Whole-Class Score: Every Control, Together

The whole class shares one goal: visit all 30 controls as fast as possible, splitting the work among six groups and tracking it on a large map at base. It builds cooperation, planning and communication.

How to play

1. Explanation: each group brings back codes and writes them on the large map; the clock stops when all 30 are in (5 min).
2. Spokespeople meet to split up zones and controls (4 min).
3. First timed attempt (10 min).
4. Review: repeated controls, missed ones, idle groups; agree on a new plan (5 min).
5. Second timed attempt with the new plan (9 min).
6. Compare times and wrap up: which decision helped the class most (2 min).

Rules

• A code goes on the large map only if it was read at the control.
• Each group leaves and returns together.
• Everyone goes out: map and recorder roles rotate.
• Walk near the base.

Variations

Adaptations

• Students with limited mobility: act as spokesperson and run the big map in one attempt, then head out to an accessible zone in the other.
• Autistic students: a fixed, clear role in the group.
• Students with low vision: go out with a guide partner and read codes together.

Learning goals

• Cooperate toward a whole-class goal.
• Plan and divide tasks using the map.
• Review an attempt and improve it.

Equipment for a class of 25

• orienteering markers: 30
• schoolyard maps: 12
• large wall map: 1
• markers: 6
• stopwatch: 1

Teacher tip

No large map? Draw the yard on the gym whiteboard or on butcher paper. Common mistake: every group goes for the close controls; zone planning comes up naturally in the review.

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