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Film for the future

An evening of celluloid fun

Appliance of science

A competition to discover how your Cubs camp scientifically

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Great events for your group to try The nation’s heart charity has three fun activity-based fundraising events that your group can take part in this spring or summer.

These fantastic events will: benefit your children, as they will learn how to improve their heart health through fun physical activities and how raising money can help other children and adults benefit your group, as you will retain 20% of the sponsorship money raised, to spend on whatever you want provide your group with great resources to help it create a fun and successful event benefit the nation’s heart health, as the money you raise will help to prevent heart and circulatory disease in the future, and save the lives of children and adults now.

Artie’s Olympics

For 8 year olds and under

A fab event that encourages children to get active and have fun through taking part in a number of games and activities, which once they are familiar with, are carried out in front of an audience of their friends and family.

Gold medal stickers, balloons, laurel crowns, posters, sponsorship forms and a great organiser’s guide are provided.

Jump Rope For Heart

For 5-13 year olds

A popular event that encourages children to learn skipping skills either individually, in pairs or in groups. Skipping is great fun and a superb way to get kids active.

11 skipping ropes, activity cards, posters, sponsorship forms and a great organiser’s guide are provided.

Ultimate Dodgeball

For 7-16 year olds

A great way for children of different ages and abilities to have fun and get active.

Just choose your teams, create a team identity and organise your own fun event.

Three dodgeballs, teaching resources, posters, sponsorship forms and a great organiser’s guide are provided.

2011 is our 50th birthday, so why don’t you celebrate with us by taking part in one of these fun events?

For more information and to request an information leaflet, please:

visit bhf.org.uk/scouting call 01892 893 913 or email youngfun@bhf.org.uk

beating heart disease together © British Heart Foundation 2011, a registered charity in England and Wales (225971) and in Scotland (SC039426)

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Published by: The Programme Team The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW

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Contributions to: programme@scouts.org.uk

New year, new look

ADVERTISING Richard Ellacott richard.ellacott@thinkpublishing.co.uk Tel: 020 8962 1258 This issue’s contributors: Dave Wood Sarah Laverick Sarah Cruickshank

Important announcement regarding changes to the UK Adviser roles

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

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

Join-in-Jamboree activities February – March r We hope you’ve been using you Join-in-Jamboree resources sent free wit h the magazine last issue. To help you along, we have some more great program me ideas on page 10.

Dow nload the PDFs at ww w.scouts.org.uk/wsj2011

On 1 January, the volunteer structure in the Programme Team changed and Graeme Hamilton has been appointed to the role of at the Deputy UK Commissioner for Programme. Previously Graeme was the UK Adviser for Cub Scouts and has been heavily involved in Scouting in Scotland.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank Graeme for his hard work in the past and wish him well in his new role.

Regular readers of the Cubs supplement can rest assured that Graeme’s introductions will return in the next issue.

In the meantime, should you wish a member of the Programme Team to support your event or Scouting in your area please contact programme@scouts.org.uk to discuss your requirements further.

Contents 4 News New learning module

10 POP A evening of Join-in-Jamboree fun

14 A different camp experience Enjoying a weekend adventure with just a handful of Cubs

5 Calling all Cub Packs A guide to the fantastic International Links scheme

12 Rolls Royce science competiton Exciting prizes are on offer

18 Safe and sound Get your Pack striving towards the Home Safety Badge

6 Movie magic Dave Wood looks at activities inspired by the silver screen scouts.org.uk/pol

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News

News and views in Cub Scouting. ions Email your stories, reports and opin k rg.u ts.o to scouting.magazine@scou

New Ongoing Learning module During your time as leaders in the Cub section, many of you will be lucky enough to have a Young Leader come to help. Although Young Leaders are a benefit to any leadership team, it is important that we remember they are young people and recognise our responsibility to them.

