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Fire & Ice Winter Camp - January 2012 CTT Activity Camp - July/August 2012 100 acre site available for camping 15 minutes from Lea Valley White Water Centre 55 minutes to the Olympic Park by Rail 5 minutes from junction 25 of the M25 Situated between Stansted and Luton Airports Full Catering available for groups Indoor accomodation for 60, 36 and 15 Large range of on site activities Camping space for over 3000 Contact - Chris Rainbow - Warden Tolmers Activity Centre, Tolmers Road, Cuffley, Herts. EN6 4JS Tel: 01707 872900 Email: info@tolmers.org.uk Web:www.tolmers.org.uk

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

Intro

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Contributions to: programme@scouts.org.uk ADVERTISING Richard Ellacott richard.ellacott@thinkpublishing.co.uk Tel: 020 8962 1258 This issue’s contributors: Nicola Gordon-Wilson Austin Lill Charlotte Tow Dave Wood 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 Cover photo: Paula Solloway

Join-in-Jamboree activities August/September We hope you’ve been using your Join-in-Jamboree resources.

The themes for the final two months are Home Hospitality, and Looking to the future.

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

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Deputy UK Commissioner for Programme Graeme Hamilton takes an overview of camps, programme, activities and involving young people.

Summer’s well under way now and thousands of young people have experienced the thrills of camps both in the UK and abroad. This ranges from first time Beaver Scout residential experiences to the life-changing experience being had by those attending the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden.

I’ve had a great time getting out and about and visiting camps and events wherever I can. The excitement, fun, friendships, and development I’ve witnessed is a stark reminder of what makes our voluntary roles so special as we guide and mentor young people through their lives for the few hours a week that they engage with us.

We’ve now completed the recruitment for the various programme project teams and the UK Programme support team. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this effort. Everyone is now hard at work undertaking a huge range of tasks to ensure that we have the right up-to-date support for leaders across the country.

This is also a good time to let you know about a special project which will appear in the October/November supplement. We’ll be including some ideas for activities to run with your Cubs to ensure that we get great feedback about what they think could make the Programme better.

We don’t want to run activities for young people without involving those young people and this will form part of our drive for greater youth involvement. So, be prepared and build some time in your programme during October or November to run these activities and send the responses back to the Programme team.

Contents 4 News Updates from around the UK

6 Crafty Cubs Craft activities with an interesting twist

10 Tiger timelords A Creative Zone programme in pictures, featuring the St Chads Greys Cubs from York

We need your help to shape and improve Cub Scouting

Ideas to achieve the Hobbies Activity Badge

17 Safety first 14 Origami cooking

9 Open for ideas

16 Happy hobby days

An easy activity to set up tasty treats when you are outdoors with your Cubs

An exciting competition

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News

News and views in Cub Scouting. ions Email your stories, reports and opin k to scouting.magazine@scouts.org.u

Cubs give bees a home The 6th Southgate Cubs were busy making bee hotels, as a part of the pilot of Community Scout Week in May. The 25 Cubs also designed posters in a bid to help with the conservation of bees.

This resulted in some interesting plays on words, including ‘save the Beebers.’

The hotels have since been sold to members of the local community and have so far raised £60 for the Group and the Development Grants Board, which provides funds for Groups needing financial assistance. Taking part in Community Scout Week also provided the young people with the opportunity to complete their Community Challenge Award.

Lanarkshire Pack complete Discovery award Cub Scouts from the 78th Lanarkshire (3rd Blantyre), recently completed the John Muir Discovery Award. A total of 17 Cubs and 3 leaders completed all the criteria and are the first Cub Pack in Scotland to gain this prestigious prize.

The Cubs had been working towards it for six months and managed to gain several activity badges in the process.

Among the activities they completed were building and placing bird boxes and bird feeders in local woodland, geocaching, firelighting skills and tree planting. They also had a residential experience and much more.

The John Muir Award is an environmental scheme focused on wild places. It encourages awareness and responsibility for the natural environment, in a spirit of adventure and exploration.

More information can be found at www.johnmuiraward.org

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Greenhouse champions Cubs from the 1st Atherstone Group in Warwickshire showed some real bottle recently by building a greenhouse out of soft drink containers.

As part of a drive to achieve the Global Conservation Activity Badge and the Global Challenge, the Pack collected an amazing 1,200 two-litre drinks bottles late last year. A group of parents and a local joinery business supplied some assistance and the project began.

