Weekly outline

  • Welcome to Year 10 Outdoor Education

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    This year, you will:
    • build knowledge, skills & attitudes for success
    • plan, implement & review safe, challenging and enjoyable outdoor activities
    • learn to succeed in unfamiliar situations, both individually and in groups
    • co-operate, solve problems, communicate, lead, take responsibility
    • understand how we can sustain a healthy environment
    • learn to access local outdoor recreation opportunities

    Our course is guided by the NZ Curriculum .
    Level 5 Heath & PE relevant achievement objectives:
    A2 Participate in regular physical activity and describe how this contributes to a balanced lifestyle.
     A3 Investigate & practise safety procedures & strategies to manage risk situations.
    B1 Acquire & apply complex motor skills by using basic principles of motor learning.
    B2 Develop skills and responsible attitudes in challenging physical situations.
     B3 Investigate & experience how science, technology & environment knowledge influence participation
         eg weather, anatomy (hypothermia), geology, diseases (eg Kauri dieback).
    C3 Demonstrate interpersonal skills that help to make safe choices in a variety of settings.

    Level 5 Social Sciences relevant achievement objectives:
    Understand how people’s management of resources impacts on environmental and social sustainability.

    Summary of activities:
    Term 1: Team ABL problem solving, kayaking, First Aid, navigation (incl. orienteering)
    Term 2: Mountain biking, campcraft, overnight camping
    Term 3: Climbing, risk assessment, trip planning, weather, overnight tramping
    Term 4: Environmental sustainability, Extended expedition?

    Assessment:
    You'll be self and peer assessed, based on observations and learning journal reflections:
    - how much your skills progress over time
    - how much knowledge you gain & apply
    - your attitude & team spirit in challenging situations 

    Background readings on the outdoors

    Interactive quizzes on the outdoors


  • Summary Schedule Term 1

    This term's activities include kayaking, mountain biking, first aid and orienteering. 

    We'll use school time and have the option to attend training sessions in evenings. 

    Schedule of days & times. 

  • T1 Wk3 (13-19 Feb) Kayaking 1

    Learning Intentions
    To learn to exit a kayak, swim to safety and to assist in being rescued. 
    To learn to break into and out of an eddy and fast moving water.
    To learn paddle strokes, kayak control & positioning to navigate grade 2 water.
    To learn how to prepare for a kayak session (safety gear, clothes, signals, vocabulary)

    Success Criteria
    Can ensure own safety and that of others when on moving water.
    Can explain kayaking terms, methods & equipment. 
    Can kayak confidently and competently on grade 2 water.

    We'll discuss:
    Pre-water boat check (air bag, foot rest, back support, bung, paddle length, boat volume)
    Pre-water self check (buoyancy aid vs life jacket, clothes, helmet, spray skirt tag visible)
    Power, sweep, draw, and support paddle strokes.
    Drops, eddys, emptying boats, X-rescues, capsizes and '3 bangs on hull'.     

    Assessment
    Your kayaking will contribute towards Assessment 1 and will be self and teacher / instructor assessed.
    Self-assessment: part of the evidence for your grade will come from your reflections in your learning journal.
    Teacher / Instructor assessment: other evidence will come from observations and conversations during the sessions regarding your contribution, team work and skills development

          

    In your Learning Journal, you should reflect on how you develop the skills and knowledge outlined in the Unit Standards. Your aim is to show that you know:
    1. where you're at in your learning (what skills & knowledge do you have now)
    2. where you're going (what skills & knowledge you are working towards)
    3.     how you'll get there (what next steps you'll take to learn these skills & knowledge) 

    Here's some scribbles to jog your memory


  • T1 Wk4 (20-26 Mar) Orienteering 1

    Learning Intentions
    To learn to read an orienteering map (scale, features, contours, orientation).
    To learn to navigate a prepared course (distances, direction, pace).
    To experience participating in an organised local orienteering event.

    Success Criteria
    Can orientate a map and use a compass.
    Can understand map features and navigate efficiently on varied terrain.

    We'll discuss:
    - Orientating maps with & without a compass)
    - Relating map symbols to terrain and vice versa
    - Orienteering symbols
    - Skills (eg thumbing the map to follow ground progress)
    - Tactics to complete a course individually and within the set time.


  • T1 Wk5 (27-5 Feb) Kayaking 2

    As a rough guide to our learning, we'll use the NCEA unit standards below. The content in these standards will help you when you complete your LEARNING JOURNAL, which will form part of your assessment.

