We had an open afternoon so were unable to visit the woods. Instead we stayed on site and the children practised giving and using 4-figure grid references.

Each trio ( made up of someone who was competent at handling grid refs), plus two, was given a set of 6 pieces of coloured card and a laminated map of the school front garden- a relatively small area with plenty of features. The map was made from an orienteering map and I had drawn on a grid and scale. The groups had to draw a picture on each piece of card then hide them and list the grid references. Early finishers had to hide an extra card somewhere extra tricky. Another group then had to use  the grid refs to find the cards and write down the pictures in the correct order.

The activity went  well and even though there were many mistakes it was all very good practice. In the end the groups had to go and see if any of their cards were left then we had a wee play with compasses.

Next time I would ask children to double check their references before swapping them over.