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Written by Tim Neobard
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Saturday, 01 December 2007 |
Basic learning activities requiring some concentration, education on scout law, blind awareness and self-awareness with code of conduct.
19:30 Fall in & flag break
19:35 1st game:
Diversionary tactic - get all scouts to take of off shoes. Throw into bucket and jumble up. Whilst they sort them out...
TILT:
Requires: A billy can half filled with water per team. Aluminum cake
container per team (don't use foil, it tends to leak!). Alka-seltzer
tablet per team.
(whilst they are looking for their shoes, lay out an obstable course)
For each patrol put an alka seltzer in the foil cake dish and then
float one cake dish in each patrols billy can. The pratrols must now
transport the billycan through an obstacle course without the table
getting wet or falling in the water. They are not allowed to touch the
foil disk or the tablet. The patrols could either carry the billy cans
by their handles or if you are feeling mean you could get them to pick
them up between two poles.
19:50 Revision of the scout Law & Code of conduct
We have a white board. First we wrote down all the rules (even the
silly ones) down the left and right sides of the board until full. We
then voted on each one (by raising hands) the ones that got voted for
became our code of conduct. Compare these to the scout law.
20:00 Game & drinks, blind trail.
Split into patrols (ideally three!). Duty patrol makes drinks and
serves. The rest have time to update record cards and look at badges
and set targets. They could equally plan camp menus etc. Duty patrol
exits whilst rest drink and setup the first trail.
Team one: setup blind trail
Team two: fill in record cards
Team three: follow blind trail (team one watches). Then move the groups around base-fashion.
Blind trail requirements:
Length of string, canes, outside area and scarves!
Scouts start the trail and link ropes/string along the trail. We allow
them pretty much free rein over where they want to run it - best
through woodland, up/down slopes and over trees.
20:40 hand signals
Traditional hand signals and whistle training. When whistle is blown,
they follow the signals given. eg, whistle and half moon shape means
arrange themselves in a horse shoe, pointing hands forward means get in
patrol lines behind patrol leader etc. Make your own up if you don't
know any.
20:50 notices, flag break, duty patrol to clear hal |