To aid better understanding of the Young Leader’s Scheme, an Ongoing Learning Module has been launched to give section leaders a good grounding of what the scheme entails and how you can support Young Leaders in developing their leadership skills. It is aimed primarily at Wood Badge holders (although it would be useful for anyone working with Young Leaders) and is a great way to fulfil the five hours of ongoing learning that is required each year.

Young Leaders are 14-18 years old and may well spend the majority of their Scouting time in your Pack. Although many will be Explorer Scouts or been in Scouting for years, some could be from external organisations and are coming to your section to complete part of an Award. It is important to remember this when involving them in your leadership team. You should also consider aspects such as the location or time of your leadership meetings, to ensure that they can be fully involved.

Young Leaders are the Scout Leaders of the future and by taking simple steps to include them, you will be greatly contributing to their development. In return, you’ll find that you have helped to establish an energetic leader with great programme ideas to make your lives that bit easier.

The training module covers five main areas: 1. Who are Young Leaders?

2. Support for Young Leaders 3. Modules and missions of the Young Leaders’ Scheme 4. Working with Young Leaders in your section 5. Moving on – what are the options at 18?

For more information or to get started on the module, visit www.scouts.org.uk/supportresources and follow the links to training, or contact your Training Adviser.

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Faith and awareness events April/May 2011 April 2011 4 Ugadi (Hindu) 13 Vaisakhi (Sikh) 14 Birthday of Guru Nanak (Nanakshahi calendar, Sikh) 17 Palm Sunday (Christian) 18 Theravada New Year (Buddhist) 18 Fast of the Firstborn (Jewish) 19 Passover (Jewish) 21 First Day of Ridwan (Baha’i) 21 Maundy Thursday (Christian) 22 Good Friday (Christian) 23 St George’s Day (Christian) 24 Easter Day (Christian)

May 2011 1 Yom Hashoah (Jewish) 8 World Red Cross Day 9 World Fair Trade Day 9 Yom Ha’atzmaut (Jewish) 15 Start of Christian Aid Week 17 Wesak or Buddha Day (Buddhist) 23 Anniversary of the Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i) 29 Anniversary of the Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i) 29 Birthday of Guru Amar Das (Nanakshahi calendar, Sikh)

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International Links Scheme

Calling all Cub Packs Are you aware of the International Links Scheme? This programme helps to put your Pack in touch with Cubs, Småspieder, Manadas and others around the world, says Peter Ford

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he scheme offers a means of communicating with other Scouts abroad and provides an ‘international experience’ without necessarily having to leave your own town. The traditional concept of writing a letter has now given way to members all over the world, from Australia to Malawi to Hong Kong to Zimbabwe, requesting links with Scouts online.

As well as exchanging emails, International Links/ pen-pals can now talk to each other on Skype, share photos and videos using any number of online tools (including Group websites, MSN and YouTube), and link up with each other in October during JOTA-JOTI, the world’s largest International Scouting event. There’s still room for snail mail too... badge swaps, anyone?

differences are between themselves and Scouting friends globally.

When you participate in the International Links scheme your Cubs will: • Have an opportunity to make new friends.

• Get an aid to complete the Global Challenge Badge and International Group Award.

• Build a relationship that can last a lifetime.

• Swap photos, programme ideas and camp experiences.

• Maybe even visit and camp together.

Why make an international link?

How do you find a link?

Scouting has always promoted international peace, understanding and co-operation through encouraging contact between young people from various countries and cultures. These connections help young people develop a broader awareness of the global community, seeing what they have in common and what the

If you are interested in trying to organise a link, please contact Peter Ford – the International Links Coordinator at international.links@scouts.org.uk or register online at www.scouts.org.uk/intlinks. The scheme can be used by individual youth members and leaders, as well as for Group links between sections.

And don’t forget that leaders can also exchange ideas with, and gain support from, an international counterpart with similar interests and goals.

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Movie magic Dave Wood looks at ways to have a very special evening inspired by the silver screen

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ne of the most memorable activities at camp for me wasn’t one that had been planned but an emergency wet-weather activity. The rain had poured all day and we’d exhausted our indoor crafts and games. The Cubs were soaked to the skin after the occasional ventures outside to do what we could on the campsite, and everyone was getting dejected.

Out came the projector, a video player and a copy of a popular film. Cubs got into their pyjamas and piled into the hall to sit on blankets, cushions and pillows in the warmth and enjoy the film (which was then fairly new). The Cubs and leaders cheered and laughed together and it was a really great evening. When the lights came up, we had to gently wake several who had nodded off – unheard of on a normal evening at camp.

We have since run many successful movie-themed meetings and activities. Try some of these ideas at this year’s camp or at a weekly meeting.

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Movie sleepovers Hold a sleepover with a movie premiere theme.

• Send out invitations on posh gold cards.

• Have a ‘red carpet’ leading to the front door.

• Dress the hall with balloons, bunting and film posters. An internet search will reveal cheap movie-themed party materials.

• Have a fizzy pop reception to welcome everyone and a ‘pick & mix’ sweet counter or provide small bags of sweets.

• Let the Cubs have a hand in making refreshments.

• When all are seated for the film, show some spoof adverts – there are thousands of suitable ones to download.

• Show a couple of short cartoons after the adverts. Or perhaps you’ve some footage of a Cub camp or slideshow of activities? Have a comfort break before the main film.

• Play a film that will appeal to all and is suitable. You could do a survey of the top five films they’d like to see (from a list you compile) and choose one with general support.

Note: Before you show a film in public, you will need to obtain the appropriate licences. There are a number of websites, such as www.filmbank.co.uk, which can provide you with information on how to do this.

You can also contact the Scout Information Centre on 0845 300 1818 for advice.

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Activities

Flavoured popcorn Let the Cubs experiment with making a range of sweet and savoury flavours of popcorn.

Either make the popcorn in advance, to save time, or buy pre-popped bags and give each Cub enough to fill a cereal bowl.

Cubs will love having access to small bowls of sweet and savoury flavourings to experiment with. You can make a base for flavourings using melted butter or margarine and add things like honey, hundreds and thousands, jam and chocolate for sweet toppings.

Savoury toppings can include melted butter or margarine plus sesame seeds, paprika, barbecue sauce or even Marmite. For unique savoury popcorn, microwave pepperoni slices for two minutes or until crisp. Break/cut up the pepperoni and add to popcorn that’s been drizzled with melted butter (to make the pepperoni stick to the popcorn). Add sesame seeds and ground cumin if you’re really adventurous. To make coloured popcorn, simply mix food colouring with the melted butter or margarine before mixing in with the popcorn.

Chilli dogs and nachos Let the Cubs create their own recipes for hot dog toppings. Use tinned or fresh-cooked mince, chilli powder, curry powder, paprika, plus tomato sauce or chopped blended tinned tomatoes, kidney beans/baked beans and add over a jumbo hot dog in a roll. You could also add mustard, fried chopped onions and grated cheese.

Nachos are easy – put a handful of tortilla chips on a plate, cover with a few dollops of cheap salsa and a handful of grated cheese. Pop in the microwave for about two minutes and enjoy.

Smoothie shakes Working in a small group, provide the Cubs with a range of fruit and other ingredients to make their own smoothie shakes. Pop some fruit chunks and/or treats such as chocolate squares, boiled sweets or chocolate beans into a food mixer and give it a quick buzz. Add soft scoop vanilla ice cream and blend it all together to make a yummy thick shake.

Film posters Give each Cub the title of a popular film and get them to create an eye-catching poster for it. You may need to give them some additional information, such as the stars, director etc. www.imdb.com is a great source of movie lists and information.

Craft: Make a clapperboard

Name that film

Perhaps tying in with a DIY Badge project, Cubs could make a movie clapperboard. You can pre-cut some of the wood so they could assemble it one week and paint it the next.

There are some great instructions for a suitable clapperboard at http://tinyurl.com/28rqfj2

Print out copies of famous movie posters, but obliterate the title. Number the posters and display them around the hall. Can the Cubs correctly identify each film? A great resource of posters can be found at www.allposters.co.uk

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Scene it?

