Background
Hillside is one of around 250 Schools mapped by Dorset Outdoor Education Service between 2004-6. They are part of the Wimborne Academy Trust of x 12 Primaries and managed from the Queen Elizabeths Seconday School in Wimborne. Several of these schools were mapped but havent been teaching Orienteering or using the maps for many years. As a update on an existing Map file takes far less hours work than a brand new Map drawing, costs are accordingly less. (New maps and course installation around £600)
A new headteacher took over management of Hillside in September 2022, and knows Jason from his work coaching x 4 classes during 2021-2 at Parley First School where he was Deputy Head.
Work Undertaken.
After establishing School would take on Orienteering as part of its Outdoors and Adventurous Activity P.E. provision, P.E lead was informed. First visit included face to face meeting with P.E lead, and a walk around the entire site to discuss the areas to be used. Important with both updates and new maps to establish the extent of the Orienteering course, where out -of bounds and best use. Jason then onsite for the rest of visit re-surveying prior to changing map files on OCAD program.
Details and costs
2022 Contact made by email
- Conversations October – December 2022
06 January first visit, walk around and resurvey. - OCAD Map Updates and providing draft map for checking, suggested control locations for markers.
23 January 2023
- Second visit. Checking draft Map and Installation of course.
- January provision of x 5 Map Versions. Blank, Letters, Numbers, Grid and Teachers Master. Set of Year 3/ 4 Specific teachers session plans.
- 27 March third visit, Teacher Training, afterschool Hour for all staff to experience some of the activities to be undertaken by children in Summer Term 2023. Teachers and T.A’s all enjoyed the experience of doing some navigation in their school grounds, seeing the place as never before. This installation and use of it will supplement the teachers Autumn Term work done on Maps and Navigation, when they run the set of lessons in Summer Term.