scouts

The magazine

for Scout Leaders June/July 2011

Make amendsDiscover how the

requirements for some badges have been

changed

Inspect your gadgets

Teach the Troop to build proper camp equipment

An auction programme to excite, entertain and educate

An auction programme to excite, entertain and educateTHAT’S YOUR LOT

GET FLEXIOffer your time on

your terms

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INTRO

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WELCOME

Bianca Cole talks you through the latest issue of your Scouts supplement

It’s summer time so lots of you will be getting ready for camps, adventures

and fun with your young people.

In the following pages you will find the usual mix of ideas for activities,

badges and skills training to help you along.

Also included are details of minor changes to the activity badges and

challenge awards. These have been made after gathering feedback from

a number of sources.

We are always interested to hear from you regarding badge requirements,

and suggestions for new badges. Any suggestions we receive are collated and

incorporated into development work at the relevant time. We are currently

working on developing the programme, taking your views into account.

You may have noticed that for the last few issues we have been focusing

on particular Troops and their programme. In this issue, we feature the 16th

Edgware who invited us along for a fantastic evening running a programme

in the Beliefs and Attitudes zone.

We are always looking for suitable case studies to include or Troops to visit

and feature. If you meet in an unusual place, have a Scout who has done

something extra special, have different ways of operating, or would like us

to feature a programme you’re running, please contact us at scouting.

[email protected], we look forward to hearing from you.

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Contents

Published by

The Programme TeamThe Scout AssociationGilwell Park Chingford LondonE4 7QWTel: 0845 300 1818

Contributions to:[email protected]

AdvertisingRichard [email protected]: 020 8962 1258

Contributors: Eddie Langdown, Louise Henderson, Jenny Winn, Christine Miles

Cover photo: Elis Matthews

For ease of reading, this supplement refers to all variations of ‘county’ groupings simply as County.

You can read all the section supplements, and the main magazine, online at www.scouts.org.uk/magazine

4 NewsUpdates and happenings from across the UK

6 PartnersCoastguard competition and a great offer from Cotswold Outdoor

7 Badge changesUpdates and changes to badge requirements

8 Life for saleAn auction programme to excite, entertain and educate

12 Camp gadgetsTeach your Troop how to make their own camp equipment

14 RAFT of measuresAn activity to offer protection from the summer sun

15 The most wonderful time...Bookings are now open for the 85th Gilwell Reunion

16 Create skilled young leaders

Ways to help a young Patrol Leader get the proper respect

Eddie Langdown, Louise Henderson, Jenny

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Don’t let your Troop miss out on an opportunity to camp abroad in 2012 Contact us today to start planning your next adventure!

Forest adventures and a tree top assault course at

De Kluis in Belgium

A jamboree every summer at Kandersteg International Scout Centre (KISC) in Switzerland

Medieval games and activities in the shadow of Scout Castle

Rieneck in Germany

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Great Outdoors!

Give your Troop a true Scouting experience Give your Troop a true Scouting experience Give your Troop a true Scouting experience

on a Venture Abroad camping Holiday!


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News and updatesLadies firstThe 1st Park Gate Sea Scout Group is certainly not wet behind the ears when it comes to ground-breaking Scouting. All of their five Patrol Leaders are girls. Not bad when you consider there are 25 boys in the Troop too. Four of the girls have also already achieved their Chief Scout’s Gold Award. Scout Leader Paul Heaney said: ‘We have had a few female Patrol Leaders in the past, but seven of our ten most senior Scouts are currently female and very active participants. We aim to spend most of the Summer Term on the water and our Patrol leaders – Anna, Ellie, Miranda, Madeleine and Katie – will play a leading part in making that happen.’

See p16 for a feature on creating skilled Patrol Leaders.


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NEWS

Scouting goes mobileMy Badges, the official badge app of The Scout Association, is now available for iPhone and iPod Touch users. Ideal for quick reference at meetings or camp it contains the requirements for every badge and award in the UK 6-25 programme.

