OUTDOOR EDUCATION 32F - Full Year
OED32F Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr P. Washbourn.
Recommended Prior LearningStudents should have completed OED22F or passed Level 2 NCEA. Students who have not taken level 2 outdoor education should have an interest in and have experience in outdoor activities. All students selecting this course should have a level of fitness that will allow them to participate in strenuous and extended physical activity.
This course further develops students’ awareness of our environment and extends them to take on leadership roles. Students will strengthen skills in self-management, group support and teamwork. The first half of the course focuses on preparing the students to be independent and informed users of the outdoors, developing bushcraft, survival skills and emergency care. In the second half the focus is on leadership, using Adventure Based Learning activities to develop small group leadership and facilitation skills. The work is based in practical contexts including tramping, trip planning, survival skills, river crossing, outdoor emergency care, small group leadership
This includes a significant number of trips during school time. Students are expected to manage the workload and commitments to make themselves available.
Assessment
All assessments are Unit Standards and are internally assessed.
Future Possibilities
Standards from this course contribute towards a National Certificate in Outdoor Recreation. Tertiary pathways include a range of courses at institutions such as Tai Poutini Polytechnic (Greymouth), Ara (Christchurch) and NMIT (Nelson). Some students have participated in the Horizons GAP year programme.
Course Overview
Term 1
This term focuses on personal self-management skills and developing knowledge and skills to independently prepare and organise multi-night tramping experiences. We will have two 3-day tramping experiences in the Arthur's Pass region. There will be a focus on river-crossing and bush survival skills in the second half of Term 1.
Term 2
We focus in Term 2 on outdoor emergency care, extending first aid knowledge gained at Level 2 to caring for a patient in an isolated location. This will involve significant practical experience through scenarios and assessment will be based around a 3-day residential camp at the craigieburn environmental education centre.
Term 3
In Term 3 we focus on leadership skills and small group activity facilitation. Ākonga will work through adventure based learning contexts to demonstrate peer leadership. These experiences will then be used to design a course for year 10 Outdoor Education students at Papanui High School, to be delivered during term 4.
Term 4
Ākonga will deliver and evaluate a leadership experience with year 10 students at Papanui High School.
Year 13, Health, PE, & Outdoor Ed.
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
A contribution will be requested to defray the costs of overnight camps.
Note: Students will be expected to provide some of their own equipment for aspects of this course including basic outdoor clothing and equipment: a raincoat (waterproof and preferably breathable), thermal base layer clothing, synthetic or wool insulation layer clothing, sturdy footwear, a sleeping bag and a tramping pack.