Make a movie Challenge each Six to prepare, rehearse and film their own mini-movie. Perhaps you could ask them to create a five-minute potted version of a famous film, such as Toy Story, Harry Potter, or Star Wars. This may need to be a project at camp or over two or more weeks. Be sure to share the finished movies with the rest of the Pack. Round off the premieres with a fun Oscar-style presentation ceremony where everyone is credited.

Seen it?

Create a list of movies the Cubs have seen and enjoyed. Each writes down their top ten favourite films. Compare their lists as a Six and compile a top 25 for their Six. Then compare each Six’s list and compile a Pack top 50, depending on how many votes each film gets.

There are some good lists of films on www.imdb.com/chart.

There are several DVD quiz games available quite cheaply these days (I picked up a Harry Potter one for £5 recently) which can be played as an inter-Six quiz – a great activity for a winter camp evening or movie-themed meeting.

Game: Match the movie Write the names of ten popular films per Six onto strips of card, which you then cut up. Give each Six their pieces, plus a large sheet and a glue stick. See if they can assemble the correct film titles.

Game: My movie A scene from a film is acted out by two or three Cubs. Actors take on roles and improvise the scene. Each character should introduce imaginary items, such as props, hats, scenery, chairs and so on and the others must use them.

They must remember where these have been placed and use them in the scene.

Flick books Cubs can make a flick-book of stickperson characters running, jumping, throwing a ball etc.

Use cheap small pocket notepads (I bought a pack of ten for a pound from a pound store) and let their imagination run wild as they create their own animated film.

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Game: Scene stealers Two Cubs stand up and start improvising a scene from any popular film, suggested by a leader, another Cub or themselves. The leader calls out ‘freeze’ at a suitable point and they stop what they are doing and freeze. A third Cub joins them, taps one of the acting Cubs on the shoulder and takes their place (the tapped actor sits down). The leader calls ‘unfreeze’ and the scene continues.

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As part of our Join-in-Jamboree resource, Patrick Rooke introduces a Swedish evening

POP Programmes on a plate

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Activity/Game

Time

Zone /Method

Instructions

Opening ceremony

10 mins

Themes

Discuss the theme for the meeting

Kubb

45 mins

Fitness

This is a game from Sweden which involves throwing, strategy and perseverance. To run the game you will need some wooden blocks or old plastic bottles filled with a small bit of water, some wooden batons or beanbags for throwing and pegs to mark out corners of the playing area. For full instructions on how to play, visit Programmes Online and search ‘Kubb’.

Bottle run

15 mins

Fitness

Split your Cubs into two equal teams and line them up opposite each other. Number them depending on how many are in each team. Take five old plastic bottles, with a little water in each. Place the bottles in a line in the middle of the two rows. Draw a line or place a hoop at the end of each team line.

The leader then calls a number out and those two Cubs who have been given that number have to race each other to get three bottles into their hoop/target area. There will almost certainly be a tight race for the fifth bottle.

Make a recycled bird feeder

15 mins

Creative

You will need a recycled bottle for each Cub, plus scissors, string and bird seed. Search ‘Recycled Bird Feeder’ on Programmes Online for the full simple instructions on how to make this with your Cubs.

Test it out

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Rolls-Royce science competition g Week 2011 is National Science and Engineerin and Scientist coming very soon (11 –20 March) again Badge sponsor Rolls-Royce is once rate launching a competition to celeb

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Science competition

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o enter, Cub Scouts must either write a diary, a story, or draw a picture describing how they have used science during camp.

The best entries will be awarded three cash prizes of £500, £300 and £200 to purchase equipment. The closing date for the competition is 31 March 2011 and winners’ details will be published in the June/July issue of the Cubs supplement.

Entries should be sent by email to: sally.hilton@scouts.org.uk or by post to Sally Hilton, Scientist Competition, The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW. Please ensure all entries include the following details: • Cub’s name and age • Cub Scout Pack and Group name • Cub Scout Leader’s name, address and contact details (email and phone number)

Using science every day Rolls-Royce engineer Laurence helped to launch last year’s competition by writing his own diary about everyday science to give you some ideas.

