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Editors: Graeme Hamilton, UK Adviser for Cub Scouts Nicola Ashby, Programme and Development Adviser for Cub Scouts programme@scout.org.uk

Intro

Staying in touch

Published by: The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW Contributions to: scouting.magazine@scout.org.uk This issue’s contributors: Nicola Ashby Charlie Dale Graeme Hamilton Rose Wells Dave Wood ADVERTISING Tom Fountain tom@thinkpublishing.co.uk Tel: 020 8962 1258

Graeme Hamilton introduces some updates to the Home Contact system and what it means for Cub Scouting Everyone can be wary of change. Our surveys also tell us that Cub Scout Leaders are busy people and often they struggle to manage all the bureaucracy around running outdoor activities or events away from the normal meeting place. However, the revised Home Contact system, called InTouch, has been designed by leaders for leaders and offers the best of both worlds – flexibility to adapt to the event and also holding on to the primary requirement of keeping yourself and the young people safe and in communication with their parents. I commend this welcome change to all.

What does this mean for Cub Scouting?

Nine-year-old Kat ie is the you ngest Cub Scout to ach ieve all 33 activity badges. It took the Hampsh ire Cub just 18 months to complete and included 20 nights away on camp.

Congrat ulat ions Kat ie!

There is no longer a specific requirement to appoint a third party Home Contact to sit at home by the phone whenever you take Cubs away. Instead, you will need to put in place the most appropriate system for any event, activity or meeting you run. Although InTouch should make your life easier through its flexibility, it is a requirement for all Cub activities, including normal weekly meetings, and not something that can just be ignored.

InTouch will be implemented across the UK between now and 1 September 2010, and your District Commissioner will be able to let you know when your District will be moving across from the Home Contact system.

Full details can be found at www.scouts.org.uk/intouch and on page 64 of the main magazine.

Contents 4 Inside adventures Taking the outside in

10 POP A winter-themed programme on a plate

15 The appliance of science The Scientist Badge activity pack is upgraded

7 Competition Win £500 for your Pack

8 Courage under conflict

12 Friends, Romans, Cubs – welcome to camp

16 Happy new year Crafts for 2010

A colossal Cub camp

Scouting in a military base

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Inside s e r u t n e v d a Discover the great indoors, with Dave Wood

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remember some wise old sage of an Assistant District Commissioner who kept telling us leaders that if we ran meetings in our building we were doing something wrong and that we should always be putting the ‘OUT’ into ScOUTing, all year round. Fine if it’s not rainy, dark and cold. He seemed to object when I pointed out that the word ‘IN’ also appears in the word ScoutINg and that we could run equally excellent, challenging and fun activities for the Cubs indoors as well as outside!

So, with the winter just about upon us, make the most of the indoors as well as the great outdoors. Look around to see how you can use your premises in a different way. My old Scout building was built over an old swimming pool which was a big empty space. A bit of work one afternoon and it was transformed into a cave system using groundsheets and blankets with eerie lights and sounds.

Simply attaching ropes safely to rafters to make a rope climb challenge, rigging up a volleyball net from wall to wall; or even setting up basketball nets can inject some adventure in the hall. Perhaps you have a long plain wall that you could affix rock climbing holds to, to make a safe horizontal wall climbing challenge course? Or, have you an old store room that could be cleared out to provide and extra meeting room or Sixers’ den for them to decorate? Is there a kitchen that the Cubs could use in small groups to cook things in? Are there windows that could be decorated temporarily using windows chalks?

Here’s a few activities that might help you and your Pack make the most of the wet evenings...

Game: Object story Give each Cub and leader an object found at random in the hall cupboards. The leader starts to tell a story and must include their item, before asking a Cub to continue.

This Cub must continue with the story as logically as possible, and must include their own object. The leader then asks another Cub to continue. With a small group you could have two items each.

Event: Winter sleepover Base it at your meeting place, and start on a Saturday afternoon and end on Sunday morning. Go for a ramble in the local area, possibly incorporating a treasure hunt. The evening meal could be a four-course dinner, with each course prepared by a separate Six. Courses could include: • Starter: egg mayonnaise • Main: spaghetti bolognaise • Dessert: fruity cheesecake • Sweets: chocolates, marzipan fruits and peppermint creams.

The evening could include an indoor campfire, storytelling and a film, using a borrowed digital projector and a double bed sheet for a huge screen. After breakfast on day two, try some survival activities, such as firelighting, shelter building and backwoods cooking.

Activity: Winter bubbles you will need

• 1 0 cups of water • 1 cup of concentrated dishwashing liquid • 1/4 cup glycerine • plastic bucket • bubble wand (from a bubble pot or you can make your own using electrical wire).