The Scout Association’s first smart phone app allows you to fit the entire programme in your pocket or purse. It comes with a host of features to make Scouting easier wherever you happen to be, including:• Requirements for every badge and award • Promise and Law for all ages (including variations).• Interactive badge position diagrams • Ability to track personal progress • Share email/text links to scouts.org.uk (iPod Touch

- email only). • Adjustable text size

Filled with great graphics and images of every badge, participating in the programme has just got easier and more fun for all Scouts.

Available now from iTunes (£1.19). See how it works at scouts.org.uk/tv

Faith and awareness events August/September August 1 Ramadanbegins–Muslim

9 TishaB’av–Jewish

13 RakshaBandhan–Hindu

15 AssumptionoftheBlessed

VirginMary–Christian

22 KrishaJanmashtami

–Hindu

26 LailatalKadr–Muslim

26 Women’sEqualityDay

(USA)

31 EidalFitr(Ramadanends)

–Muslim

September 1 GaneshChaturthi–Hindu

8 NativityofMary–Christian

8 InternationalLiteracyDay

14 HolyCrossDay–Christian

21 InternationalDayofPeace

22 WorldCar-FreeDay

28 Navaratribegins–Hindu

29-30 RoshHashanah–Jewish

Scouts Question TimeGot a burning issue that you want to share? Want to hear other points of view? Scouts Question Time will be in Leeds on 25 June for an afternoon of discussion on the main topics of the day with a distinguished panel of guests from the world of politics and media.

Whether it’s the effects of the

recession on your Scout Group, how changes to education will affect you and your family, or even asking which football team the panellists support, Scouts Question Time is the place for you to have your say.

To book your place, please register your interest by emailing [email protected]


Water ways to win

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

is running a special competition where you can

win money for your Troop by spreading an

important safety message. MCA is asking

Scouts to produce a resource which outlines how a person

should prepare before going to the coast.

This could be a leaflet/poster, a film, a presentation, or

a radio advert. Your Troop can do this individually or in

Patrols. You can get more information about the

competition and other resources provided by the Agency

at www.scouts.org.uk/mca

The deadline for entries is 31 October 2011. The winner will receive £500 towards an adventure of their choice while two runners-up will be awarded £300 and £200 respectively.

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Badges

Badge changesWhen the current programme was introduced in 2002, The Scout Association committed to keeping it up-to-date by making amendments at regular intervals. We recently examined the requirements of the current activity badges and challenge awards to make sure that they are still relevant and suitable as Jenny Winn reports

We gathered views from:

• comments sent to the Programme Team over the last

three years

• focus groups held last autumn

• discussion groups at the 2010/11 round of Development

Advice and Support Days

• Your Programme, Your Voice questionnaire in February

2010

• advice given by the specialist UK volunteers.

The feedback received tells us that most of the badges are

still relevant and suitable, and only minor changes are

needed.

Badges changedAngler – removed a requirement that was incorrect

Astronautics – removed a requirement that was very difficult to complete

Canoeist – renamed Paddlesports

Cyclist – altered to match the Bikeability Scheme

My Faith – altered to acknowledge the faith experiences that some Scouts will go through

World Faiths – changed to suggest places to visit

Water Sports – updates to the names of the National Governing bodies and the awards

IT – updated to reflect changes in technology

At the same time as updating the requirements for the

badges and awards we have also updated the flexibility

statement for young people working towards their badges

and awards.

Note on flexibilityEvery individual who undertakes an activity badge should

face a similar degree of challenge and as a result some

requirements may need to be adapted.

It is completely acceptable to change some of the

requirements of the badges to allow individuals to access

the badge (for example where there are special needs,

cultural issues, or religious considerations to take into

account). The requirements outlined for the activity

badges do allow for some flexibility in order to obtain the

badge.

If you would like help or advice when considering

adapting the requirements of a badge please contact

us at [email protected].