Here he is again...

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more info Full terms and conditions can be found on www.scouts.org.uk/rollsroyce

Last year’s winners You might like to hear how last year’s winners spent their prize money.

First prize winner Huw wrote a brilliant diary about everyday science, earning the 5th Carmarthen Scout group £500 in prize money.

Huw and his fellow Cubs and Scouts enjoyed a trip to the Techniquest Science Discovery Centre in Cardiff for an evening of astronomy.

Emily of 14th Farnworth Methodist Cub Scouts won the second prize of £300 with her excellent picture showing how we use science in our daily lives. Her prize money was spent on some new equipment for the Group’s Chamboree 2010 camp; including tents, and camp tables and chairs – so they should have some great ideas for this year’s competition.

The third prize went to George of 58th Doncaster Bessacarr Cub Scouts who wrote a wonderful poem about science. George’s group spent his £200 prize on trip to the National Space Centre near Leicester, where they were inspired by the interactive activities about space exploration.

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Case study

‘The most successful games were the ones where they were competing individually against each other – something they don’t get to do very often.’

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he time to arrange everything, the planning details and the overall costs are often the same regardless of how many Cubs you bring on a camp, which is why most Groups bring as many young people as they can.

However, Carol Mudd, Cub Scout Leader believes that having less on their camp meant ‘there were fewer arguments or falling outs between Cubs’ and if there were any major fallings out, there were spare rooms for children to move to. Which just goes to prove that there are good and bad points to everything.

For me as one of the Assistant Leaders, it meant that there was more time to spend with David, a new Cub on his first experience of being away alone. He needed a bit of reassurance that he was going to be able to survive and enjoy the weekend and having less demands on my time made that easier.

Relaxed atmosphere Tess and Barbara (the Beaver Leader and Section Assistant, respectively), who are responsible for cooking at camp, both enjoyed the fact that they didn’t spend long periods of time in the kitchen and the Pack loved the freshly-prepared meals – even insisting that Tess be awarded the Chef Activity Badge at the end of the weekend.

With only nine Cubs on the weekend, we were able to arrange the two bunk-rooms into groups of friends, with the boys (and they were all boys on this occasion), choosing to eat together on one long table, with the adults on the adjacent table. Meals were relaxed with quiet conversations and the opportunity for everyone to really get to know each other.

We had organised an archery session on Saturday morning and with such a small number of Cubs, they were able to have plenty of tuition and opportunities to shoot at the targets; ‘real bows and arrows and we get to really shoot them?’, exclaimed David, warming to the occasion.

This also meant that some of the adults, myself included were also lucky enough to get an hour’s tuition and shooting out of the session.

Less competitive While craft-based activities and things like archery and taking turns on the assault course worked well with only a small number of Cubs, Carol felt that, with fewer participants, some wide games ‘weren’t always as successful and, of course, we had fewer teams to compete against each other’.

The Cubs really enjoy playing hide and seek and other wide games in the dark, but with such a small number, it was difficult to send them off in twos, so that the younger ones feel safe, and have a long game. The most successful games were the ones where they were competing individually against each other, which is something they don’t get to do very often.

Pillow jousting is a particular favourite and when our Vicar joined us for Sunday lunch, he was encouraged to take part. One of the leader’s stance that she ‘couldn’t hit a man of God’, lasted just long enough for the aforementioned holy man to whack her with a pillow – much to the Cubs’ delight.

Rest for leaders For Carol – a secondary school teacher during the week – it wasn’t so much the small number of Cubs, but rather the ratio of leaders to children (there were eight adults on this weekend), that made the real difference to this camp over other Pack holidays: ‘It was great to be able to have a rest between bases or have half an hour for a cuppa or to prepare for the next activity.’