1. Ensure it’s a very cold evening – it has to be 0 degrees or below. Mix everything in the bucket and take it outside.

2. Each Cub is given a bubble wand (or they make it themselves) and a cupful of the mixture.

3. They then gently blow bubbles – if it’s cold enough the bubbles will quickly freeze and they will be able to catch and hold the bubbles.

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Game: Spot the sticker you will need

• postage stamp-sized stickers each containing a letter making up a simple word (eg ‘SAUSAGES’).

1. Before anyone arrives, secretly place the stickers around the building in out-of-the-way locations. They should be in places that aren’t obvious but are not impossible to find – under the top of a door frame; underneath a table; on a leader’s shoe, and so on.

2. Cubs are given ten minutes or so to walk quietly around the hall with a paper and pen and write down each letter.

3. They should not draw attention to where any letters are as they will want to be the first to find them all.

4. When they have seen all the letters, can they rearrange the letters to discover the mystery word?

Winter specials Game: Indoor fishing you will need (per fishing rod) • a long bamboo cane • 6m length of string • a cork • velcro • cardboard shaped fish.

1. Make a fishing rod for each Six, using a long bamboo cane, string and, on the end, a cork with hooked Velcro attached to it.

2. Prepare a set of cardboard fish, enough for six per team, which have furry Velcro attached to the mouth end.

3. Working in relay form, Sixes stand behind a line and take it in turns to carefully cast their rod and try to catch a fish, which is placed some distance away.

4. When a player has caught a fish and landed it, they pass the rod to the next player in their team.

5. Which Six catches all their fish first?

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Here are a few other activities that are great winter diversions: • The Pack’s Got Talent – Cubs perform a magic trick, musical item, soccer ball trick, campfire sketch in turn in front of the Pack, and possibly parents too.

• Winter beach party – Ice creams, sandcastle building, water relays, all with the heating turned up and the Cubs in beach gear. Don’t forget the barbecue!

• Bowling night – Use two-litre soft drinks bottles and sponge footballs to stage an inter-Six ten pin bowling tournament.

Run this as a base or with two games running alongside each other, to keep everyone involved.

• Balloon modelling – A bumper bag of modelling balloons plus a pump per Six will keep the Cubs occupied for a surprisingly long time! Internet auction sites sell kits with instructions very cheaply and could form part of a Cub’s Entertainer Activity Badge.

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Competition

Win £500 for your Pack 5. The word search below contains five things that can be classed as a fire hazard in the home – where are they?

Enter National Grid’s Home Safety competition and your Cubs can win cash for your Pack First prize - £500 Second Prize - £300 Third Prize - £200 Three lucky prize winners will receive £50 each plus one of the above prizes for the Cub Scout Pack. All your Cubs have to do is fill in the answers to the quiz below.

The quiz is based around the Home Safety Badge activity pack.

1. If you smell gas what service should you call and what telephone number do you contact them on?

2. Gas appliances should be serviced at least once a year. This should be done by an engineer registered with? (Tick one box only) The fire service Gas Safe (formerly known as CORGI) National Grid 3. Why should you never play near or climb on an electricity pylon?

4. Where is your water stop cock located? (This is the tap used to turn on and off the water supply as it enters your home?

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The hazards – CHIP PAN, HEATER, BLOCKED CHIMNEY, SMOKING MATERIALS, CANDLES. 6. If you have a fire in your home and there is a lot of smoke why is it best to crawl along the floor?

7. If you go on holiday name one thing you should to keep your home safe?

Entries should be sent by email to sally.hilton@scout.org.uk or by post to Sally Hilton, Home Safety Competition, The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW. Entries must contain: Name and address of the entering Cub Scout

Name of the Cub Scout Pack Contact no. of Cub Scout Leader Signature of parent/guardian allowing photograph of winner to be used for promotional purposes

For terms and conditions visit www.scouts.org.uk/homesafety

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Courage under

conflict Jess Kelly grew up in a military family and spent her childhood moving around the world. Here, she recalls her nomadic early years and looks at methods to ensure Scouting is a stabilising force

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ot a decade goes by without conflict and war occurring somewhere in the world.

It’s hard enough for adults to understand what, how and why this happens, but it is even harder for our young people to comprehend.

Growing up, my dad was in the Royal Air Force, and I spent my entire childhood moving around both the UK and the world. Although exciting, this is also extremely unsettling. I remember as a child wondering where my

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dad was and being upset by the reports on the news.

