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Activity: ‘5-a-Day’ Dash

Children use their orienteering maps to locate specified control markers. At each one, they choose a fruit or vegetable to be one of their ‘5-a-Day’.

Summary

  1. Children find the locations of specified control markers using their orienteering maps.
  2. When they locate a control marker, they choose from three different fruits and vegetables to be one of their ‘5-a-Day’.
  3. They record the first letter from the control marker next to the fruit or vegetable that they chose.

    Key Facts

  • Science
  • Key Stage 1
  • Key Stage 2
  • Healthy Eating
  • Activity Sheet Download Required
  • Orienteering Control Markers Required
  • Orienteering Map Required
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