as one of their sports; the only ones I know personally were already orienteers. The numbers may be out there but I can't find them. I do think the exclusion is a shame, and would argue that gaining colour coded badge standards is pretty objective compared to many of the remaining options - but I'm not sure how much practical difference this change will make to our sport.
(The PE National Curriculum tends to talk about broad outcomes rather than specific sports so I cannot see anything to prevent a teacher using orienteering to develop skills).
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