Where to find the new requirementsThe updated requirements are available in the Member

Resources pages on www.scouts.org.uk They will also be

incorporated into Troop Programme when it is reprinted.

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Given the choice between good looks, supportive family

and a sense of humour, what would you bid for in an

auction? It’s a tricky decision and one which usually sparks

much discussion and debate among Scouts.

This programme certainly gets your Troop thinking

about what’s really important in life.

Elis Matthews visited the 16th Edgware in Stanmore to see how the Troop conducted this programme in the Beliefs and Attitudes zone

Life for sale


1. First, choose an auctioneer

This is a challenging role as their ability to manage proceedings and add

a little panache is critical to the success of the activity. Scout Leader

Sam Gaus fitted the bill superbly.

2. Have the Scouts queue up to get their spending money

Everyone gets £900 as a base amount, but roll

a dice to apportion an extra £100-£600. This instantly

teaches your Troop that life isn’t fair.


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INTROPROGRAMME IN PICTURES

3. Hand out catalogues

Hand out catalogues of the lots for the Scouts

to study. Allow them a couple of minutes to plan

their strategy.

Lot: 015 A job you enjoy You will spend most of your life working. You may as well enjoy what you are doing. Lot: 016 Organisation skills You’ll never be late or not know what you are doing again. Things will run smoothly for you. Lot: 017 The ability to dance After this you will no longer have two left feet. Lot: 018 Artistic ability The master of the paintbrush and canvas, you will be able to create great works of art Lot: 019 Power Power and influence over the people around you… move over Donald Trump. Lot: 020 Multi-lingual Communication is the key, you will be able to speak multiple languages and learn others easily. Lot: 021 Good with technology Welcome to the world of techno-joy. If it involves a computer, you can do it.

Lot: 022 A loving relationship A loving and faithful partner to spend the rest of your life with. Lot: 023 Sporting talent Good on the pitch, court or field: success is your at any sport Lot: 024 Listening skills Listening others and being able to understand what they are saying, can be helpful in problematic situations . Lot: 025 Inner peace Contentment, self awareness and positivity all in the one lot.

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Life Auction Ltd does not take any

3. Hand out catalogues

THE FULL LIST OF LOTS WHICH THE 16TH EDGWARE BID FORLot: 001 Good memory You will never forget buying this lot… in fact there will be very little that you will forget. Lot: 002 Ability to make friends easily They will call you a social butterfly with this lot. Never again will you struggle to make friends. Lot: 003 A good sense of humour Laughter is said to be the best medicine, in that sense you are a pharmacist once you have bought this. Lot: 004 A vivid imagination Being able to create whole worlds in your head, you will never lack an idea again. Lot: 005 A supportive family A loving family that will help and support you in whatever you decide to do in life. Lot: 006 Leadership skills A natural born leader, you will be able to lead any group or team to success. Lot: 007 Good looks Beauty and poise to rival any model.

Lot: 008 A healthy body Fit as a fiddle, you’ll never worry about health problems or medical bills again. Lot: 009 Musical talent Be it classical, rock, instruments or singing; your talent is sure to entertain and amaze. Lot: 010 Courage No longer will you be the cowardly lion. This lot of courage will help you through the hardest of challenges . Lot: 011 Fame Your name will be on everybody’s lips. Lot: 012 Strong faith A deep and spiritual belief in the highest power. Lot: 013 A good education These good grades will make you the envy of your classmates. Lot: 014 Wealth Money makes the world go round, and you will have more than you share.

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6. Use Young Leaders

Young Leaders can keep track of who’s spent what,

and resolve any squabbles between bidders.

5. Begin the bidding

4. Explain the etiquette for an auction

Try to create some order. Having a gavel, and setting up the

room like a proper auction house helps create the correct

atmosphere and ensure that things don’t get too rowdy.

Keep the pace up as you go through the lots.

Some Scouts will use up all their money in the first

few lots. If this happens, it’s good to give them

jobs in the auction house to keep them engaged.

and resolve any squabbles between bidders.