    NCEA Unit Std 20818 L1 (2 credits) Demonstrate kayaking skills on sheltered or slow-moving water 
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20818 
     NCEA Unit Std 476 L2 (2 credits) Roll a kayak 
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=476
     One to aim for in future:
    NCEA Unit Std 20121 L2 (4 credits) Demonstrate kayaking skills on Grade II whitewater
     https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20121

    Resources

    Videos
    Kayaking basics

    Learn to roll tutorials 1,2,3.

    Extreme waterfall kayaking!
       

  • T1 Wk6 (6-12 Apr) Orienteering 2


    NCEA Unit Std 20141 L1 (1 credit) Complete beginner orienteering courses
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20141
     NCEA Unit Std 5479 L2 (1 credit) Complete white and yellow grade orienteering courses
     https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=5479

    Resources & videos 

  • T1 Wks7&8 (13-26 Aug) Navigation - map & compass

    We're now getting ready for our Pinnacles trip.
    Here we'll look at maps:

    • scale (eg 1:50,000) and distances (horizontal map distance & slope walking distance) 
    • gridlines (true / magnetic / true north)
    • longitude and latitude
    • features (roads, buildings, cliffs, streams)

    And, we'll look at compasses:

    • Adjusting for the difference between magnetic and grid north
    • Bearings from map and from land
    •  

    Resources

  • T1 Wks9&10 (27-5 Apr) First Aid

    Learning Intentions
    To learn to help someone using first aid methods eg CPRABCD.
    To learn to ride on a variety of surfaces (roots, sand, mud, ruts).
    To learn balance, body position, braking and steering to navigate intermediate tracks.

    Success Criteria
    Can make decisions to effectively manage a first aid situation.

    We'll discuss:

    US6400 Head/spinal/chest injuries, internal bleeding, burns, allergic reactions, heat related conditions, multiple injury scenarios.


    US6401 Patient management, shock, bleeding, medical conditions, heart attack, poisoning, fractures, soft tissue & eye injuries


    US6402 Identifying hazards (traffic & infection), seeking help, CPR (adult/child/baby) & defibrillation, choking (adult/child/baby), casualty management.





    As a rough guide to our learning, we'll use the NCEA unit standards below. The content in these standards will help you when you complete you LEARNING JOURNAL, which will form part of your assessment.

    NCEA Unit Std 6402 L1 (1 credit) Provide basic life support

    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=6402
    NCEA Unit Std 6401 L2 (1 credit) Provide first aid
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=6401
    And perhaps:
    NCEA Unit Std 6400 L3 (2 credits) Manage first aid in an emergency situation
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=6400

    Resources


  • Holidays


  • Holidays


  • Summary Schedule Term 2

    This term's activities include climbing, mountain biking, orienteering & overnight camping. 

    We'll use school time and have the option to attend training sessions in evenings. 

    Schedule of days & times. 

  • T2 Wk1 (24-30 Apr) Mountain Biking 1

    As a rough guide to our learning, we'll use the NCEA unit standards below. The content in these standards will help you when you complete you LEARNING JOURNAL, which will form part of your assessment.

    NCEA Unit Std 20137 L1 (1 credit) Mountain bike on easy to intermediate terrain
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20137
    NCEA Unit Std 457 L2 (2 credits) Mountain bike on intermediate to expert terrain 
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=457 
    One to work on by yourself: 
    NCEA Unit Std 20138 L2 (3 credits) Select, set up and maintain a mountain or cycle touring bike 
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20138

    Resources

    Videos


  • T2 Wk2 (1-7 May) Weather 1

    Learning Intentions
    To learn to read a weather map and forecast the weather
    To understand the causes of, and influences on, the weather (sun, hills, water, temperature, etc)
    To investigate an aspect of the weather using scientific methods.

