3.5 Planning an adventurous extramural activity  (Page 3/4)

1. How healthy is the menu? Give reasons for your answer.

2. Are most of the ingredients fresh and is it easy to prepare the dishes? Give reasons for your answers.

3. Have you remembered to find out whether there are any vegetarians, or vegans, in your group? Do you know what they eat?

4. Is the kind of food that is suggested suitable for the age group and the occasion? Give reasons.

5. How cost effective is your menu? If there are 30 people in the group, how much money should be spent on food for the week-end?

• You can also calculate the cost per person and then multiply it by the number of people.

(Or ask a home economics expert or someone’s mother who is experienced in this kind of activity to help you draw up the food budget. You could also ask for suggestions on how to make appetizing but cost-effective meals.)

Step 5

Guidelines for packing your clothes and other requirements are very important

• Formulate your guidelines, using the following questions as basis:

1. Which factors should be taken into account when you pack your bag with clothes, shoes and toiletries for the weekend?

2. Taking the above-mentioned factors into consideration, draw up your guidelines now. Make headings, e.g. “shoes”, “warm clothes” and “toiletries” so that it will be easy to check everything.

3. Ask a friend to evaluate your list in 2. How well have you done?

Step 6

• Now for the most important part: the activities programme!

By now you have had some experience in setting up programmes. Do you still remember the programme that was designed to promote fitness and mobility?

• You must now design a programme that will keep everyone at the camp busy. Such a programme should include the following:

• Your aims and objectives
• Items for individual activity and team work
• Rules for the activities (especially if the games are new and people don’t know them)
• A schedule to indicate when and where each activity will take place
• A list of th equipment needed (e.g. balls)

Remember:

1. It is important that you also include activities for those people at the camp who are possibly not as fit and mobile as the rest. You don’t want them to feel out of place. Be tactful.

2. Ensure that all the people at the camp can participate in the activities. Plan your mealtimes as well as periods when you can have a bit of a rest.

3. Make sure that your activities fit in with the environment, the age group and that nature is left undisturbed.

4. This programme of activities can be a “masterpiece” for your portfolio. Ask the teacher what is expected of you – can you do your own thing altogether on your own?

5. The teacher may look at 1 - 4 in order to assess your programme.

6. Before you hand in your programme, ask a friend for his / her opinion. Look at the example of a form for this purpose (below). If changes / improvements are necessary, accept your

friend’s positive suggestions for improving your programme graciously. If you differ from your friend, ask your teacher to look over the programme before you hand it in for assessment.

Evaluation form: