We had an excellent first session with maps and navigation in both the Outdoor Ed classes today. The Outdoor Explorers (ages 6 and 7) really enjoyed exploring the schoolyard, map in hand, and racing each other over a simple Sprint Orienteering course.
The Outdoor Athletes (ages 8 - 12) also sprinted around a navigation course inside the schoolyard, before heading out to Lam Tsuen park for a long game of Capture-the-Flag. I never like to play the same game of CTF twice, and this time we added an extra 'Quest' element in which the kids had to use their new map skills to search for secret treasure!
I was really pleased with the how this game went. I didn't hear any arguments and I thought the work-rate for all the kids was very high. Certainly the small group size helps, but also I think the students have already taken on important lessons about communication, team work, and integrity.
A really good day. Sorry I didn't get any photographs!
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