    Success Criteria
    Can forecast weather from primary (observation) & secondary (maps) sources
    Understands the risks & impact that weather can have an outdoor experiences
    Can explain concepts that impact our weather in NZ (eg El Nino/La Nina)

    We'll discuss:
    Types of weather system (cyclone, hurricane, warm & cold fronts, high & low pressure systems)
    Impact on weather of sun, moon, topography, localised features eg lakes, city pollution
    Types of cloud (cumulus, nimbus, cirrus, stratus)
    Wind (direction, strength, causes, effects); precipitation (snow, rain, hail, fog)  

    Assessment
    Your work on weather will contribute towards Assessment 2 and will be self and teacher / instructor assessed.
    Self-assessment: part of the evidence for your grade will come from your reflections in your learning journal.
    Teacher / Instructor assessment: other evidence will come from observations and conversations during the sessions regarding your contribution, team work and skills development

    In your Learning Journal, you should reflect on how you develop the skills and knowledge outlined in the Unit Standards. Your aim is to show that you know:
    1. where you're at in your learning (what skills & knowledge do you have now)
    2. where you're going (what skills & knowledge you are working towards)
    3. how you'll get there (what next steps you'll take to learn these skills & knowledge) 

    Weather investigation
    In particular, you will take it in turns to predict the weather for the class and will perform a scientific experiment to explore an aspect of weather. These might be proving that air moves clockwise round a low pressure system, warm air holds more moisture than cold air, air temperature causes clouds to rain, air pressure changes as a cold or warm front passes, 'old wives tales' accurately predict weather patterns (eg cows lie down before rain, pine cones predict rain, red sky at night shepherds' delight, etc)
    Saturday 23 May 2020, mid-day            Satellite 10pm

    Sunday 24 May 2020, mid-day.              Satellite 4pm




    Monday 25 May 2020, 1am (forecast)





    Tuesday 26 May 2020, 1am (forecast)





  • T2 Wk3 (8-14 May) Mountain Biking 2

    Learning Intentions
    To learn to plan for a trip (weather, loading trailer, maps, team work & equipment.
    To learn to ride on a variety of surfaces (roots, sand, mud, ruts).
    To learn balance, body position, braking and steering to navigate intermediate tracks.
    To learn how to prepare for a bike session (safety gear, clothes, equipment, saddle height, vocabulary)

    Success Criteria
    Can ensure own safety and that of others when on on a bike trip.
    Can explain mountain biking terms, methods & equipment. 
    Can mountain bike confidently and competently on intermediate tracks.

    We'll discuss:
    Parts of a bike and maintenance checks before leaving.
    Individual and group gear required (water, snacks, phone, map)
    How trails are graded and the various local and national organisations involved in developing biking. 

    Assessment
    Your Mountain Biking will contribute towards Assessment 1 and will be self and teacher / instructor assessed.
    Self-assessment: part of the evidence for your grade will come from your reflections in your learning journal.
    Teacher / Instructor assessment: other evidence will come from observations and conversations during the sessions regarding your contribution, team work and skills development

    In your Learning Journal, you should reflect on how you develop the skills and knowledge outlined in the Unit Standards. Your aim is to show that you know:
    1. where you're at in your learning (what skills & knowledge do you have now)
    2. where you're going (what skills & knowledge you are working towards)
    3. how you'll get there (what next steps you'll take to learn these skills & knowledge) 


  • T2 Wks4&5 (15-28 May) Weather 2

    As a rough guide to our learning, we'll use the NCEA unit standards below. The content in these standards will help you when you complete your LEARNING JOURNAL, which will form part of your assessment.

    NCEA Unit Std 20159 L2 (2 credits) Gather and apply weather information to an outdoor recreation activity
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20159


    One to aim for in future:
     NCEA Unit Std 20160 L3 (2 credits) Demonstrate knowledge of weather processes and their effects in NZ
     https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20160

    Resources
    Topics covered include:
    • Global air & water movements (High & low pressure systems - converge, diverge, rotate in lower atmosphere). Effect of unequal heating of land - global atmospheric circulation.
    • Movement of water in 'water cycle'
    • Seasonal impacts, equinox & solstice - passage & position of Earth around Sun
    • Weather features resulting from air/water movement - Katabatic / Anabatic winds
    • Vertical air movement - changes in temperature & pressure
    • Clouds and fog - humidity, temperature, wind, lifting processes. Types of low, medium and high level clouds.
    • Influences on NZ’s weather - global origins of air masses, geographic (lake, mountains, valleys, global location, orientation of land forms.
    • Seasonal variations on NZ weather patterns - wind direction / speed, precipitation, sunshine hours, temperature.














