Orienteering is more than just finding your way, it's a powerful tool to develop core physical education skills such as balance, agility, spatial awareness, coordination, and decision-making under pressure. This practical session explores how orienteering activities can be adapted for all age groups to support the development of these skills in a school setting.
Participants will learn how to design and deliver engaging navigation challenges using minimal equipment and simple resources, making orienteering accessible in any school environment. Whether in a gym, schoolyard, or open field, these activities promote physical literacy, teamwork, and problem-solving, while reinforcing cross-curricular links to mathematics, geography, and outdoor education.
Come ready to move, explore, and take home practical ideas to enrich your PE program through orienteering.
Demonstrate how to teach basic navigation concepts (e.g., map symbols, direction, spatial orientation) in age-appropriate ways.
Integrate cross-curricular links between physical education, mathematics, and geography using orienteering tasks.
Apply inclusive strategies to modify orienteering activities for different skill levels, age groups, and physical abilities.
Reflect on how orienteering promotes physical literacy, teamwork, and problem-solving in a PE context.