ELO GREAT OUTDOORS TERM 3 PLANNERS

WEEK
1

Monday 14th July

TOPIC:
Overview/Outline of
Outdoor Education

LI: To understand the

expectations of the ELO and the
activities we will do throughout
the term

SC: I can identify the

expectations of myself and my
class when in ELO great
outdoors
I understand the activities I will
undertake in ELO great outdoors
and I know what outdoor
education is.

TOPIC: Team Building

Trust and
Communication

LI: To understand the benefit of

working in a team and develop
personal and interpersonal skills,
to enhance communication and
trust students in ELO great
outdoors

SC: I can interact and

communicate with the students
in my class
I can explain what team building
is and why its important for
outdoor education.

TOPIC: Minimal Impact

Code, All about the
environment

LI: Reflect and understand the

principals that make up the
Minimal Impact Code.

SC: I can make informative

decisions regarding the
underlining principles of M.I.C.

LI: Understanding of various

compasses, how they work and
what they are used for. Students

SC: Students demonstrate

competence in taking bearings,
familiar with compass features.

Outline of course content

Expectations
What are outdoor education,
adventure, sport and recreation?
Ice breaker activities
Friday 18th July

Introduce the idea of team

building and what students think
it is? What we can learn?
Activities: Blind Fold Trust,
Stick Twizzle, All together, Hula
Hoop Pass, People Pass, Sitting
Down Exercise, Human conveyer
belt
WEEK
2

Monday 21st July

Class discussion Minimal Impact

Code.
Explain 7 principles of Minimal
Impact Code. School treasure
hunt activity
Friday 25th July

TOPIC: The Compass

Show students a compass.
Students complete compass

WEEK
3

Monday 28th July

sheet.
Draw a direction rose on the
board and discus with students
directions and degrees.
Students are shown how to take
bearings.

understand how to take

bearings.

TOPIC: Compass
Navigation

LI: Students demonstrate

compass skills used in previous
lesson in a practical navigation
course.

SC: Students can navigate

successfully through the school
navigation course and show
effective communication skills.

LI: Students demonstrate

compass skills used in previous
lesson in a practical navigation
course.

SC: Students can navigate

successfully through the school
navigation course and show
effective communication skills.

LI: Students learn safety

associated with trangia cooking
and learn how to use the cooker
to effectively cook food.

SC: I can identify the parts of a

trangia stove
I can identify the safety
requirements when using a
trangia stove
I can list 3 meals I can make
using a trangia stove

Do the navigation course setup

prior to lesson.
Recap features of the compass
and take bearing in class.
Take class outside and go
through first navigation game.
Complete second course through
the school in groups.
Friday 1st August

TOPIC: Compass
Navigation Orienteering
Do the navigation course setup
prior to lesson.
Recap features of the compass
and take bearing in class.
Take class outside and go
through first navigation game.
Complete second course through
the school in groups.

WEEK
4

Monday 4th August

TOPIC: Trangia Cooking

Ways to cook when out camping.
Safety concerns regarding
cooking in the outdoors.
Show and discuss PowerPoint on
trangia cooking.
Types of food that can be cooked

on a trangia stove
Label the trangia stove diagram
Friday 8th August

TOPIC: Trangia Cooking

Master chef Cook Of
Cook using trangia outside.

WEEK
5

Monday 11th August

TOPIC: Pitching Hiking

Tents, What to pack
when hiking.
Expectations of tent pitching
exercise outside.
Differences between tents.
Ideal camping spots/what to look
for.
Demonstrate tent pitching.
Students participate in tent
pitching.
Discuss what to pack when
hiking, how to pack your pack.

Friday 15th August

TOPIC: Reading Maps,

drawing maps and
legends
Reading maps, Melways of Lara,
find points on the Map
Drawing a legend and points on
a map

LI: to be able to cook 1 meal or

make a drink using a trangia
stove, using correct safety
precautions

LI: Develop personal and

interpersonal skills to enhance
communication and teamwork
amongst students and increase
student knowledge and skills on
tents.

SC: I have made a meal or drink

using the trangia stove,
I can set up and pack away the
trangia stove correctly
I can use the trangia stove
safely to cook and make drinks
for camping.
SC: Promote student
participation, communication
and teamwork with tent pitching
activity.
I can set up and pack away a
hiking tent with my partner

LI: to understand what a legend

is, the points on a map and how
to find locations on a map

SC: I can draw a legend for a

map, I can label a map and find
points on a map

WEEK
6

Monday 18th August

LI: To become familiar with the

You Yangs National Park and
identify flora and fauna at the
You Yangs

SC: I can list 3 plants and 3

animals found at the You Yangs
National Park
I can list locations in the You
Yangs found on a map

LI: Students demonstrate

compass skills used in previous
lesson in a practical navigation
course.

SC: I can navigate successfully

through the school navigation
course and show effective
communication skills.

Excursion to the You Yangs

orienteering

LI: Students demonstrate

compass skills used in previous
lesson in a practical navigation
course.

SC: Students can navigate

successfully through the school
navigation course and show
effective communication skills.
I can find 3 of the locations in
the You Yangs

TOPIC: Kite building &

Flying/ initiatives/
Frisbee games

LI: to develop skills in planning,

preparing and making kites
using the provided items

SC: I can plan, make a fly my

kite with my partner

TOPIC: Product

LI: To understand what goes into

planning a hiking trip.
To begin planning you hiking trip

SC: I can list what I need to take

on my hiking trip, I can begin
planning my hiking trip to the

TOPIC: You Yangs

Investigation into the You Yangs
Handout worksheet and discuss
flora and fauna found at the You
Yangs
Locations on the You Yangs map

Friday 22nd August

TOPIC: Compass
Navigation
Do the navigation course setup
prior to lesson.
Practice orienteering though the
school in preparation for our trip
to the You Yangs

WEEK
7

Monday 25th August

Friday 29th August

TOPIC: You Yangs

Plan, prepare, make and fly kites

at school
Play ultimate Frisbee after kite
making
WEEK
8

Monday 1st September

Introduction to ELO great

Friday 5th September

outdoors product.
Students are to plan a hiking trip
with a partner that includes 3
days hiking in the Otways,
Students will be required to have
a clothing list, food list and
items they will need. Also using
a Otways map mark on the map
where they will hike.

to present at the end of term

product presentations.

Otways

TOPIC: Product

LI: To understand what goes into

planning a hiking trip.
To begin planning you hiking trip
to present at the end of term
product presentations.

SC: I can list what I need to take

on my hiking trip, I can begin
planning my hiking trip to the
Otways

LI: To understand what goes into

planning a hiking trip.
To begin planning you hiking trip
to present at the end of term
product presentations.

SC: I can list what I need to take

on my hiking trip, I can begin
planning my hiking trip to the
Otways

Introduction to ELO great

outdoors product.
Students are to plan a hiking trip
with a partner that includes 3
days hiking in the Otways,
Students will be required to have
a clothing list, food list and
items they will need. Also using
a Otways map mark on the map
where they will hike.
WEEK
9

Monday 9th September

TOPIC: Product
Introduction to ELO great
outdoors product.
Students are to plan a hiking trip
with a partner that includes 3
days hiking in the Otways,
Students will be required to have
a clothing list, food list and
items they will need. Also using
a Otways map mark on the map
where they will hike.

Friday 12th September

TOPIC: Product
Product presentation

WEEK
10

Monday 15th September

TOPIC: Product

Friday 19th September

Product presentation
End of year activities