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Session 8 - Navigation skills

3 activities

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Your session goals
Explore Outdoors
Explore Outdoors 33%
Navigator Stage 1
Navigator Stage 1 64%

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Session summary

In this session you will learn the points of a compass and then look and draw some maps to develop your navigation skills.

Safety message

  • Always complete a register at the start of the meeting to record who is present.
  • Always remember to risk assess and plan for free time, even if it's just the first five minutes of the meeting.
  • Check the space is for hazards, keep the exits clear, and know the location of the nearest first aid kits.

Activities

Naughty elephants spray water

10 mins

Learn the points of the compass with this energetic game.

  • Meets
  • Requirement 3
  • Meets
  • Requirement 2

Location fixation

10 mins

Explore before you arrive, using a map and your imagination to find yourself in new places.

  • Meets
  • Requirement 1
  • Requirement 2

Put it on the map

30 mins

Create a simple map to help someone navigate your meeting place.

  • Meets
  • Requirement 4

Preparation

Equipment

  • Pens or pencils
  • Maps of a local attraction
  • A4 paper

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