Fundraising efforts – including a sponsored bike ride – secured the final materials and, after an exhaustive effort washing every bottle and peeling off every label, the Pack built the sides of the greenhouse by inserting bamboo canes through the tubes of bottles and nailing them top and bottom to the frames.

They now have a fully functional greenhouse made entirely from recycled bottles, which is full of seed trays of vegetables growing already. As a recycling and eco-project this is a tremendous success, and one which the Cubs are rightly proud of.

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Faith and awareness events October/November 2011 October Black History Month World Blindness Awareness Month 1 International Day of Older Persons 4 World Animal Day 6 Dasera (Hindu) 8 Yom Kippur – Day of Atonement (Jewish) 10 World Mental Health Day 13 Sukkot begins (Jewish)

19 Sukkot ends (Jewish) 20 Birth of the Báb (Bahá’í) 20 Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) 21 Simchat Torah (Jewish) 26 Diwali (Jain, Hindu, Sikh) 31 Halloween

November 1 All Saints Day (Christian) 5 Arafah Day (Islamic) 6 Eid al Adha (Islamic) 10 Guru Nanak Dev Sahib Birthday (Sikh) 11 Armistice Day 12 Birth of Bahá’u’lláh (Bahá’í)

13 Remembrance Sunday (UK) 14 World Diabetes Day 14-25 Anti-bullying week 16 International Day for Tolerance 20 Christ the King (Christian) 20 Universal Children’s Day 24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh) 24 Thanksgiving Day (USA) 26 Al Hijira Muharram – Muslim New Year (Islamic) 27 First Sunday of Advent (Christian) 30 Saint Andrew’s Day (Christian, Bank Holiday Scotland)

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Crafty Cubs

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elieve it or not, it’s quite easy to take everyday activities and explore ways in which you can extend them to interest and challenge your Cubs.

The following activities which I’ve enjoyed doing with my Pack in the past will hopefully do just that…

District badge collage Divide your District badge into A4-shape sections.

Cubs are given one sheet of white paper and a section of the badge to copy on to it. Assemble the copied sheets on a wall to see if it resembles the badge when viewed from a distance.

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Tissue paper hot air balloons You will need: tissue paper, glue, hairdryer Instructions: 1. Take six squares of tissue paper and glue together in a cross shape.

2. Glue them into a cube.

3. Cut one corner off the cube, to leave a gap of about 4-6cm diameter.

4. Two Cubs hold the cube, hole-down.

5. Use a hairdryer on a high setting to force hot air into the cube.

6. The Cubs let go when they feel the cube rising.

7. If it twists around, hang lengths of string from the opening.

8. This is best done indoors as wind may spoil the effect.

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Activities

Make and use clay You will need: flour, salt, water, cooking oil, cream of tartare.

Instructions: 1. Mix one and a half mugs of salt, three mugs of water, three mugs of flour, one tablespoon of cream of tartare, and two tablespoons of cooking oil in a saucepan.

2. Cook the mixture over a low heat, stirring until the dough pulls away from the side of the pan and is so stiff you can hardly stir it.

3. Take it out of the pan and leave to cool.

4. Knead it until it is nice and smooth.

5. Model it to the shapes you want, paint them and, after a few days, they’ll set firm.

6. Cubs can paint the dried models the following week.

Make and use flour paint You will need: three mugs of flour, two tablespoons liquid soap, water, food colouring/ powder paint.

Instructions: Mix everything together, adding a tablespoonful of water at a time, until you get a thick paste, using different colouring for different batches This is great for finger painting (it cleans off easily due to the soap).

Natural meal Give each Cub a paper plate. They disappear into the grounds of the meeting place or the far reaches of the campsite, to return at a given time with what looks like a meal fit for a king. The ‘meal’ will be made up of natural plant-life and should be colourful, well-arranged and appear vaguely appetising.

Soap models Each Cub is given a soft bar of soap and a plastic knife (or a normal metal knife, but not too sharp of course). They will enjoy whittling the soap away to produce models of cars, animals, aliens and so on. Best to do this on a groundsheet as it’s quite messy… although your Cubs’ hands will be lovely and clean by the end.

Make and use quill pen You will need: several large chicken or turkey feathers (maybe ask your friendly local butcher for some), a craft knife, some ink and paper.

