The Orienteering Company

The Orienteering Company A small business developing orienteering in schools. Mapping, permanent orienteering plaques, schemes of work.

Dan and Michelle Riley set up the orienteering company. Michelle is a level 2 orienteering coach and keen orienteer. Dan is a level 3 orienteering coach, coach educator, qualified teacher and British Orienteering Services Officer at British Orienteering. Michelle learnt the art of orienteering mapping as an apprentice and has been developing orienteering in schools for the last 13 years. Dan has d

eveloped the scheme of work and delivers the teacher training. He is qualified to deliver the 'teaching orienteering' courses endorsed by British Orienteering and is also able offer targeted inset / twilight delivery. We have developed a set of permanent markers that tie into the National curriculum using numbers as products and factors, single letter anagrams and phonic sounds for younger students. The scheme of work contains 20 progressive sessions typically aimed at KS2 but can be easily adapted for younger students and for high school students in KS3 and KS4. The sessions are a mixture of skills and competition based activities. We have created the packages to make delivering orienteering convenient for the busy teacher. These include markers permanently in place and a bespoke schemes of work with sessions, maps with answers ready to print. The teacher training sessions help to embed this resource and make staff confident to deliver orienteering. Together these resources make the delivery of orienteering in a school environment as convenient as possible for the teacher, reducing planning and preparation time to virtually nothing. Orienteering can be linked to National Curriculum in PE, Geography, Maths, Science, language and communication and this type of outdoor learning helps create a growth mindset, is character building and develops resilience. Developing orienteering in schools is a great option for sports premium funding as it meets the governments requirements for the funding to:

"make additional and sustainable improvements to the quality of PE and sport on offer"

"add to the PE and sports activities your school already offers"

"makes improvements now to benefit pupils joining in future years"

Beautiful autumn colours and blue sky as I'm installing a silver orienteering package for St John the Baptist RC Primary...
07/11/2025

Beautiful autumn colours and blue sky as I'm installing a silver orienteering package for St John the Baptist RC Primary School in Burnley.

Creating a new Orienteering map for Liverpool Hope University on a beautiful day.
12/06/2025

Creating a new Orienteering map for Liverpool Hope University on a beautiful day.

Sunny spring day mapping and installing markers for a gold package in Blackpool
13/03/2025

Sunny spring day mapping and installing markers for a gold package in Blackpool

First time a dog has joined in with one of my teacher training sessions after school yesterday, but he was most welcome ...
30/01/2025

First time a dog has joined in with one of my teacher training sessions after school yesterday, but he was most welcome (even if he did try to steal my cones!)

Perfect cup of tea to warm me up on a cold and frosty morning. Installing the first of 3 Gold packages for Frank Field E...
16/01/2025

Perfect cup of tea to warm me up on a cold and frosty morning. Installing the first of 3 Gold packages for Frank Field Education Trust at Handforth Grange Primary School.

Feeling Christmassy installing a silver package for The King's School, Pontefract.
18/12/2024

Feeling Christmassy installing a silver package for The King's School, Pontefract.

Delighted to be part of the British Orienteering Recognised Delivery Partner Scheme
24/10/2024

Delighted to be part of the British Orienteering Recognised Delivery Partner Scheme

Out working on an Xplorer map in Moss Bank Park Bolton. Ruby the spaniel helping me...
04/10/2024

Out working on an Xplorer map in Moss Bank Park Bolton. Ruby the spaniel helping me...

A busy week in Bradford, Wakefield and Rawtenstall working with some wonderful schools. I've enjoyed the sunshine!
20/09/2024

A busy week in Bradford, Wakefield and Rawtenstall working with some wonderful schools. I've enjoyed the sunshine!

Updating the Orienteering provision for Hanson Academy in Bradford.
13/09/2024

Updating the Orienteering provision for Hanson Academy in Bradford.

A busy week mapping Grange School for a silver package and mapping/installing markers at Eaton Bank Academy and Silver S...
04/05/2024

A busy week mapping Grange School for a silver package and mapping/installing markers at Eaton Bank Academy and Silver Springs Primary Academy for the Gold.

Address

New Mills
SK223BT

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Orienteering Company posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to The Orienteering Company:

Shortcuts

Share

Category