Weekly outline

  • General

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    Kia ora DEEP Outdoor Education students!

    We have 9 sessions to learn about:

    - Trip planning & risks, 
    - Weather,
    - First Aid,
    - Camp craft,
    - Navigation,
    - NZ outdoors,
    - Environmental issues, etc.

    Please ask or email me if you have any questions

    Mr Suckling :) 

  • Weeks 1&2 - Trip planning & Risk Management

    We'll watch parts of this video clip and make notes on what we should do to reduce risk:
    Before leaving on an adventure
    During the trip, especially if we get lost, tired or injured and can't continue
    After the trip, when we finish


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    Parts (minutes): 6-10:30, 12-12:30, 14-14:25, 15-16:30, 17:18-18:50

    Before going on a trip, it's good to prepare a RAMS form. 
    This stands for Risk Analysis Management System.
    It helps you make sure that you have thought of what might happen and what you need to keep safe.

    Task on Google Classroom: "Planning a Trip so it's safe"

    Here's a video by Ray Mears about surviving in the NZ outdoors.
    As you watch the video, add to your notes on Joe Baugardner in the shared GDoc issued in GClassroom.
    It outlines some mistakes made by a father & son on a tramping trip.

    https://www.veoh.com/watch/v6336204t9Qxdwas
    Extract (minutes) 2:16-8:05 

       
    Outdoor Safety Code

  • Weeks 3&4 - Weather

    Weather on 24th May 2022 - photo and weather map

     

    Link to 'How to read weather maps' (The Met Service)

       

    Activities: Open the GDoc in GClassroom.

    In September, 'Tropical storms' and Hurricanes develop in the North Pacific Ocean; examples are the recent Helene and Milton that affected Florida in USA.

    In January and February, the South Pacific Ocean is affected by cyclones, which can come close to New Zealand.
    Find out if there is a difference between cyclones and hurricanes.

    Cyclones happen more often in years of 'La Nina' weather patterns in the Ocean.
    Find out how cyclones are affected by humidity and temperature (air and sea).

    Below are some video clips of the weather forecast around the time of Cyclone Dovi in Feb 2022.

    Wed 9th Feb 2022
    Fri 11th Feb 2022
    Sat 12th Feb 2022
    Sun 13th Feb 2022
    Surface Pressure maps for Sunday to Tuesday after Cyclone Dovi passes NZ: 


    La Nina weather = hot, humid, cyclones

        

  • Weeks 5&6 - Campcraft (fires)

    This week, we'll toast marshmallows over a camp fire!!Pin on Cabin Time

    Remember to start with very small, dry kindling, and build up the size of wood slowly.
    The recent thunderstorms and very wet weather will not have helped.



  • Week 7&8 - Navigation

    This week, we'll use maps to locate 'control points' around the school. 
    Map Reading Cartoons and Comics - funny pictures from CartoonStockWe may also do this in Tāne Forest.
    When this is done competitively, it's called orienteering. 

    Things to learn:
    - always 'orientate' the map
    (turn it so objects on the map match the ones on the ground).
    - what map symbols show (eg building, stream, fence, path, bridge)
    - distances (objects on the map may be closer than you think!)
    13 Skills Your Grandparents Had That You Don't | The simpsons, Reading cartoon, Homer simpson





    Click on the Navigation resource in GClassroom on Omana Reserve.

  • Week 9 - First Aid

    First Aid means you're the first person to help someone.
    It's important to go on a proper First Aid course (eg RedCross, St Johns, Meditrain).
    (This lesson is not a 1st Aid course. It's just a taster of the things you would learn on a course)

    A good way to remember what to do is to follow the steps DRSABCD:
    Danger - keep you and others safe (eg stop cars before helping someone who's in the road!)
    Response - see if the person knows you're there and can communicate 
    Send for help - phone 111 or tell someone to get adult help 
    Airway - make sure the person's airway is open and not blocked
    Breathing - see if they are breathing
    Circulation - search for blood and stop the bleeding
    Defibrillate - use an Automated External Defibrillator  (AED)

    Questions you might have:

    • Why's it important that I do a proper First Aid course?
    • What do I do if there's bleeding?
    • How do first aiders treat burns?
    • How can 'DRSABCD' help you if you find an injured person?
    • What's diabetes and what can happen?
    • What happens if someone breaks a bone or dislocates a joint?
    • What do I do if I sprain a ligament / strain a tendon?
    • What is a heart attack and what are the signs?
    • What do I do if someone has a seizure?
    • What can happen if someone's allergic? What's anaphalaxis? 
    • What's concussion?



    Call 111 in New Zealand

    Activity: Click on the First Aid Scenarios in GClassroom

  • Holidays

    Cartoon Tourist Having Fun on the Beach in Hawaii Stock Vector - Illustration of humor, happiness: 161450561

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  • 17 October - 23 October

  • 24 October - 30 October

  • 31 October - 6 November

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  • 21 November - 27 November

  • 28 November - 4 December

  • 5 December - 11 December

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  • 26 December - 1 January

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  • 30 January - 5 February

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