Instructions: 1. Cubs select their feather and a leader cuts the tip of the feather at a slant.

2. Cut a slit vertically down, remembering to cut on a board, away from your fingers.

3. Dip the pen in ink and try writing with it 4. Experiment with different shaped cuts — see what happens if you chop the pointed end off to leave a flatter nib.

5. This leads you nicely into the art of calligraphy which is a handy skill for Cubs to write stylishly on certificates and important letters or invitations.

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Brick making Each Cub should try to make at least one brick, using wet mud and straw (or grass), mixed and kneaded by hand in bowls. This has to be squashed into brick shape and left in the sun to dry. Get the Pack to work together to get the brick sizes equal. Use the bricks for a campfire surround or miniature wall.

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Jigsaw relay You will need: A simple 24-piece jigsaw for each Six – borrow some from Cubs’ younger siblings if you have to.

Instructions: 1. Cubs sit in relay formation. The jigsaw pieces are laid out at the far end of the hall one per team.

2. On the word 'go', the first player in each team runs up and brings back a jigsaw piece.

3. The next player then runs up and brings back another piece. This continues while work begins on assembling the puzzle.

4. The first team to complete the puzzle wins.

Clay sheep You will need: Garlic press, air drying clay, cocktail stick.

Instructions: 1. Give ach Cub two pieces of clay.

2. Form a body and head for the sheep, using the first piece.

3. Using the second piece and the garlic press, squeeze the clay through the press so that it comes out in long, thin, stringy pieces.

4. Attach these to the body of the sheep.

5. Use a cocktail stick to form the eyes, nose and so on.

6. The following week, these can be painted white, with black eyes.

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The Cubs sit in a large group. One is chosen to go up to a flipchart and is told an object to draw by a leader (who whispers it or shows them a word or picture on a piece of paper). The Cub then starts to draw. The rest of the Pack can put their hands up and the leader asks them at random to identify the picture. If someone is correct, the guesser takes a turn at drawing. Correct guessers can only take one turn as artist, so share the role around.

Coat of arms You will need: paper and pens.

1. Explain about how coats of arms are used by individuals to represent their history, interests and so on.

2. Provide the shape of a coat of arms and ask the Cubs to create their own. They should choose to represent some of their hobbies and interests, and try to illustrate their surname too.

3. You can search for surnames and download a free copy of the coat of arms for thousands of names on www.houseofnames.com. Perhaps you could print out the ‘official’ coat of arms to give to each Cub.

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Cubs project

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o you have any views on the Cub Scout programme? Do you think that the challenge badges are too difficult or that the Six system is in disarray?

Do you believe camping is the key to maintaining fun in the section? Do you have a great method of keeping your Cubs involved right up until Scouts?

As many of you will know, The Scout Association is currently looking to develop the Cub programme, to make sure it is as relevant, fun and challenging as ever. In the last issue, we revealed details of changes to activity badges to ensure that this was the case and, as Graeme noted in his introduction on page three, we will be looking to get the views of your Cubs, through exciting activities, in the October/November issue.

Points of view

Charlotte Tow invites you to make a substantive contribution towards shaping Cub Scouting in the future

The next stage of this process is to make sure all other aspects of the programme are as strong as can be. We are after your opinions, stories and examples of how you keep your Cubs interested and engaged, right up until they are 10½.

If you have any ideas, please email programme@scouts.org.uk and let us know all about them.

We’d also like to know what your main challenges are. Is there anything we can do to support you in overcoming them? Does football clash with your Pack meetings or piano lessons get in the way of camp? We want to know it all so don’t be shy, get in touch and help us to make Cub Scouting even more fun, exciting and adventurous for everyone.

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Tiger timelords

The St Chads Greys Tigers Cub Pack in York ran an adventurously imaginative Creative zone programme to fascinate and excite. Time travel was the order of the day as the Cubs learned all about ancient communication Assistant Group Scout Leader Pete Edwards runs us through the programme: ‘We are teaching the Cubs about methods of communication. As a subject it can be quite boring so we have put the spin on it of going back through history to make it a bit more interesting. Over the last three weeks, they have done hieroglyphics and drum communications, and now we are finishing it up with communicating through flags.’

You will need the following: • CD with time travel sounds on (the sound of Doctor Who’s TARDIS is ideal) • Brief information on life in medieval Britain, Lords and serfs, and so on.

• Information on flags and their uses.