One thing that did remain with me was my involvement in activities outside of school, where I was a Guide and this remained the case throughout my childhood, regardless of where I was living. I’ve taken some time to revisit some old haunts and share some thoughts on how to introduce these subjects into your programme.

There are hundreds of Scout Groups based at many of

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The environment of a Cub Pack should be welcoming, comforting and familiar to its members

let you know if there are any issues you should be aware of.

When friends and family are away

our British Forces bases, inside and outside the UK. These groups will often consist of a mixture of military and civilian children and leaders. This mix provides both opportunities and challenges to those working with them.

Being aware At times of conflict we need to be especially aware of the pressures on young people today, parents away on detachment, being posted away from friends and familiarity. All of this is very unsettling for young people and some find it harder than others to adjust to the change.

This continuous pattern of change means that the leaders need to be flexible with their programme, adapting to suit the needs of the young people as well as the issues and situations surrounding them. They also may find themselves having to be flexible about the way of working, with leaders being unavailable at short notice.

It is important that Scouting provides stability, no matter where in the world. The environment of a Cub Pack should be welcoming, comforting and familiar to its members.

Everyone has someone in their life who lives or works away, and this can fit into the programme by giving the Cubs some time to write, draw or make something for those they miss.

It is equally important to remember that those who are not with us miss us too, and often miss crucial parts of our lives. I now joke with my dad that he still thinks I’m three; in reality he’s probably only seen me for three years out of my life and can sometimes find it hard to relate to me.

While people are away it is handy to keep a note of things that the Cubs are doing. This could quite simply be a diary which they fill in or a box which they put items in which they have done or a photo montage. This will enable the Cubs to update the parent / friend of what they have been up to. It is also important to remember this at key times such as promise and award ceremonies.

Where possible, plan to hold these when parents are available, if not, make a video diary, take photos etc which can be shared with those who are not around.

Activity idea - Thought box A simple idea to allow the Cubs to share their thoughts and feelings without having to stand out from the crowd. Make a simple ballot box and ask the Cubs to write or draw their feelings. The notes placed in the box may help influence the programme or raise issues which need to be addressed.

Setting the programme There are a variety of ways of dealing with issues arising from conflict, best spread out within the programme and not crammed into one meeting. Before you introduce these subjects inform parents so that they can

more info www.scouts.org.uk/pol - search ‘military’.

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Top 5 Programmes on POL (October)

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Method

Instructions

Themes

Discuss the theme for the meeting

A ctivities with others; Games; Outdoors

You will need (per pair): - An old bicycle tyre or plastic hoop - Two short sticks.

What you do: - Split the Pack into pairs.

- Two players stand opposite each other, each holding a stick.

- The first player twirls the hoop on their stick and throws it into the middle ground between him/her and the other player. The hoop should bounce.

- The second player tries to catch it with their stick as it bounces up.

- The second player returns the hoop the the first player in the same way.

- Points are scored each time a player manages to catch the hoop on their stick.

A little practise may be required - younger players will need some supervision. For safety reason, this game should be played in an open space where there is no risk of injuring other people or property.

Activity taken from A World of Ideas, published by GirlGuiding UK.

Make things

You will need: - Bird seed - Breadcrumbs - Washing up bottle (one for each feeder) - Photograph of a bird feeder - Scissors - Knitting needle - Margarine tub - Piece of cord about 50cm long - Two pieces of dowel about 20cm long each.

What you do: - Mix together some bird seed and breadcrumbs.

- Show the Cub Scouts the picture of the bird feeder.

- Cut the top off a clean washing up liquid bottle.

- Pierce two holes in the bottom and thread cord into the bottle to hang it from.

- Make two holes in the margarine tub about 5cm apart and thread the cord through these and tie it off – this forms a lid for the feeder that slides up and down.

- Cut four holes in the bottle and push the dowel through to form two perches.

- Cut four further holes above the perches through which the birds can feed.

- Put some stones in the bottom of the feeder then fill it with bird seed and breadcrumbs.

- Either hang it somewhere close to your meeting place or if the Cub Scouts have made individual ones they can take them home to hang up and watch.

Activities with others; Make things; Outdoors; Themes

You will need: - Colouring pencils - Felt-tipped pens - Marker pens - Pencils - Pens - White paper.

What you do: - Note down the different creatures that visit a patch of land throughout the year, and Cubs will begin to notice the changes – from day to day, season to season and year to year. Ask the young people to write down and draw what they see, especially unusual behaviour, such as male robins fighting, or the first swifts returning in the spring.

- Look under logs and rocks for insects, as well as looking to the sky for birds.

- This is an excellent way to get Cubs interested in the world around them.