    Here's a great documentary about NZ's weather and what influences it, by Weatherman Jim Hickey


    For anyone who's interested, here's an interesting blog post about many weather features that we've discussed in class:
    http://bleedingheartindependent.blogspot.com/

  • T2 Wks6&7 (29-11 Mar) Mountain Biking 3



  • T2 Wk8 (12-18 Jun) Weather 3

    Book Review Assessment

    Each of us will read a book related to Outdoor Education and write a brief book review in a shared doc.


    Assessment: Learning Journals

    Finish and submit your Kayaking Learning Journal and ensure that you're up to date with your Mountain Biking one.



    Rescued after 19 days in the bush

    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12336027

    Teenager rescued after trying to cross Cook Strait in a dinghy

    https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/teenager-rescued-after-trying-to-cross-cook-strait-in-a-dinghy/

    Storms and flooding this long weekend
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12336238
    Storms explained:
      

    An occluded front means that a cold front and a warm front are acting on the same area. Clouds and rain from both fronts combine over the Coromandel!

    The diagrams here look like they are of the Northern Hemisphere (spinning anti-clockwise around a Low pressure).
    Remember that for NZ, in the Southern Hemisphere, the fronts move clockwise around a Low pressure.


  • T2 Wks9&10 (19-30Jun) Journals & Assessment 1

    Learning Journals

    1. Update your Climbing Learning Journal
    2. Update your Camping reflections 
    3. Submit your Kayak Learning Journal
    4. Finish your book review.
    5. Submit your Weather document


    Assessment 1

    Through your own reflections, observations by the teacher, and conversations with teachers & instructors, the following rubric will be completed.

    It relates to kayaking, camping, weather and book review. You'll each be part of the process and discuss your learning with Mr Suckling.   

    Climbing will be assessed in Terms 3&4.


  • Holidays


  • Holidays


  • Summary Schedule Term 3











    As a rough guide to our learning, we'll use the NCEA unit standards below. The content in these standards will help you when you complete you LEARNING JOURNAL, which will form part of your assessment.

    NCEA Unit Std 425 L2 (3 credits) Experience day tramps
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=425
    NCEA Unit Std 426 L2 (3 credits) Experience camping
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=426

    You might find these outlines of L3 standards useful or interesting:
    Bush survival skills, Leading an overnight camp, Bushwalking knowledge & skills 
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/search.do?query=Tramping&view=all&level=03

    Resources
    Hiking NZ website https://hikingnewzealand.com/blog/environmental-care-code/


  • T3 Wk1 (17-23 Jul) Climbing 1

    Learning Intentions
    To learn safety preparations - equipment (harness, carabiners, etc)
    To learn roles, responsibilities & communication of belayer & climber
    To learn to climb wasting least energy, strength and stamina.
    To learn the different methods & styles of recreational & sports climbing

    Success Criteria
    Can work with a climbing buddy to have an enjoyable & safe climb experience
    Can climb a range of basic to intermediate indoor climb routes
    Can explain the grading system of routes and the equipment used 

    We'll discuss:
    - Some rope-work / knots
    - Equipment (eg cams, chocks, belay devices)
    - Meaning of vocabulary used in the sport
    - Skills in climbing (especially to save forearms!)

  • T3 Wk2 (24-30 Jul) Camping 1

    Learning Intentions
    To learn to plan, pack and take part in overnight camping.
    To experience and enjoy being away from some of the comforts of home.

    Success Criteria
    Can prepare and pack for overnight camping, including individual and group gear.
    Can collaborate and support team members in an unfamiliar situation.
    Can cook on a gas stove and light an open fire safely and effectively.
    Can ensure the protection of the environment when camping overnight. 

    We'll discuss:
    Preparing for camping (group gear - tent, fly, stove, 1st Aid kit; personal gear - clothes; food)
    Establishing campsites (vegetation, contours, weather, hazards, water, toilets, cooking)
    Environmental impact (waterways, vegetation, terrain)
    Safe & hygienic practices (toilets, waste, water, food)
    Living skills in camp (cooking, eating, hygiene)
    Equipment (stove types, refuelling, lighting, storage, operation
    Care for equipment, self & others (privacy, sleep, culture, personal space)


  • T3 Wk3 (31-6 Aug) Climbing 2

    As a rough guide to our learning, we'll use the NCEA unit standards below. The content in these standards will help you when you complete you LEARNING JOURNAL, which will form part of your assessment.