• Semaphore flags.

• Sheet outlining the different positions for semaphore flags to be held in for particular signals.

Capture the flag Instructions: 1. Split the Pack into two teams, red and blue.

2. Place blue and red flags at each end of the playing area.

3. Place the teams in front of their flag.

4. Give each team specific instructions like ‘red team move forward two steps’, ‘blue team hop forward three places’.

5. Continue using varied ways of moving the teams around until you are ready to say ‘blue team capture red team’s flag’, or vice-versa.

6. The team in question runs forward to capture the flag but the others must try to stop them by tagging them.

Once a member of the capturing team has been tagged they must return to their end of the playing area.

7. If the capturing team captures the flag they must return it to their end of the hut, without being tagged, to get the point or win the game.

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Programme in pictures

Travel to medieval times Sit the Cubs in the Pack circle with a couple of leaders. Explain that they must all sit still and not move while they are travelling back in time.

Turn the lights out and play the time travel sounds. Take this time to unfurl numerous flags which you have tied up around the meeting place.

Upon arrival in medieval Britain, switch the lights back on. The Cubs should see flags hung around the meeting place of different colours and with coats of arms on as well as some pictures of medieval people, castles, knights and so on.

If possible, have a leader dressed up as a medieval peasant and introduce them as the guide. They should briefly outline what medieval life was like and the use of flags to identify different lords, families and knights.

Also mention how flags are used in battle and at sea. Mention the start of semaphore.

Repeat the time travel process to return the Cubs to the present day.

Design a flag Hand out small pieces of material and some paper.

The Cubs have to design a flag to say who they are and a flag for their Six.

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Semaphore activity Explain what semaphore is. Give each Cub a sheet with a copy of the different semaphore positions.

After explaining that it has been used for centuries to communicate over long distances, get a leader to send a short message and see if the Cubs can decipher the signals using the sheet that they have.

Flag game A leader holds flags in the semaphore position for North, South, East, or West. When the Cubs see a position they have to run to the wall designated as the compass point.

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Programme in pictures

Flag down Ask the Cubs to come back next week with the flag positions for their name.

How did it go?

Leaders ‘It gets us more involved because we get to use our imagination and think on the same level as the Cubs. We look to provide that twist on a traditional Scouting theme. It’s nice to offer something that they don’t learn at school.

I’d say to all leaders “tap into your own imagination”. It’s definitely worth the effort. It looks complicated but a little bit of time and a little creativity goes a long way.’ – Ellie Cole, Cub Leader ‘I think that some leaders get a bit scared by programmes like this because it can be quite intimidating to stand up and do something that is quite childish; to make kids believe that they are going back in time or to get dressed up as somebody out of history. However there are lots of things that you can bring forward into the modern day programme that the Cubs will enjoy. More importantly, you can make the more traditional stuff, knot tying or map work, really interesting by bringing in a theme from history or TV or films. A Star Wars navigation night for example is a lot better than just pointing out grid lines on a map’ – Pete Edwards, Assistant Group Scout Leader

The Cubs ‘My favourite part was working out the signals on the flags, especially the “help, help I’m on fire” one. That was very funny.’ – Caitlin ‘My favourite part was the flag game when we got to run around.’ – Constance ‘Making the flags was the best because we got to get a bit messy and arty.’ – Joseph ‘The time travel thing was a bit weird but I really loved it.’ – Reece

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i m a g i r O g n i k o o c us Bushcraft expert Austin Lill talks to ty vi ti ac ve ti ea cr , sy ea an gh u ro th help your Cubs cook outdoors

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simple tin foil tray can be used to cook food easily. I’ve employed this technique with my Cubs many times and it’s always gone down well.

All you need is some tin foil and the confidence to show off some origami skills.

The tray shown is made with a single sheet of origami paper to make it easier to follow, but tin foil ones are best made doubled up.

Try experimenting with another piece which is just a fraction bigger to use as a lid.

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Scouting skills

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Fold a rectangle (or square) of tin foil into four parallel quarters.

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Next fold a small strip on the two outer strips and then fold back flat.

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Fold in the four corners to the bottom edge of the two central strips.

Once done fold the central strips over the four triangular folds and then slowly pull the tray open using your thumbs. As it opens you’ll need to shape the corners.