Themes; Prayer, worship and reflection

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d summer’s evening and assemble The first troops arrived on a warm read a greeting from a crisp ela Ak n ria ntu Ce m. eu lis Co the before d the Wike Scout Camp Roman unfurled scroll and officially starte weekend, writes Rose Wells

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olding an annual themed camp presents a challenge Cub Scout Leader Patrick Tivey is pleased to take on. This year’s Roman camp was a colossal success due to the dedication and hard work of the Scouts, leaders and parents of the 24th North Leeds Scout Group.

Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, it took three months from the initial planning to build, paint and make the scenery and costumes. Calling for reserves from an army of around 60 parents, Patrick and his team created an exciting and totally adventurous weekend for over 80 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

are willing to help us throughout the year, not just preparing for camp.’

The main stage was framed by securing a 20-metre roll of lino and turning it into the Coliseum. The crowd of spectators was brought to life by photocopying a sheet of paper with Roman figures several times. A local market provided the bright red fabric which became the costumes and toy plastic police helmets were cut down and painted for the centurians’ headgear. To swell the ranks, a photo was enlarged and copied to make 30 life-sized soldiers.

Props and costumes

Fully equipped with swords and shields, the legionnaires were put into training. Siege catapults were built to fire water balloons and the Cubs practised archery and the

The group relies on the ready supply of extra hands. As Patrick proudly says, ‘We’re lucky we have parents who

Let the training commence

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classical Roman Testudo (tortoise) formation. Patrick and Beaver Scout Leader, Mike Boam, gave a spectacular gladiatorial display. Battle commenced as weapons were cast aside and hundreds of wet sponges flew through the air, raining down on the opposing side.

Past successes Patrick and the team have a great record of putting on a variety of camps. ‘The year 2007 prompted a James Bond theme when we enlisted the help of the local police and fire brigade. Another success was the Knights of the Round Table camp complete with a banquet.’ The Apache Fort camp cost almost nothing to put together, as Patrick recalls ‘We collected 350 carpet roll tubes over the year and mounted them on a frame to form a fort half the size of a football pitch.

The only real cost was for the pots of wood stain.’

Plans are already forming for the 2012 Olympic camp, and Patrick has ideas for building an Acropolis with their own Olympic flame.

What did it cost?

Example: Roll of lino - £70; toy police helmets - £50; material for armour - £20. With a little imagination and a raid on pound shops and markets, costs can be kept to a minimum while providing a great event.

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Scientist Badge

The appliance of science What happens if you take one hugely successful activity pack and try and make it even better?

The new and improved Scientist Badge pack.

Badge sponsors Rolls Royce set the experiment

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hen the Rolls-Royce sponsored Scientist Badge Activity Pack was launched more than two years ago, we hoped it would inspire leaders and Cubs alike to attempt the Scientist Badge. We wanted to make the badge even more accessible by creating some simple science investigations with easy-to-follow instructions that were fun to try. Our ambition was to encourage more Cubs and leaders to have a go at the badge, particularly those with no experience of these kinds of activities.

We were delighted when the packs flew off the shelves, and absolutely astounded when we had to order more copies within weeks! Two years later, 110,000 printed copies have been sent out. But we felt it was looking a little tired and in need of an update.

the badge easier and helped to involve parents since it could be sent home too. We were especially pleased that the pack had encouraged some of you to do the Scientist Badge for the very first time.

Step 1: Do your research

Download the new pack. We hope you like it as much as the old one, and we look forward to hearing what you think of it.

The Scout Association carried out a programmes survey in May 2009, to find out what you liked about the Scientist Badge Activity Pack and how it was being used with Cubs.

You told us it was simple to use and easy to build a programme around. You liked the practical workbook style and found the activities included relevant to the badge. Many leaders said the activity pack made doing

Step 2: Set the experiment Armed with your feedback, we set out to refresh the activity pack, include a few new activities and improve the design.

The format has been changed to make it easier to download. What we have not changed is the basic concept; the new-look pack still includes easy-to-follow instructions to complete a selection of the badge requirements, which can be used by individuals or as a Pack activity.

Step 3: Start testing

Order your pack today The Scientist Badge Activity Pack can be downloaded from www.scouts.org.uk/rollsroyce

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his is the time of year when we look back over the things we’ve done, wonder how a year could go so quickly, and look forward to what the next year has to bring.

Tree of life you will need

• paintbrushes • paint • pens • lots of different sized sheets of paper.

1. Paint the trunk and branches of a tree on a large piece of paper.

2. Cub Scouts write on leaf-shaped pieces of paper things that they felt were enjoyable, or difficult, or special, or good about the last year.

