Rest assured if you ever get lost at Molesworth Primary our students will be able point you in the right direction!

Yesterday we were visited by Orienteering Coach Will. We discussed and explored what Orienteering is, navigational skills using a map, sometimes with the assistance of a compass, navigating on a vast range of terrain whilst moving at speed and reaching checkpoints!

We played some orienteering races, discussed directions and navigation, practised our compass reading skills, matched orienteering symbols and pictures, used maps to navigate ourselves to get to checkpoints around our school and we also used electronic orienteering equipment!

We look forward to Will’s next visit with us!

Later this term we will be having an Orienteering excursion with a couple of our classes putting their Orienteering skills to the test at Tolosa Park where there will be an Orienteering course set up for us! Our students will put their Orienteering skills to the test as they navigate around the park to find checkpoints in teams.

We would like to pass on a big thank you to Jane from Orienteering Tasmania for organising specialist coaches to run these sessions with us!  

If you are interested in Orienteering and exploring this sport, there are a lot of permanent courses around Tasmania and lots of events throughout the year. If you would like more information about Orienteering, check out the following Orienteering website as it has a lot of great information: https://tasorienteering.asn.au/