Author Archive for Jason Falconer
Tuesday Training
Tonights frozen pea souper put the dedicated into action again. Short Hills was the session- Coming to tuesdays is part of becoming a regular runner, and the social afterwards is a great time for a catch up and review of races at the weekend. come down as winter miles mean summer smiles
Posted on Tue, 24th January 2017 by Jason Falconer2017 GCSE P.E Assessments- Orienteering.
A great pleasure to be surprised by colleagues at Winton and Glenmoor that although Orienteering has now left the Secondary Curriculum, 2015-16 students would still be allowed to choose this for part of their assessment in 16-17 academic year. As a reminder its 10% of the whole qualification, […]
Posted on Wed, 11th January 2017 by Jason FalconerPhysical Education Assessments-Orienteering 2015
Starting the year right this year I was lucky enough to run an intensive 2 day Orienteering G.C.S.E assessment last Monday and Tuesday 5 and 6th January, heres how it happened. Secondary school students can opt in to a Physical Education component of their exams for their last year of Secondary school, year 11 in […]
Posted on Thu, 17th December 2015 by Jason FalconerP.E.D.D.S.A Inter schools Orienteering Competitions
Last Friday 2015 was the culmination of several weeks organising an Inter-schools competition at Upton Country Park in Poole with Katrina from P.E.D.D.S.A.( Poole and East Dorset School Sport Association) Im celebrating this here as anyone who works with schools will testify – its hard work but worth all the trouble for the outcomes! 140 […]
Posted on Wed, 18th March 2015 by Jason FalconerCar- free Orienteering.
Car- free Orienteering. By far the biggest environmental impact of Orienteering is the carbon footprint of travel to events, as we really operate on a minimal basis whilst running events. Other than a generator to power computers and that sound at assembly there isn’t anything to detract from the peace of the forest during our […]
Posted on Sat, 18th January 2014 by Jason Falconer