Schools Program

Advice and Information Orienteering Victoria staff are able to assist in a wide range of areas: How to get an orienteering program up and running in your school Which parks are available for school use? Where can we get the equipment to establish an orienteering program? Are there maps for the areas that we would like to use? Orienteering Australia has a new Schools Orienteering page. It has some great information including an article: How to run a successful Orienteering Program.doc  Lesson Plans  Star Relay.pdf  Cloverleaf Courses.pdf Score Orienteering.pdf Map Walk and Legend.pdf Orienteering Games.pdf

Come and Try Orienteering – Parkland Orienteering Half day sessions are organised on a needs basis for both Primary and Secondary Schools. The sessions generally run for 2 – 2.5 hours. The orienteering sessions is all set up for you and maps prepared. You arrive with your students, our staff teach your students who will spend 2 – 2.5 hours learning to read maps and navigate. Parkland areas generally used: Brimbank Park, Cardinia Reservoir Park, Eltham Lower Park, Darebin Parklands, Hanging Rock – Macedon, Maroondah Reservoir Park, Jells Park, Westerfolds Park.

Bushland Orienteering

• Cardinia Reservoir Park - Narre Warren
• Lysterfield Lake Park - Endeavour Hills
• Watsons Glen – Yarra Glen
• Macedon Pines – Macedon
• Gilwell Park - Gembrook
• Bullengarook - near Gisborne

Team Building and Communication Orienteering Activity

Activity Session Rates

School membership ($100) provides tangible benefits

Parkland areas : 2 - 2.5 hour sessions

* This chart is a guideline to costs which may vary a little depending on map used and distance from Melbourne.

# Parks Victoria has a ‘park user’ fee applicable to : all metropolitan parks $1.60pp


Gilwell Park, Gembrook = $3 per student

VOA ABN = 85 554 483 914

The following costs are approximate and will vary with numbers

Minimum fees are listed below.

Bush areas : half and full day sessions (Incl gst)

• Lysterfield - $400
• Bullengarook - $430
• Macedon Forest- $430

  These are BASE fees, and will vary according to numbers. Discounts apply to Orienteering Victoria members.

Professional Development Courses

Three levels of Professional Development courses are available to teachers.

• PASE
  • 1.5 – 3 hr introductory courses enabling teachers to set up basic 3 session programs in their schools.
  • Costs vary according to location, numbers and length of session.
• LEVEL O “Orientation to Orienteering” Course
  • This is a 3 - 4  hour theory and practical course, usually held on one day.
  • It provides teachers with all the skills and knowledge to set up a comprehensive, sequential orienteering program in their school and to use nearby parklands.
  • Course fee  POA
• LEVEL ONE NCAS ACCREDITATION ( Sports Specific)
•           Recognition of Prior Learning ( RPL) for the General Principles section of this course - is credited to 
•           all qualified PE and Outdoor Education Staff
• • This Sports Specific is a one day course ( 8 hours) is designed for PE and OE teachers ( with experience of teaching in the out of doors).
  • It is a comprehensive, practically based, sports specific course designed for teachers aiming to extend their orienteering programs into the bush environment.
  • Course fee = $80 incl GST ( to members: $160 to non members)

Map Making

• Black and white map – schoolgrounds, nearby parklands, campsites
• Full colour maps – for detailed parklands, campsites and bush areas

Fees = basic black and white schoolground map is $450 incl gst. Costs vary depending on – quality of base map, size of area to be mapped, detail to be field-worked and distance to be travelled.