Orienteering for Teachers
Do you yearn to share the outdoors with your students, but feel limited by the space in yourlocal community? Orienteering is the perfect way to introduce environmental literacy to your students, while developing spatial awareness and mathematical skills required for mapping. Align the outdoors and physical activity with your social studies program in order to develop confident, self-assured students. Great at the junior level, all the way up to secondary students, show our youth the value of the outdoors in any space, especially their own backyards!
Format: 1 day workshop
Target: Teachers and Educators interested in starting an orienteering program at their school
Location: Indoor and Outdoor - with map. As a bonus, for a limited time, we will build an orienteering map of your schoolyard!
Please contact us for locations and dates.
Specialist High Skills Major Program (SHSM)
The SHSM is a specialized, ministry-approved program that allows students to focus their learning on a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). SHSMs assist students in their transition from secondary school to apprenticeship training, college, university, or the workplace.
One of the courses in this program is related to Compass/Map/GPS navigation.
This course is compulsory for Environment, Forestry specializations and elective for Agriculture, Aviation, Energy, Hospitality, Justice/Community Safety/Emergency Services, Mining, Non-Profit, Sports.
Format: 1 day workshop
Target: High School Students enrolled in the SHSM program
Location: Indoor and Outdoor - with map
Please contact us for locations and dates.
Outreach
1 to 3 session program meant to introduce orienteering concepts through games and fun activities. The goal is to provide participants a high level understanding about map reading and compass use.
Format: 1-2 hour sessions
Target: organized groups of youth (school, scouts, cadets) between 9 and 16 years old
Location: nearby park, schoolyard
Price: from 5$/student with a minimum fee of 150$ per session
Combine theoretical concepts with fun activities in a 3-4 session program in the classroom and schoolyard. We can provide an Orienteering map for the schoolyard and surroundings.
When: During physical education hours or as extra-curricular activity
Where: Schoolyard
Duration: 60 minutes sessions
School Events
Once the students are familiar with the orienteering basics, they should be ready to apply their knowledge in a real orienteering race! We will setup a course in a nearby park. This is a great opportunity for a fun field trip for 2-4 classes.
When: Field trip
Where: Nearby park
Duration: 3-4 hours
Price: from 5$/student with a minimum fee of 250$ per event
Inter School Events
For the past 37 years the Toronto Orienteering Club has been organizing an Orienteering Schools Meet. This Score-O event is usualy held in April or May and will gather around 500 participants from various schools from all GTA.
When: Once a year, April or May
Where: Designated venue with high quality orienteering map
Duration: Full day
Price: from 7$/student