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WHAT DID THE TROOP THINK?Jake: ‘I won good memory and vivid imagination. I didn’t really want these the most. I was bidding so that someone else would end up paying a lot of money, but it backfired and I ended up paying £1,100 for a vivid imagination. I feel terrible.’

Gideon: ‘I got a good education for £700. Bargain.’

Eli: ‘I won wealth. If you have money, you can buy lots of other things you want. Maybe you can’t buy true friends, but you can get music lessons and a personal trainer. I’m happy with my choice.’

Libi: ‘I paid £1,500 for a supportive family. If your family aren’t supportive, who else is going to be there for you? If you don’t enjoy life, you’re miserable.’

THE LEADER’S PERSPECTIVEWhat went well?Getting the Scouts to think about what they wanted to bid for. It created general levels of excitement in the room.

What would you do differently next time?I’d shorten it slightly. The Scouts that spent their money in the beginning got bored towards the end of the game. We could perhaps have explained the rules of auctioning and bidding a bit better to avoid this.

Did you enjoy it?Yes, thoroughly. Everyone did; leaders and the young people.

Would you do it again?Yes, but perhaps in a different subject area.

Stephen Gafson, Assistant Scout Leader

7. Discuss the results

Once the auction is over, go through the results

with the Scouts. What went for the most money?

What went for the least? Why was this? Are they

happy with what they got, or would they rather

have bought different qualities? What was the

point of the activity?

StatisticsSupportive family went for the highest total;

a whopping £1,500.

Good memory (the first lot) and the

ability to dance went for the lowest

amounts (around £400).

The bidding was frenzied for the first few

lots, as everyone went for everything, but

after that subsided, Scouts were more

tactical about the items they bid for.

WHAT DID THE TROOP WHAT DID THE TROOP THE LEADER’S THE LEADER’S



Camp GadgetsThe conflict between the traditional and practical is one which Scout leaders wrestle with every day. Our own Mr Traditional and Mr Practical Eddie Langdown looks at how to solve this conundrum when preparing for camp

In keeping with many Troops, we encourage

Patrols to build their own ‘sites’ on camp. These

tend to include a kitchen, chopping area, altar fire,

dining/food store, fire shelters, and a male and

a female tent.

Each Patrol makes a traditional, eight stave, dresser-

cum-washing-up-stand. They all rope-off their chopping

area, make a graduated wood pile, fix up a line to dry

towels, put together some form of boot-rack and (usually)

build a gateway.

Practice makes perfectWe take about 50 hazel staves to camp, which

are continually replaced, but some of them are

12 years old now. If your Patrols have practised

basic knots and lashings on Troop nights, they

should be able to arrive at camp, set-up their sites

and cook their first patrol meal in about three

hours or so.

Preparation and revisionAs with all successful

Scouting activities,

preparation and fun

ways of revising is

everything.

Spend

Three conditions for teaching your Scouts how to make camp gadgets

1. They all must work and make sense to the young

people. Your Troop needs to recognise why a

roped-off chopping area is safer, how using a

drying line prevents wet towels soaking their kit,

how a dresser makes washing-up easier and so on.

2. Scouts need to see that the traditional way is

often the best way. However we also need to be

honest and accept that an old wooden table-top

is not a hygienic food preparation surface and

that a hastily constructed altar fire could collapse

under the sheer weight of fire and pots. For this

reason

I had folding steel altar fires built. I also believe

that a well prepared meal should be enjoyed

sitting at a table not balanced on your knee.

I also think the best accompaniment is table

manners and lively conversation.

3. The gadgets are largely put together at the start

of camp and then used. Your Troop must see

them employed in a practical sense, not

as a decoration.

should be able to arrive at camp, set-up their sites

Preparation and revisionAs with all successful

Scouting activities,

preparation and fun

ways of revising is

everything.

Spend


MOD CONSWe have also compiled a list of your favourite tecchy gadgets which you love to camp with. See p30 of the main magazine.

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SCOUTING SKILLS

winter Scout nights practising basic square and sheer

lashings to make a ladder to reach sweets on a high beam.

Look at videos and pictures of previous camps because

some young people might only build a Patrol site once or

twice a year and might need a quick reminder or refresher.

Hold a gateway/flagpole/dresser-building competition

on Troop nights. This can be great fun. Our Young Leaders

were recently teaching dresser-building skills to one Patrol

and made Patrol Leaders lay towels underneath the

newly-assembled contraptions, while bowls were filled

with water by the Patrol above. This tested their

confidence in the structure.

The swing of thingsFinally, big bold gateways are always worth constructing.

They should say ‘Welcome’ and encourage visitors.

Swing-doors, a portcullis and turnstiles are possible

additions using washed-out plastic bottles buried in the

ground for staves to revolve-in and water-filled bottles

as counter-weights.

Just type ‘Camp Gadgets’ into a search engine and

you’ll find lots more great ideas to help you start your

Scouts building these and much more.

Building gadgets is just one of the many skills featured in A Complete Guide to Scouting Skills – available now from Scout Shops.

Are you going to try any of the above? Has Eddie’s ideas given you inspiration? Please let us know how you get on. Can you do it better or do you know someone who does? Let us know at [email protected]

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RAFT of measuresWith summer upon us, young people and leaders alike should be aware of the dangers of staying out in the sun for too long. Christine Miles introduces an activity to spread a message of protection

RAFT is a UK charity that helps people affected

by skin disfiguring illnesses and disease. This

summer, RAFT is asking Scout leaders to talk to

their Troop about staying safe in the sun and

avoid being joining the 1,800 people who die from

melanoma each year (equivalent to five people every day).

Most skin cancers are caused by too much sun and

could be prevented by taking care in strong sunshine and

avoiding sunburn.

Try this with your Scouts Explain that the skin protects our inner organs from the

sun’s harmful rays but it can be permanently damaged by

too much sun. Wearing sunscreen can help prevent

sunlight from forming damaging free radicals in the skin.

Sun exposure is thought to be the cause of 90 per cent of

cases of skin cancer.

Ask your Scouts to complete a diary (such as the one

shown below) in the week leading up to your next

meeting. It should show the number of hours they spend

outdoors. They can either write or draw in the boxes to

demonstrate the weather condition. They could even write

or draw the activities they do in the sun (football, climbing

and so on).

At the next meeting, ask your Troop to discuss how

much time they have spent outside and what the weather

was like. Also ask them to talk about what they did to

protect themselves if it was sunny. If anyone did not take

care in the sun, chat about possible ways that they should

do in the future.

Please refer to above introduction but also advise them

of the following five easy things to remember:

1. Wear sunhats

2. Wear sunglasses

3. Keep applying sun cream regularly

4. Keep a T-shirt on

5. Make sure you drink plenty of water

RAFT’s advice on staying safe• Spend time in the shade between 11am and

3pm. • Apply a layer of moisturising cream under a

layer of sun cream (factor 15+) that protects against UVA and UVB rays.

• Make sure you never burn.

Discover more about staying safe in the sun at www.raft.ac.uk

find out more

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REUNION

The most wonderful time of the yearThe 85th Reunion will take place at Gilwell Park Scout Activity

Centre between 2 and 4 September 2011

Bookings are now open for Reunion 2011 and

the programme for the weekend is filling up.

What can I expect?Reunion is an event which allows adults and Scout

Network members alike to come together for a weekend

full of:

• Socialising with old and new friends

• Programme ideas

• Training sessions and workshops on topics that

affect you

• On-site activities

• Meeting the UK Chief Commissioner and team

• Evening entertainment

Programme helpOn Saturday there will be lots of ideas for you to take

back to your local Scout Troop which will be based

around the six Programme Zones. Stands will include a

variety of ideas from specialists within Scouting, our

corporate partners and external organisations. Practical

skills will also be available as demonstrations as well as

opportunities to have a go.

The UK Headquarters Programme Team will be

available throughout the weekend to talk about

forthcoming developments to the programme and how

you can get involved.

The evening entertainment is for you to let your hair

down, have fun and ultimately meet old and new friends

within Scouting. Do you have a talent that you would

like to share?

Headline namesBonita Norris will be there to talk about her expedition

as the youngest British women to have climbed Mount

Everest.

And if all that wasn’t enough, you will have the

opportunity to share a drink with the UK Chief

Commissioner, Wayne Bulpitt and his team.

If you would like to get involved in part of the 2011

Reunion please visit www.scouts.org.uk/reunion to book

your place. If you have a skill, talent or idea that you

would like to share, please contact the Reunion

Organising Team ([email protected])

Join the Facebook Event to see who else is coming.

Just search for ‘Gilwell Reunion 2011’.



Create skilled young leadersHow do you make sure that an especially young Patrol Leader can get the respect required from their Patrol? Louise Henderson believes that the Instructor Badge is a handy tool

The key thing about making effective Patrol

Leaders is for them to gain the respect of their

Patrol. You can go some way to helping it

happen. An easy start is to make sure that they

have the practical skills that they need and the opportunity

to use them.

Remember that even if they are young in your eyes, they

are still probably the eldest in the Patrol and so the rest

will naturally follow their lead. If they have been in the

Troop since they were ten they will have a greater range of

skills. Now it’s all about training and your belief in them.

Patrol Leader perksThe Instructor Activity Badge is an excellent (and I suspect

underused) tool for getting Patrol Leaders to take their

Patrols through a series of skills to a marked achievement

at the end. The requirements are merely that the Scout

leads others through the requirements of any activity

badge that they themselves hold.

Choose a badge that you sure about their abilities in

and hold a training day, or camp. This has additional

benefits in that the others see a perk of being a Patrol

Leader (extra camps) and you get to spend time with them

without many distractions. Good badges to choose are

those where the skills can easily be taught on Troop night

with no special equipment and can be reinforced by you

with simple games.

Programme planAt the training camp, get the Patrol Leaders to write out a

plan of how they are going to organise their training

programme. This will need supervision from you to make

sure that it’s realistic. It is also worth getting the Patrol

Leaders to teach one of the chosen skills to each other as a

trial run. Get feedback about the quality of the training

and ways in which it could be improved.

It is then just a matter of programming in a time each

week or so for the Patrol Leaders to train their Patrol.

Twenty minutes should do. Even the best Patrol Leader will

struggle to hold a young Scout’s attention for any longer

than that.

Of course this takes up more of your time but it’s an

important stage on the journey from wide eyed 10-year-

old to a confident, self-reliant and responsible 14-year-old.

And that’s the point really, isn’t it?

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WOW your TroopThe Scout Meteorologist Activity Badge sponsored by the Met Office is a great way for Scouts to learn about the weather and the impact it can have on their outdoors activities

The Met Office is always looking for

ways to educate and inspire young

people to learn about the weather.

With support from the Department

for Education it is launching the Weather

Observations Website – or WOW – which is

aiming to become the largest source of observational

weather data in the UK and may help to co-ordinate the

growth of the amateur observing community.

Observations can be taken in a variety of ways from

professional observation equipment, to a basic

thermometer to an ad-hoc observation such as ‘it’s

snowing’.

If your Troop would like to sign up to WOW then visit

the Met Office website for instructions on how you can

get involved. www.metoffice.gov.uk

Another great initiative is the Opal Climate

Survey. The Met Office would like 40,000

people to take part in the survey and help us

gather results from around the country which

could help inform our future research. The

survey itself is a series of fun experiments which take place

outdoors and will teach Scouts valuable skills such as using

a compass and measuring wind direction.

Find out more at www.opalexplorenature.org

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