Outdoors & Nature · Grade 5

Skills

• Packs correctly for a day outdoors: water, food, layers, map, torch.
• Lights and extinguishes a fire safely where it is permitted.
• Knows when weather or terrain means turning back, and turns back.
• Identifies 20+ local species across plants, birds, insects and mammals.
• Knows the moon phases and finds the Pole Star or the local equivalent.
• Knows which local wildlife is protected, and why it matters.
• Navigates an unfamiliar route with a paper map and a compass, and arrives.
• Knows what to do if lost outdoors: stop, stay put, stay visible, stay warm.
• Judges a natural risk: deep water, loose rock, thin ice, an incoming tide, a coming storm.