Obviously, the biggest downside to taking a very small group away is that the cost for the bunk house and the activities remains the same as if you’re taking a large group so the holiday needs to be subsidised so that it remains affordable to the families. However, the pride with which David collected his Night Away and Hike badge at the end of camp and his enthusiastic proclamation that: ‘This has been the best weekend ever’, make all the fundraising and planning worthwhile. Events like these make Scouting the best hobby I’ve ever had.

Last word has to go to Carol though, she summed up the event perfectly when she said ‘the weekend felt more like a leaders and Cubs camp than a camp for Cubs, which was run by leaders.’ scouts.org.uk/pol 15

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Energy-efficiency is very close to Worcester’s heart and, as it is often simple changes and actions which can have a big impact, it’s why it wanted to get involved with The Scout Association.

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Worcester has also created an accompanying activity pack which leads Cub Scouts through the four sections of the challenge, giving clear information and setting interesting, practical experiments along the way. Those taking part can see first-hand how easy it can be to reduce their impact on the environment and certainly put them through their ‘eco’ paces.

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n February, it often feels like spring is still a long way off but as the days get longer and the weather improves, some of Britain’s best loved creatures will be emerging from hibernation.

When they do, they will be on a mission to find the biggest breakfast possible after up to six months’ sleep.

There are only three native mammals that truly hibernate in the UK: the hedgehog, the common dormouse and all 18 species of British bat. Dormice and bats are both protected and need our hedgerows to help them survive. Cub Scouts can learn more about these creatures and meet others face to face by going on a Hedgerow Safari at an organic farm as part of the Global Conservation Badge, sponsored by The Organic Milk Cooperative (OMSCo).

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Other activities include making an owl box, planting a forest garden and caring for compost, as well as creating a display to inform others about an endangered animal. As they work towards gaining the badge, Cubs will gain an understanding of how organic farming methods help to conserve wildlife and of the positive impact that choosing organic milk can have on the environment. more info To book your Hedgerow Safari and download the Global Conservation Badge activity pack visit www.scouts.org.uk/omsco.

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Home Safety Badge

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t the end of the summer term, we had a Pack Forum to ask for ideas for the autumn term including which of the three safety badges they would most like to do: Road, Personal or Home. The most votes were for Home Safety so we planned to do that over three weeks.

We always take the Pack swimming each autumn and, as it is a large Pack, we do this over two weeks.

One week half the Pack would swim, while the others would be at HQ doing Home Safety. The leader team was similarly split to ensure continuity.

Two weeks before we started the badge, we sent a letter asking parents to show their Cubs where the stopcock, meters, smoke alarm and fuse box were in their houses. They also needed to discuss an escape route from the house in the event of fire. The final part was to collect useful phone numbers such as parents’ mobiles and work numbers, school, doctor, dentist and so on.

Resource booklets We divided the Cubs into four groups to work their way around four bases. We used the National Grid resource booklets which were very helpful. The Cubs were able to mark the location of the stopcock, meters etc in their own homes as well as work through the other sections on fire safety, accidents and safety and warning symbols. One of the bases was practising emergency phone calls using different scenarios and we added some circle games on the theme of Home Safety.

On the third week, when the Pack was back together, we had a visit from two Police Community Support Officers. They spoke about how to keep houses free from crime as well as answering questions. Having visitors who were able to reinforce the safety aspect went down very well.

The running of this activity badge went very smoothly. The use of the booklets was popular as all of the Cubs enjoyed filling in the different sections and doing the wordsearch. It really encouraged them to think about how they could keep both themselves and their families safe and what to do in an emergency. The following week we presented the badges and certificate that came in the resource pack to those who had completed all the sections.

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mini-marat hon Did you know that over one million children in the UK have asthma?

You can help!

Asthma UK is asking young people to group together and get sponsored to cover the 26.2 mile distance of a marathon between them, in any way they choose.

To find out more and to register, get in touch: T 0800 121 62 55 E mini-marathon@asthma.org.uk W asthma.org.uk/minimarathon

Š Asthma UK 2011 registered charity in England 802364 and Scotland SCO39322

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