They could also write apologies for things they did wrong.

3. Leaders arrange and stick these leaves at the foot of the trunk on the left of the tree, like a pile of fallen winter leaves.

4. Cub Scouts write their wishes, hopes, promises, resolutions and expectations for next year on more leaf-shaped pieces of paper, and the leaders can stick these in the branches at the right hand-side of the tree. These are the spring leaves of hope and promise for 2010.

How will your tree look? Will you live up to its expectations?

Future fantasy challenge you will need

• scraps of material • paper • clean recyclable household waste (cartons, cardboard, plastic bottles, plastic bottle-tops, etc) • PVA glue • sticky tape • string • paint and/or coloured pens.

1. What inventions would help people, especially children? Using scrap materials, glue, string, paper, coloured pens and anything else to hand, ask the Cub Scouts to come up with a design and a description for an invention that would be the ultimate in cool for Cub Scouts. Put a time limit on it.

2. They can work in Sixes or pairs to produce their idea first and then their model. The description of what their invention does is as important as the model, so don’t forget the written description.

3. When the allocated time period is up, each group needs to explain and display their idea to the other Cubs so that they can understand it.

What do the other Cubs think? Thumbs up or thumbs down?

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Make and do

Photography courtesy of Mill End Cubs and Thrive Homes and United House

Backwards and forwards you will need

• 14 small blank cards per Six • marker pen • floor markers (rope, sports cones, etc).

1. Divide your floor space in half across the middle, either with a rope or by marking the half-way point at either end in some way (indoor sports cones or chairs work well). It should be obvious to the players where the halfway point is.

2. Write each letter from D E C 2 0 0 9 on an individual card. Do the same for J A N 2 0 1 0 and put a coloured dot on the two ‘0’ cards in the JAN 2010 set to make sure there’s no cheating later. You should now have 14 cards, each with a single letter or number on it.

3. Repeat step 2 to produce a set for each Six. 4. Divide the Cub Scouts into their Sixes and stand in relay at one end of the meeting place.

5. Give each Cub Scout in each Six one card from their DEC 2009 set, the Sixer should get two.

6. Place all the JAN 2010 cards in a pile opposite the team at the other end of the meeting place, ready for them to collect one at a time.

7. The aim of the game is for each Cub Scout in turn to run backwards to the halfway point, turn and then run forwards to their team’s end point, where they swap their DEC 2009 card for a new JAN 2010 card.

8. They then run backwards to the halfway point, turn, and run forwards to rejoin their team at the back of the line. The Sixer should start the game, swap one DEC 2009 card and hold on to the second until all the other Cub Scouts in the Six have run.

9. Once all Cubs have taken their turn, the Sixer runs again with the last card, and returns to base to finish the game. It’s all over when the cards are down on the floor spelling out JAN 2010!

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Naturalist Badge

Nuts about nature Turn detective and join in with the third national Great Nut Hunt Cub Scout Naturalist Activity Badge sponsors, Natural England are looking for Cub Scouts to explore their local woodlands to find evidence of the sleepy Hazel Dormouse.

Get outdoors!

Hundreds of people are already out searching for nuts - the tell-tale signs that the secretive creatures are around. Find out how to identify them with a resource pack from the People’s Trust for Endangered Species www.ptes.org/greatnuthunt

Searching out the hazel dormouse is just one of lots of activities offered to Cub Scouts by Natural England. Explore farms, discover England’s undersea landscape, join an online wildlife gardening site, attend a music festival, visit your very own national nature reserve... there’s loads to do, check out www.naturalengland.org. uk/millionchildren for more ideas of how you can join in the One Million Children Outdoors initiative. Go on, get outdoors and be a part of it!

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Scout Tartan Lambswool Scarf

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A Waterman Pen in a gift box, in the popular rollerball style.

Printed with the Scouts ‘be prepared’ logo. Ideal for your own use or as a gift.

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Be Prepared Laptop Bag

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With the Scout Arrowhead logo, the necker is perfect for wearing on a campsite, day or night.

Batteries are replaceable ref:1027403 at two for £1 Simple on/off switch.

A 136x30CM Lambswool Scarf woven in the official Scout Tartan (this is not a Scout Necker).

Each Scarf has a label sewn on to it stating it is the official Scout tartan.

Ideal for wearing on cold days or as a gift.

Suitable for laptops with a 15” screen size, with three separate compartments, the middle one being padded.

Handle or shoulder strap for easy carrying

All profits go back into Scouting. The Scout Association Registered Charity number 306101 (England and Wales) and SC038437 (Scotland).

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