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REUNIONThe magazine for Cub Scout Leaders

June/July 2011

Social tiesUsing the internet

to teach knots

Faith based funIdeas for

the Beliefs and Attitudes zone

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Intro

Nicola Gordon-Wilson sets the scene for summer

Welcome to the latest issue of the Cubs supplement. In the following pages

you will find the usual mix of ideas for activities, badges and skills training.

Also included in this supplement are details of minor changes to the Activity

Badges and Challenge Awards. These have been made after gathering

feedback from a number of sources.

We are always interested to hear from you regarding badge requirements

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

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

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

You may have notice that we often include case studies of different Packs,

Cubs and Pack leaders. We are always looking for suitable case studies to

include or Packs to visit and feature.

If you meet in an unusual place, have a Cub Scout who has done something

extra special or have different ways of operating please contact us on

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

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Contents

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

Contributions to:[email protected]

ADVERTISINGRichard [email protected]: 020 8962 1258

This issue’s contributors:Dave WoodAustin LillJenny WinnChristine Miles

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: Pete Howard

4 NewsUpdates from around the UK

5 The most wonderful time… Bookings are now open for the

85th Gilwell Reunion

6 Attitude of belief Ideas and activities to explore a

spiritual side

10 POPBeliefs and attitudes

12 Bushcraft networkHow one leader used Facebook

to inject excitement into knots

14 Badge changes Find out what's different with

your programme badges

16 Learn in Packs A visit to Rolls-Royce for some

scientifi c activity

17 Partners Activites to protect against the

summer sun, OS offers and great

Scout Shops products

Join-in-Jamboree activitiesJune – July We hope you’ve been using your

Join-in-Jamboree resources.The themes for the next two months are Working together, and World Scout Jamboree. Have

fun.

Download the PDFs at www.scouts.org.uk/wsj2011

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Join-in-Jamboree

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Faith and awareness events August/September 2011

August1 Ramadan begins – Muslim

9 Tisha B’av – Jewish

13 Raksha Bandhan – Hindu

15 Assumption of the Blessed

Virgin Mary – Christian

22 Krisha Janmashtami – Hindu

26 Lailat al Kadr – Muslim

26 Women’s Equality Day (USA)

31 Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends)

– Muslim

September1 Ganesh Chaturthi – Hindu

8 Nativity of Mary – Christian

8 International Literacy Day

14 Holy Cross Day – Christian

21 International Day of Peace

22 World Car-Free Day

28 Navaratri begins – Hindu

29-30 Rosh Hashanah – Jewish

News News and views in Cub Scouting.

Email your stories, reports and opinions

to [email protected]

Scouting goes mobileMy Badges, the official badge app of The Scout

Association, is now available for iPhone and iPod

Touch users. Ideal for quick reference at meetings or

camp it contains the requirements for every badge

and award in the UK 6-25 programme.

The Scout Association’s first smart phone app allows you to fit the entire

programme in your pocket or purse. It comes with a host of features to

make Scouting easier wherever you happen to be, including:

• Requirements for every badge and award

• Promise and Law for all ages (including variations).

• Interactive badge position diagrams

• Ability to track personal progress

• Share email/text links to scouts.org.uk (iPod Touch – email only).

• Adjust text size

Filled with great graphics and images of every badge, participating in the

programme has just got easier and more fun for all Scouts.

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

Science winners revealedThe winners of the Cub Scout Science competition,

run by our partners Rolls-Royce, have been

announced.

First prize of £500 to Saxilby 24th Lincoln Cubs for

Cub Scout Jack’s diary about science at camp.

Second prize of £300 to 1st Foxton Cubs for a

poster explaining how birds fly. This was designed by

Pack member Will and was inspired by seeing a

Curlew during their camp in Norfolk.

Third prize of £200 to 10th Radcliffe Cubs for

working on their Scientist Badge at Winter Camp.

One of their intrepid campers Kyle wrote a diary

about how they made wormeries and what happened

to these over the next two weeks.

Well done to all. We hope you enjoy the Pack

activity you use the money for. See p16 for an article

about Cubs visiting Rolls-Royce sites to achieve their

Scientist Activity badge.

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Bookings are now open for Reunion 2011 and

the programme for the weekend is filling up.

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

Network members alike to come together for a

weekend full of:

• Socialising with old and new friends

• Programme ideas

• Training sessions and workshops on topics that affect you

• On-site activities

• Meeting the UK Chief Commissioner and team

• Evening entertainment

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

to your local Cub Pack which will be based around the six

Programme Zones. Stands will include a variety of ideas

from specialists within Scouting, our corporate partners

and external organisations. Practical skills will also be

available as demonstrations as well as opportunities to

have a go.

The UK Headquarters Programme Team will be

available throughout the weekend to talk about

forthcoming developments to the programme and how

you can get involved.

The evening entertainment is for you to let your hair

down, have fun and ultimately meet old and new friends

within Scouting. Do you have a talent that you would like

to share?

Headline namesBonita Norris will be there to talk about her expedition

as the youngest British women to have climbed

Mount Everest.

And if all that wasn’t enough, you will

have the opportunity to share a drink

with the UK Chief Commissioner, Wayne

Bulpitt and his team.

If you would like to get involved in

part of the 2011 Reunion please visit

www.scouts.org.uk/reunion to

book your place. If you have a skill,

talent or idea that you would like to

share contact the Reunion

Organising Team at

[email protected].

Join the Facebook Event

to see who else is coming.

Just search for ‘Gilwell

Reunion 2011’.

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The most wonderful time of the year

The 85th Reunion will take place at Gilwell Park Scout Activity Centre between 2 and 4 September 2011


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Dave Wood looks at some great activities to develop your Pack’s spiritual side

Despite some popular misconceptions,

Scouting is not about the religious education

of its young people in any single faith;

although some closely sponsored religious

Groups may have more responsibilities in this area than

others.

There is, however, a clear line between being

‘spiritual’ and being ‘religious’. Leaders shouldn’t be

scared of including spirituality into their programmes as

they’re probably doing it already.

In the Cub Scout section, with the young people in our

care developing a greater awareness of the world around

them, we have a brilliant opportunity to help them

discover their spiritual side through Scouting activities.

Core valuesYou don’t need to run services, attend church parades and

the like to achieve this. Instead, I’ve found that simply

having a consideration of things spiritual at the core of

everything you do will help you and the Cubs meet that

side of Scouting. It’s basically all about encouraging good

citizenship in young people, fostering a respect for other

people and the environment around them.

Here’s a collection of thoughts and activities which

should help you to incorporate a spiritual side into

your Scouting.

Attitude of belief

Lead by exampleWhat’s the point of badgering your Cubs to

turn up on time when your leadership team

regularly turn up late? I remember one leader

who was always 15 minutes late for weekly

meetings. The meeting time was changed to

accommodate her work commitments… but

she was still 15 minutes late. However, if you

have leaders who have to arrive late due to

work or family timings, tell the Cubs this so

they understand the reasons.

Action: Be sure to start and end your

meetings on time. It is a good idea to plan to

start the meeting at, say, 6.30pm, whilst saying

that Cubs should arrive anytime after 6.20pm

ready for a prompt 6.30pm start. How many

times have you had to curtail a great activity

simply because you wasted 15 minutes before

you held the opening ceremony?


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Activities

InvolvementPart of thinking about others is for you to be

involved as much as possible in what is going on.

Action: This can mean:

• attending regular planning meetings

• attending District meetings etc

• joining in with members during activities, rather

than simply starting and finishing the activity,

then sitting down and having a cuppa

• being a team player.

The natural worldWe are all part of this world. We therefore have a

duty to care for it. This is easy to get across to the

Cubs by looking at, for example, the Countryside

Code and how they can help put it into practice.

Action: Perhaps they can:

• make an anti-littering collage

• create a poster to promote the Countryside Code

• plant bulbs, trees or shrubs to brighten up the

meeting place or a local public area

• keep the grounds around your meeting place

tidy; pruning bushes, cutting grass and so on

• all take part in tidying up after activities, rather

than leaving it for someone else to do.


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Prayer and worshipEven if you are not a Group which is closely linked

with a religious centre, there are plenty of

opportunities to pause for thought and reflect on

greater things.

Action: Include a simple prayer or pause for

thought at the end of a meeting, the end of a

campfire and other occasions. Other

opportunities include:

• Encourage Cubs to develop their personal faith.

Perhaps they are about to experience a

landmark religious event which they can talk

about to the Pack. Maybe they could bring in

items (holy books, statuettes, Rosary beads, etc)

and tell everyone else about them.

• Visit different places of worship so your

Cubs can better understand how other faiths

are practiced.

• Ask Cubs to be involved with prayers, perhaps

by taking it in turns to write and read out a

prayer after flag down.

• In a circle, create a chain prayer. One Cub

starts by saying one word, the person next to

them says another and so on around the

circle. For example: Dear > God > thank > you

> for > the > people > who > help us > at

>school> and > all...

• Encourage Cubs to respect other faiths, perhaps

by finding out about them and bringing in

printouts or pictures of key parts of what they

have discovered. Perhaps each Six could take a

faith and create a collage of imagery and

wording linked to them.

• Create a song of praise or thanksgiving to a

well-known tune.

Caring societyWe all like to live in a safe, caring environment.

Chat with the Cubs about where they feel safe or

unsafe – how ‘streetwise’ are they? Do they know

why it is unwise to walk alone across parks, fields

and unlit lanes? If they feel unsafe at school, what

would they do about it?

Action: Avoid singling out individuals to tell

them off in front of everyone. Far better to do it in

a corner of the room while the others get on with

something else. Your comments will mean more

and the individual's defences will not be raised.

You may also discover an underlying issue that

might be behind their poor behaviour.

Welcome new Leaders/Cubs (and their parents),

spend time with them, one-to-one, to show you

care about them as individuals.

Run regular co-operative games, where

nobody is ‘out’ and there are no specific

individual winners or losers. The enjoyment

should be in the game or activity and,

therefore, nobody gets singled out for derision.

Leaders and Cubs alike should always be kind

and helpful to everyone in the Pack at all times.

SportsmanshipGood sportsmanship is to be demanded in games.

Action: Those who cheat or are too rough

should be removed from games and activities for

a few minutes to consider their actions. Cubs

should be encouraged to share equipment

during activities as this shows they are thinking

of others.

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What is spiritual development?Spiritual development implies that leaders and

young people should be encouraged to follow the

five principles.

1. Develop an inner discipline and training.

2. Be involved in corporate (group) activities

with others.

3. Understand the world around them.

4. Help to create a more tolerant and

caring society.

5. Discover the need for prayer and worship, both

personal and shared.

These principles are what is meant by spiritual

development in The Scout Association and it

should be an integral part of every activity,

meeting and event.

Activities

DisciplineGood discipline is essential for the smooth

running of any Cub Pack.

Action: Encourage Cubs to be still and quiet

when giving instructions for games and

activities. Many leaders raise their right hand in

a Scout salute above their heads to request

silence, with all present (including Leaders),

copying the action and standing still and quiet.

Again, when requesting silence from the

Cubs, it is imperative that other leaders,

parents, guests etc are quiet too. When

explaining things, it is best to get everyone

seated in front of you and looking at you.

When standing, Cubs will naturally move about

and create noise and distraction.

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Programmes on a platePOP

Nicola Gordon-Wilson explores a Beliefs and Attitudes programme

Opening ceremony 10 mins Beliefs and Attitudes

Themes Discuss the theme for the meeting

Worry dolls 20 mins Beliefs and Attitudes; Global

Make things;Try new things

• Explain to the Cub Scouts that they are going to make some small dolls that have a special use. • Using cut or crafted matchsticks or cut cocktail sticks (just removing the heads of the matchsticks or the

sharp points from the cocktail sticks should suffice) wrap some paper round one end and stick it down before drawing a face on it.

• Now wrap and stick some fabric round the rest of the body or wind wool or thread round it to make the clothes.

• Using a piece of pipe cleaner about 3cm long make some arms and stick them to the doll’s back. • Wind some wool or thread around the arms and body. • The Cub Scouts can make a selection of these and decorate a small box to put them in. • Explain that it is a custom in Guatemala that if children are worried about something they whisper their

worries to their dolls and put them under their pillows while they sleep. When they wake the dolls are supposed to have taken their worries away.

• You might use this as an opportunity to talk about the fact that sometimes talking about something that worries you actually makes it seem less of a problem.

Human dominoes 25 mins Community; Beliefs and Attitudes

Help other people;Games;Activities with others

• Announce that you are going to challenge your Cubs to see if they can link everyone in the Pack to show they all have lots in common.

• The activity follows the principle of playing dominoes by matching those who have things in common. The first young person says: ‘On my left hand side I am ….. and on my right hand side I am…..’, stating two characteristics. These could be a hobby, their favourite football team, the number of siblings they have or anything at all.

• Someone else from the group who shares one of those characteristics goes and stands on the relevant side of that young person, which in essence ‘joins up’ these group members – like joining up dominoes with the same spots. If more than one person shares a characteristic, the first one to say so joins themselves on.