5 Tasty treats Now that you’ve created your tray, you will need to ensure that you have a fabulous meal to eat too. The best recipes for outdoor eating can be found in the Camp Cooking pages of Scouting magazine or on the Scouting magazine website www.scouts.org.uk/magazine Your completed tray. scouts.org.uk/pol 15

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Badge page

Happy s y a d y b b o h gh a fun Nicola Gordon-Wilson talks us throu ity Badge evening achieving the Hobbies Activ Hobbies Game ‘Captain’s coming’ is one of the best known adaptable games that can suit any theme. Label four walls/areas ‘Horse riding’, ‘Canoeing’, ‘Running’ and ‘Flying’. Call out the various commands and the Cubs respond with the associated actions.

Horse riding: mime riding a horse to one wall.

Canoeing: mime paddling to another wall.

Running: run to a wall.

Flying: mime flying to a wall.

Football: kicking a ball and doing a goal celebration.

Tiddlywinks: on the floor, miming a game of tiddlywinks.

Painting: painting the biggest picture ever.

Fishing: catching a whopper and trying to reel it in.

Knitting: sit quietly and mime knitting.

Plane/train spotting: get very excited about an approaching train/plane going over head, and tick off on notepad.

Gardening: mime standing on a shovel and digging a hole.

Reading: sit quietly and mime reading.

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he Hobbies Activity Badge is one of those that can be initially done by the Cubs at home, but then provide an enjoyable Pack meeting for all.

Make sure you let the Cubs (and parents) know well in advance that you are going to have a hobbies evening. Get them thinking about some of the things they may like to share. Play games that can be themed around the more popular hobbies.

Bring and share At another meeting ask the Pack to bring in some items that are related to their hobby in any way. In small groups/Sixes the Cubs can present their hobby to each other, outlining any safety rules, and explaining what equipment and materials they have used, and any background information they may know.

Allow for a few questions at the end of each presentation – making sure that someone asks how the Cub plans to develop their hobby, interest or skill in the future.

When we ran this evening with our Pack we had everything from collecting model penguins to horse riding to abseiling. It also gave us as leaders lots of great ideas for future meetings based on our Cubs' interests.

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Partners

Safety first Your Pack could win big with National Grid and the Home Safety Activity Badge.

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ave you used the home safety activity pack with your Cubs yet? If not, now’s the time to use it because National Grid is running an exciting competition where your Cubs could win money for their Group. Download it at www.scouts.org.uk/nationalgrid

How to win

Winning partnership

The competition is based on Activity 5 in the pack. Activity 5 (pictured above) consists of a picture of a kitchen and the Cubs are asked to identify the safety hazards.

Complete Activity 5 as a Pack and then ask your Cubs to design their own hazards poster of somewhere they go to.

This could be a room in the home (not the kitchen), at school, or at a Scout campsite.

This fabulous competition is the latest stage in the successful relationship between National Grid and The Scout Association. The success of the sponsorship has been beyond everyone’s expectations with over 150,000 activity packs being issued so far.

‘There is no better way of getting our safety messages out to a wide audience of young people and hopefully the information they gain now will stay with them for life’ says Jonathan Richardson, from National Grid’s Education and Skills department.

Research continues to tell us that leaders find the pack helpful and Cubs learn a lot from completing the tasks.

So keep encouraging your Cubs to gain the badge and enter the competition.

Details Send the posters to Sally Hilton, Corporate Partnerships team, Gilwell Park, Chingford, E4 7QW or email sally.hilton@scouts.org.uk. The closing date is 28 October 2011. The winning entry will receive £750 while two runners-up will be awarded £500 and £300.

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It allows Scouts of all ages the opportunity to undertake different levels of hikes or journeys depending on their level or ability. As sponsors, Cotswold Outdoor would like to ensure that the correct clothing and equipment is readily available to Scouts and leaders. The advice that Cotswold Outdoor can give ranges from expert knowledge and advice, planning and navigation right through to what to wear.

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he packs cover five areas of money management and will provide exciting ideas for you to do within your Pack.

They will also give young people an opportunity to relate money management to their own lives. This will include information and activities specific to Scouting and will help towards achieving a number of activity badges. Specific activities will teach Cubs about fundraising and how to help budget for camp.

The packs are: • Making the most of your money • Money and event management (including fundraising) • Fundraising • Money and your life • Running your own business

more info To find out more and to download the activity packs (available from 1 September), please go to: www.scouts.org.uk/natwest

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