Resources for Teachers

Orienteering resources for teachers provided by Orienteering Western Australia include:

• The Orienteering for Schools booklet aimed at teachers interested in developing their own orienteering programs.
• Lesson plans from Mike Sibbald, an orienteering coach and teacher, whose school (St Brigids PS) has consistently achieved success at inter-school orienteering competitions.
• Permanent orienteering courses, updated recently and now promoted as Anytime Orienteering; plus a range of other maps.
• Our Orienteering Shop can also provide equipment for schools.

Orienteering Queensland has a useful resource 'Orienteering Games' available in both electronic and hard copy versions.
Orienteering Australia also has a YouTube page which has a series of short instructional videos that may be of use to teachers.

There are also many useful resources, including more videos, accessible from the IOF (International Orienteering Federation) website's Youth Orienteering page.

Some of the more useful resources include:

• the Silva web-book Orienteering at School for Ages 6-12;
• British Orienteering Federation's Challenge Sheets; and
• the IOF's YouTube Channel.