    NCEA Unit Std 20152 L1 (1 credit) Experience and complete abseiling sessions 
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20152
    NCEA Unit Std 20210 L1 (1 credit) Experience rock climbing
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20210
    NCEA Unit Std 444 L2 (1 credit) Demonstrate basic rock climbing movement 
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=444
    NCEA Unit Std 20157 L2 (3 credits) Demonstrate use of basic rope systems for top rope rock climbing & abseiling
    https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/assessment/view-detailed.do?standardNumber=20157

    Resources

     Videos

    • Alex Honnold describes his solo free climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park 
    • Ibex teaching us climbing skills   


  • T3 Wk 4 (7-13 Aug) Climbing 3

    Here are a few video clips to show the range of types of climbing: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDlLCKnOB2M 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T06ksTRLBx4
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2OCiJ7zces
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2vJ6-eYfVg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdMsY5st2J8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBi22AKvsK0




  • T3 Wk5 (14-20 Aug) Climbing 4

    Knots

    https://www.animatedknots.com/figure-8-follow-through-loop-knot 




    https://www.animatedknots.com/bowline-knot 













  • T3 Wk6 (21-27 Aug) Trip planning & packing gear

    Revision of weather and navigation. 
    Here are some quizzes for you to work on. Remember that you are preparing for a trip in serious terrain and need to practise your skills and knowledge.
    1. Weather https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=weather-unit-test-5th-grade-level
    2. Navigation https://www.ttc.org.nz/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Bushcraft/MapAndCompass      scroll down to "map & compass exercise #1" and then #2 and #3. There's a link to download a map that you'll need (link also here http://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap?v=2&ll=-41.322865,174.720609&z=11)
    (you'll have to download, open, enlarge (by clicking the + icon a few times), and move around the map using the up and down arrows on their keyboard).

    3. If you need another quiz (you won't), use this navigation one: https://scoutingmagazine.org/2014/02/quiz-well-know-use-map-compass/ (American but very useful)

    The next topic will be preparing and packing gear. 

  • T3 Wk7 (28-3 Sep) Prep for overnight trip

    Work through these 5 sections to check that we are ready for the Pinnacles trip:

    https://rise.articulate.com/share/VG2H7374M-T-jRG0bGXqWdoSEeWzx57W#/lessons/CbpNAtgPUltYX7O05xCBfQgFTh3mxDwq


  • T3 Wk8 (4-10 Sep) Overnight tramp to Pinnacles Hut


  • T3 Wk9 (11-17 Sep) Review Pinnacles Trip Start Assignment 2

  • T3 Wk10 (18-24 Sept) NZ Landscape knowledge & skills

    Here's a video by Ray Mears about surviving in the NZ outdoors.
    As you watch the video, make notes in the shared Google Doc issued in Google Classroom.

    The headings are:

    • Places, regions and mountain ranges visited throughout the video (north & south islands)
    • Mistakes made by trampers & mountaineers described (eg father & son trampers and Mark Inglis on Mt Cook)
    • Rescue techniques & methods to survive (eg those used by Mountain Rescue in the case studies above)
    • Animals mentioned - pests and how they're controlled; environmental business based on wildlife.
    • History and Te Ao Maori - traditional methods & materials used for shelter, fire, food, etc.

  • Holidays


  • Holidays


  • T4 Wk1 (9-15 Oct) Native plants & animals

  • T4 Wk2 (16-22 Oct) Environmental Sustainability

  • T4 Wk3 (23-29 Oct)?

    This term's activities include climbing, mountain biking, orienteering & overnight camping. 

    We'll use school time and have the option to attend training sessions in evenings. 

    Schedule of days & times. 


  • T4 Wk4 (30-5 Nov) Working on Assignment 2

  • T4 Wk5 (6-12 Nov) Complete Assignment 2

  • T4 Wk6 (13-19 Nov) Yr9&10 exams (CATs)

    No exam in Outdoor Education :)

  • T4 Wk7 (20-26 Nov)

  • T4 Wk8 (27-3 Dec) Yr10 Work Experience



  • T4 Wk9 (4-10 Dec) Course Review

  • T4 Wk10 (11-13 Dec) Prize giving

  • Holidays



  • Holidays


  • Spare Get to Go

    On Tuesday, this week we're taking part in a team multi-sport event called Get2Go.
    http://www.hillaryoutdoors.co.nz/juniorget2go/

    You'll drive between venues and activities will include canoeing, climbing, sailing, orienteering and more.

    We are in two groups of 8. Good Luck!

    Some weather resources: