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The magazine for Scout Leaders December 2011/January 2012 Night hikes Create the perfect winter activity Skills for life Why being a Patrol Leader will help your Scouts A community-based programme in pictures DIG IN

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Night hikes Skills for life Why being a Patrol Leader will help your Scouts The magazine for Scout Leaders December 2011/January 2012 Create the perfect winter activity

Transcript of Scouts supplement Dec Jan 2011-12 web

The magazine for Scout Leaders

December 2011/January 2012

Night hikesCreate the perfect

winter activity

Skills for lifeWhy being a Patrol

Leader will help your Scouts

A community-based programme in pictures

A community-based programme in picturesDIG IN

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WELCOME

Graeme Hamilton reflects on a very successful 2011 and casts an eye towards the future

What a year it’s been. Many Scouts have been joining their local Beaver

Colonies in celebrating 25 official years.

In 2012 our Explorer Scouts and Scout Network celebrate ten years

with some fascinating features in their supplements. Let’s see celebrations

translate into increased growth and retention with even more fun and

adventure for everyone in all five sections in the year ahead.

It’s been almost a year now since we changed the HQ support structure for

Programme and Activities, to improve support to you. We have introduced:

• A focused core team addressing the issues raised by leaders and supporters

• Project teams with a range of internal and external people to provide

the best outcomes for successful programme support

• A team who can provide HQ support for you locally when it’s needed

• A project management focus, allowing us to work more effectively across

sectional boundaries

• Increased opportunities to meet and hear from leaders and young people

from across the country.

I used to say that sorting the programme was like painting the Forth Bridge:

a seemingly never-ending and repetitive job. You have to keep at it, enthuse

leaders new and old, embrace the changing social and cultural styles, and

remember that for everyone who is happy with a change there will be someone

else who doesn’t like it.

As you read this, however, the painting of the Forth Bridge is about to come

to an end for 25 years. Perhaps there’s a lesson in that for all of us – that there

is no such thing as a never-ending task when it is done well.

The core team, under Alex Minajew’s leadership, has set a course to offer

the best programme support possible to leaders and, in this Olympic year,

the support will be right on track.

A year of achievements

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

Cover photo: Chloë Chapman

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

5 NewsUpdates and happenings from across the UK

6 Star trekTips for running a night hike

8 ShelterBox goes globalA new activity pack that covers global issues

10 Community serviceProgramme in pictures

14 Job skills on displayWhy being a Patrol Leader can benefi t your Scouts for years to come

17 PartnershipsChubb, National Grid and Serco

What a year it’s been. Many Scouts have been joining their local Beaver

Colonies in celebrating 25 official years.

In 2012 our Explorer Scouts and Scout Network celebrate ten years

with some fascinating features in their supplements. Let’s see celebrations with some fascinating features in their supplements. Let’s see celebrations with some fascinating features in their supplements. Let’s see celebrations

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News and updatesRise upRise to the Challenge is a resource that

helps all leaders incorporate spiritual

development into their programme.

As we all know, supporting young people

in their spiritual development is an important

part of our purpose and the best way to do

this is through our programme.

The resource, which contains activity ideas

covering all aspects of spiritual development,

is online at www.scouts.org.uk/faith.

There you will find many other resources to

help you cover the Beliefs and Attitudes

Zone, such as the Faith walk.

NEWS

Faith and awareness events February/March 2012

February 2 Candlemas Day (Christian) 4 Milad un Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Mohammad) (Islam – Shia celebrate five days later) 8 Tu B’Shvat (Jewish) 15 Parinirvana Day (Buddhist) 21 Shrove Tuesday (Christian) 22 Ash Wednesday (Christian)27 Feb – 11 March Fairtrade Fortnight

March 1 St David’s Day (Christian) 8 Holi (Hindu) 8 Purim (Jewish) 8 International Women’s Day 9 Hola Mohalla (Sikh) 17 St Patrick’s Day (Christian)

On your marks…There’s still time to get involved with Our Sporting Adventure. Running from 1 January to 30 September, it is an opportunity for all Scouts to be part of the London 2012 Games.

All you need to do is come up with a team name. Then, start doing the activities, available from the Our Sporting Adventure support resources and get competing.www.scouts.org.uk/oursportingadventure

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Star trekA night hike is a great activity but one which should be well planned. Eddie Langdown offers insights into creating the perfect evening adventure

You may have entered your Scouts on a District

or County night activity, or helped with one

but have you considered planning a little night

hike for your own Scouts?

For my Troop, hiking at night is a regular activity. We

have one at every camp; the tents go up, beds are rolled

out and we set off in the dark for a couple of hours, say

10pm to midnight. It certainly solves that common first-

night-on-camp problem of Scouts (and Cubs) not wanting

to sleep... believe me, when they get back, they sleep.

A golden ruleAs with all adventurous activities, you have to plan. The

most important thing to remember is that a night hike is

not a day hike with the lights-off. Footpaths that dive off

between high hedges totally disappear, slopes with loose

stones and roots need extra care, and roads that are

normally safe become highly dangerous.

Even if you know the route well or it is very short, you

will need to walk it again, preferably at night. No matter

how often your Scouts may have walked at night, you

should use a normal Troop meeting night to prepare

them. You could do this with a quiz, or a Patrol

competition to create a ‘safe at night’ code.

Know the noisesMy own view is that the countryside is relatively safe in the

dark compared to the city.

Helping our Scouts not to be afraid of the dark, and

even to learn to walk without torches, is a good

preparatory exercise. Walk them into a big dark wood that

they are already familiar with. Sit them all down and wait

until they are all quiet.

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SCOUTING SKILLS

TOP TIPS• Patrols could set off in opposite directions

around a circular route.• Try starting the hike in daylight, so it gets

dark while they are walking.• Have a couple of leaders or parents waiting

at a convenient point with a fire and some hot-dogs.

• Don’t let Scouts stop too long, or sit inside a vehicle – some will go to sleep.

• Come back to your meeting place to sleep for the remainder of the night. Everyone can go home after breakfast together. However, if you do your night hike at camp, it doesn’t matter what time you get back.

• Don’t let them phone home at midnight and tell mum they are ‘lost.’

Planning and getting the most out of your hike is one of the many topics featured in A Complete Guide to Scouting Skills. Available now from Scout Shops.www.scouts.org.uk/shop

more tips

Rustle a leaf with one finger and let them hear

how noisy it sounds. Demonstrate that the noises

they hear are made by the smallest things; a mouse

or a falling twig – not a creeping tiger. Assure them

that there is nothing to be afraid of.

Now ask them to walk down a little way, one at a time,

without a torch, and then get them to whistle and walk

back, to the applause of the rest of the Troop. If your

eventual aim is for them to walk in Patrols without leaders,

it is important they don’t panic and can feel relatively

comfortable about being out in the dark.

Hidden treatsWhen you choose to do your night hike is pretty

immaterial. Whether you find yourself crossing cornfields

on a warm summer night, scrunching over frozen ferns

and grass in winter, or looking down on a snow-covered

field bathed in moonlight with a fox barking in the

distance, it can all be very challenging and exciting. As

long as your Scouts have come prepared, with laminated

maps, torches, gloves and a hat, all will be well.

If you have previously hidden chocolate treats at some

point, or located a convenient place to light a quick fire or

you make some hot chocolate on a couple of stoves, then

your night adventure will be successful and pretty soon

your Scouts will be demanding another.

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ShelterBox goes globalAn exciting new activity pack will help you to deliver Global Zone requirements and interest your Scouts in international issues

Since 2010, international disaster relief charity

ShelterBox, an official partner of The Scout

Association, has run The ShelterBox Challenge –

a resource pack that focused on the

organisation’s work.

Over 750 groups from across the UK took part in the

challenge, with young people exploring a number of

themes including water conservation, photography and faith.

Leader Steve Smith is just one of the many volunteers

who has made good use of ShelterBox resources. ‘Thanks

for helping out with great downloads that fit our Global

Challenge and fire our Scouts’ imaginations,’ he said.

The charity is now ready to release their next resource

pack – Go Global. Go Global is designed to help you cover the Global

Zone with your section. It’s crammed with fun activities

that enable young people to explore the themes

surrounding ShelterBox’s work.

Activities and resourcesAs well as activity ideas, there are loads of extra resources

that make covering global issues easy for leaders. Some of

the activities are ideas that can be adapted and expanded

to suit your Troop, while others have easy-to-use ‘How to

run’ guides and a series of extra resources on the Scout

Leaders’ section of the Young ShelterBox website.

‘We’ve always understood that many leaders find it

difficult to explore international issues with their groups.

We have created Go Global to give them a helping hand’

says James Webb, Young ShelterBox Officer.

How to get involved Go Global will be available from the Scouts’ area of the

Young ShelterBox website, www.youngshelterbox.org,

this winter. To discover more and register your Pack

for the programme, visit the website or email

[email protected]. Include your name,

address, section, Group name and number of Scouts

taking part.

Troops that register for Go Global will also receive

a special pack of goodies to further help cover the

Global Zone.

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PARTNERS

Win £1,000 for your Troop

Run a Wimpy Kid cartoon workshop

Discovery Channel is offering you the chance to win an incredible prize

D iscovery Channel is the proud new sponsor

of The Pioneer Activity badge and has

launched a great new competition to encourage

your Troop to get building their outdoor pioneering

project (a requirement of the badge). So whether it’s the

Monkey Bridge, Lookout Tower, Aerial Runway or a

project of your choice, we want to see what you can do.

All you need to do is send us a photo of your Troop’s

best outdoor pioneering project to be in with

a chance to win the £1,000 prize. This money could

be put towards new equipment or an adventure

weekend for the Troop.

Hold on tight, this Christmas has bite.

Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, the sixth book

in Jeff Kinney’s bestselling Diary of Wimpy Kid series, and biggest children’s book of

the year, is out now!

Why not run a cartoon workshop with your

Scouts to celebrate the publication? Use these

top tips:

1. Think of an idea. Encourage them to come

up with a short adventure for Wimpy Kid Greg

Heffley or his friends.

2. Plan a story. Mark out four boxes on paper and decide

what’s going to happen in each one. Suggest that they

sketch a rough draft first.

3. Keep the drawings simple. Wimpy Kid books have

straightforward line drawings. Look at the

books to see how to draw people’s features

or print some images from the Wimpy Kid

website to share.

4. Use speech bubbles. These are a simple

but effective way to tell people what’s going

on in your stories.

5. Share the strips between your Scouts. Finding out what people do and don’t like

about their comic strip will help your Troop

to improve.

ENTER NOWTo find out more details and how to enter visit www.scouts.org.uk/discovery

Visit www.wimpykidclub.co.uk to download a pack stuffed with this and other hilariously-funny Wimpy Kid activities.

iscovery Channel is the proud new sponsor a chance to win the £1,000 prize. This money could

be put towards new equipment or an adventure

Your Scouts can exercise their cartoon talents in association with Puffin

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St Chad’s Greys Scout Troop in York had a busy evening undertaking a five-base programme which focused on the Community Zone

Community service

Try and draw an accurate street map

of your local area.

Name as many different

‘local areas’ as you can

and identify where in

the city/town they are.

1.

2. Name as many different

‘local areas’ as you can

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PROGRAMME IN PICTURES

Identify as many different

‘things’ as possible on a

map of the city

(swimming pools,

cinemas, shops, where

they live, and so on).

3. Identify as many different

‘things’ as possible on a

List as many different ‘things’ in your local

community as you can think of (such as a church,

police station, pub, school, Indian restaurant,

butcher and so on) and explain why they are

important to the area.

4.

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PROGRAMME IN PICTURES

SCOUT LEADER JAMES VARNEY TALKS US THROUGH THE PROGRAMMEI explained to the Scouts that we were going to look at the community, the differences in it, how it sits within the wider community of a city and within UK Scouting. We have five Patrols so we did it via five bases. Each base only runs for 10 minutes so it’s not very long – it’s just easier to get the information across this way.

I’ve found sometimes that even if I don’t have the necessary leaders to run five bases, just having the right information on a piece of paper allows my Patrol Leaders to run a base. That helps their leadership skills as well.

Running things this way requires less preparation and is less of a drain on time. We used to run things where a leader would run an entire night and so they would then have to prepare enough activities to last the whole evening.

This way, the week before the programme we separate what we are going to do the following week among the leadership team and, as we are

only doing 10-minute bases, we only need enough information to fill 10 minutes.

I would recommend this to all other leaders. I know we have tried various systems before and this works best. Admittedly, I have enough leaders to do it this way, and not everyone does, but that’s where you utilise your Patrol Leaders and Young Leaders. Just give them the information and they can run it from there.

WHAT DID THE TROOP THINK?Beth: My favourite bit was finding out where I live, as I’m always forgetting. Doing the thing with the sticky notes really helped.

John Paul: I found the bit where we were sticking labels on the map really fun. You could explore all the different bits of York.

Adam: The map work was really interesting. I like map stuff, I have OS maps. It will help me in future when I go hiking in the mountains.

SCOUT COMMUNITY WEEKTaking place from 14–20 May 2012, Scout Community Week takes Scout Job Week to the next level. It offers sections, Groups and Districts the chance to design a fundraising project which delivers real benefit to the local community. www.scouts.org.uk/scoutcommunityweek

Compare your local

community with those of

others in your group and

discuss different types of

communities within

Scouting, including the

local area, County, country or international. The leader could hint how Scouting has helped and

influenced communities in all of these areas. Remember: A Scout belongs to the worldwide family of Scouts.

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Job skills on display

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PATROLS

Job skills on display

Louise Henderson outlines how the skills of being a Patrol Leader can benefit your Scouts for years to come

I t is in the Scout section that we have the best

opportunities to offer training and programmes

that will give young people the skills and

experiences that are going to be useful to them in

their future lives. And it was at a recent Explorer Unit

meeting that I realised this.

At this meeting, Explorers were looking at ways in

which their Scouting experiences could be used on their

CVs and in job applications.

By reviewing activities they had taken part in during

their time in Scouts and Explorers, they compiled a list of

skills and attributes that they believed the activities had

given them. This included things such as leadership skills,

self-discipline, greater confidence, teamwork,

responsibility, overcoming fears and keeping going even

when the going gets tough (among other things).

Patrol Leader attributesHaving made this list, the Explorers then compared this

against real job descriptions across a range of different

jobs and fed their thoughts back to the group.

The first Explorer to speak summed up the point

of the exercise when he said, ‘They all seem to want

to employ Explorers.’

That hit the nail on the head but, interestingly, most

of the attributes that they recognised in themselves were

gained long before they joined Explorers, particularly

among those who had been Patrol Leaders.

Training and experienceThis is because the 12 and 13-year-olds who lead Patrols

are still able to take advantage of all that these positions

have to offer before they become mired in school work

and exams, something that can happen at Explorer age. In

fact, it is difficult to believe sometimes when I watch the

chaos of Explorers trying to organise themselves that 12

months or more ago they all successfully ran Patrols for a

week at Scout camp with little or no help from leaders.

Absorbing influenceI firmly believe that it is still within the 10.5–14 age

group that we can have the greatest influence in the

development of the young people we work with.

Young people of this age absorb the positive ethos

and respond with maturity and enthusiasm to challenges

that we set them.

We should live up to their hopes and expectations and

give them opportunities to make their way in the world

a better way.

Patrol Leader training in leadership is a great way to do

this and if you still haven’t had a look at the Taking the Lead resource book then why not print it off and have

a read through? The winter months are a good time to

do indoor training and can help keep you and your Patrol

Leaders motivated through the long dark

indoor meetings.

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Win £300 for yourTroop

The Chubb poster competition is an opportunity to raise funds as well as awareness of fire safety

Scouts are asked to produce a poster

detailing priority actions in the event of

a fire. First prize is £300 and two

runners up will each receive £100.

All steps consideredThis annual fire safety competition invites

Scouts to produce a Home Escape poster

plan that details the priority actions in the

event of a fire. A Home Escape plan is a vital

part of every household’s fire safety. Both the

Fire Service and Chubb recommend that all

homes have two exit routes as part of their

Home Escape plan.

How to enter Visit www.chubb.co.uk and go to the News

and Resources pages. The competition closes

on 27 January 2012.

National Grid attended Gilwell

Reunion in September to show

leaders a new resource that

it has created.

The eventVolunteers from National Grid performed

hands-on demonstrations of a few the

activities. The volunteers had an amazing day

meeting leaders from all areas of the country,

and seeing the enthusiasm for the activities

and the interest that came from all the

leaders was really encouraging.

Throughout the day National Grid spoke to

participants of all ages about energy,

engineering and careers at National Grid. It

was fascinating hearing that there is a strong

interest in teaching young people science,

technology, engineering and mathematics

within Scouting.

Who is National Grid?National Grid is an international electricity

and gas company, whose job is to connect

people to the energy they use. We encourage

young people to learn about energy, and the

opportunities of becoming the engineers of

the future, in a fun and interactive way.

Working in partnership with Scouts is an ideal

way to develop activities that will inspire

young people about engineering.

Home escape planEvery household should have some sort of escape plan in place, in an unlikely event that a fire breaks out in the home. Hopefully you will never have to use it, but it is important to prepare for it so there is no delay when it is put into action.Plan TogetherAs a family plan together ensuring that everyone in the household knows the plan and what to do in the

unlikely event of fire occurring.Special arrangements need to be made in consideration of any possible elderly, young or disabled family members that

would need to be able to escape the home safely.The Escape RouteEnsure that the escape route is practicable and can be carried out. Agree as a family at least two possible escape plans,

in case one of your escape routes is blocked. Identify a meeting place outside the home. It is also advisable to have a room in which you could all stay in if the worse was to happen. It would be suggested that

this room also has a telephone so you can summon help. Make sure all the children know your address in case they have

to telephone themselves.

Safety in the HomeKnow the dangers and fire precautions necessary in the home to prevent a fire in the first place such as:

• If you have gas, oil or coal-burning appliances be aware of carbon monoxide. Ensure your home is

properly ventilated and equipment is regularly serviced and maintained.• Turn off portable heaters, as well as gas and electric fires before going to bed.• Make sure open fires have the fire guard in place and secure.• Never leave fires, candles or any form of naked flame in the home unattended and ensure candles are secure before lighting.• Keep heaters away from clothes, furniture and curtains.• Keep windows and doors shut to stop the fire spreading.Task

Go into groups and talk about your own home escape plan. You also might wish to talk about the fire evacuation plan

from the Scout hut or hall you are meeting every week.Create a home escape plan1 Talk about the home each of you live in ie is it a house terraced, semi or detached,

is it a flat or maisonette?2 How many members are there is your family? Are there any considerations such

as an elderly or disabled family member?3 Plan two ways out of every room, draw a plan of your home and the possible

escape routes4 Identify a meeting place outside the home5 Make sure your escape route is not at risk6 Review with your Scout leader and also with your family at home

For further information on all Chubb Fire & Security products and services call 0800 32 1666 or visit our website www.chubb.co.ukThis briefing is intended as general guidance and is not a substitute for detailed advice in specific circumstances.

Although great care has been taken in the compilation and preparation of this edition to ensure accuracy, Chubb Fire & Security

cannot in any circumstances accept responsibility for errors, omissions or advice given or for any losses arising from reliance

upon information contained in this publication.

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Save festive wasteSerco offers some great tips to pass on to your Scouts about cutting waste at this time of the year

W ith more food, newspaper and plastic wasted

at Christmas than any other time of the year,

there is never a better time to find other uses

for household waste.

Having already offered expert tips to Scouts wishing to

recycle, this year Serco wants to help them go one better

by reusing wasted items at Christmas.

Invite your Scouts to bring in wasted household

materials like toilet rolls, plastic bottles and newspapers to

your next meeting. These can then be used to make

models, structures and useful items.

And this is not the only thing that Scouts can do this

Christmas to help save the planet. They can also:

• Send electronic rather than paper greetings cards

• Use rechargeable, rather than disposable, batteries

when using electronic equipment at meetings

• Start a group compost heap and grow their own winter

vegetables ahead of the Christmas dinner.

TELL US HOW YOU GET ONWhatever you decide, we would love to see what you come up with. So please do send your group’s creations to [email protected]

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