Kayaking

Activity theme: • practise kayaking skills • plan a trip involving movement on water/sea • practise safe access and companion rescue (buddy rescue) FLL1 competence aims: • explore and carry out activities and trips in the local area across the seasons • plan, carry out and reflect on trips with several overnight stays in different natural environments and across the seasons • assess and prepare food appropriate for friluftsliv (the Norwegian tradition of unhurried, outdoor open-air living) trips • understand the importance of, and use, appropriate clothing in different types of friluftsliv • use, maintain and look after equipment and tools in an appropriate way • cooperate in order to contribute to community, social experiences and mastery • carry out safe access and practise a friluftsliv that takes account of nature • use first aid and life-saving skills in connection with friluftsliv • reflect on the significance friluftsliv can have for the individual • use first aid and life-saving skills in connection with friluftsliv FLL2 competence aims: * plan and carry out activities and trips in the local area independently and together

• plan, carry out and assess trips with several overnight stays in different natural environments and across the seasons
• understand the importance of an appropriate diet on trips and explore the possibilities nature offers us as a food source
• understand common weather signs (værtegn) and the warnings nature gives, and take account of these
• use equipment and tools in a sustainable way,
• use first aid and life-saving skills in connection with the friluftsliv the pupil practises
• practise and reflect on sustainable travel in nature
• plan, carry out and assess activities and trips as a guide for a group
• carry out and assess friluftsliv trips in which a sense of mastery, experiences of nature and community are central
• assess possible health benefits of friluftsliv Relevance to the subject / specifics: • Gain experience of paddling a kayak • Learn paddling techniques • Read a map on water/at sea • Safe access on water/at sea • try companion rescue (buddy rescue) • practise and understand the purpose of “buddy kayaking” • make a trip plan and carry out a ferdaråd — a pre-departure safety briefing where the group agrees the route and turn-around points — before the trip • work so that the whole group experiences a sense of mastery • practise leave-no-trace travel (sporløs ferdsel) Type of trip: Day trip, Overnight trip, Sea, Lake/watercourse Season: Autumn, Summer, Spring

Good teaching plans for paddling a kayak:

• Basic kayak training
• Advanced techniques, games and activities
• Kayak technique test
• Risk assessment for access on water

Worth teaching the pupils:

• Rules of the road at sea