• The first ‘human domino’ should now have someone on either side of him or her, but these new ‘dominoes’ will each have a ‘free side’. They now state something about themselves and in the same way, others join themselves on like dominoes. This continues until everyone is joined on. It may become more difficult towards the end of the activity, when there are less people to find something in common with.

• Once everyone is joined on, the two 'domino’ ends need to find something they have in common so a complete circle can be formed.

• Remind the group that they have proved that they all have things in common with each other. Therefore no one can be singled out as different.

The leader may need to start this activity by being the first ‘domino’ so that the group get the idea. Note: This activity can be done in a large group, but beware that if the group is very big, it will take a long time to join everyone on.Used with permission of the NSPCC from ‘No Bullying!’

What am I like? 15 mins Beliefs and Attitudes

Help other people;Prayer, worship and reflection

• At the start of the meeting give each Cub Scout a piece of paper and a pencil. • Ask them to write down or draw their biggest drawback and their greatest advantage. • Pair them off and ask them to repeat the activity, but to do it for their partner. • They then compare notes. One might have written ‘ I find reading hard’ as their drawback while the other

has said ‘You are good at remembering jokes’ as that person’s advantage.• You will need some practise and perhaps a demonstration between two adults to start with and plenty of

encouragement and tact will be needed.

The Cub Scout should begin to see that one person can been seen in different ways and that others don’t always see them as they do.

Closing ceremony 5 mins Beliefs and Attitudes

Prayer, worship and reflection

Activity/Game Time Zone Method Instructions



Opening ceremony 10 mins Beliefs and Attitudes

Themes Discuss the theme for the meeting

Worry dolls 20 mins Beliefs and Attitudes; Global

Make things;Try new things

• Explain to the Cub Scouts that they are going to make some small dolls that have a special use. • Using cut or crafted matchsticks or cut cocktail sticks (just removing the heads of the matchsticks or the

sharp points from the cocktail sticks should suffice) wrap some paper round one end and stick it down before drawing a face on it.

• Now wrap and stick some fabric round the rest of the body or wind wool or thread round it to make the clothes.

• Using a piece of pipe cleaner about 3cm long make some arms and stick them to the doll’s back. • Wind some wool or thread around the arms and body. • The Cub Scouts can make a selection of these and decorate a small box to put them in. • Explain that it is a custom in Guatemala that if children are worried about something they whisper their

worries to their dolls and put them under their pillows while they sleep. When they wake the dolls are supposed to have taken their worries away.

• You might use this as an opportunity to talk about the fact that sometimes talking about something that worries you actually makes it seem less of a problem.

Human dominoes 25 mins Community; Beliefs and Attitudes

Help other people;Games;Activities with others

• Announce that you are going to challenge your Cubs to see if they can link everyone in the Pack to show they all have lots in common.

• The activity follows the principle of playing dominoes by matching those who have things in common. The first young person says: ‘On my left hand side I am ….. and on my right hand side I am…..’, stating two characteristics. These could be a hobby, their favourite football team, the number of siblings they have or anything at all.

• Someone else from the group who shares one of those characteristics goes and stands on the relevant side of that young person, which in essence ‘joins up’ these group members – like joining up dominoes with the same spots. If more than one person shares a characteristic, the first one to say so joins themselves on.

• The first ‘human domino’ should now have someone on either side of him or her, but these new ‘dominoes’ will each have a ‘free side’. They now state something about themselves and in the same way, others join themselves on like dominoes. This continues until everyone is joined on. It may become more difficult towards the end of the activity, when there are less people to find something in common with.

• Once everyone is joined on, the two 'domino’ ends need to find something they have in common so a complete circle can be formed.

• Remind the group that they have proved that they all have things in common with each other. Therefore no one can be singled out as different.

The leader may need to start this activity by being the first ‘domino’ so that the group get the idea. Note: This activity can be done in a large group, but beware that if the group is very big, it will take a long time to join everyone on.Used with permission of the NSPCC from ‘No Bullying!’

What am I like? 15 mins Beliefs and Attitudes

Help other people;Prayer, worship and reflection

• At the start of the meeting give each Cub Scout a piece of paper and a pencil. • Ask them to write down or draw their biggest drawback and their greatest advantage. • Pair them off and ask them to repeat the activity, but to do it for their partner. • They then compare notes. One might have written ‘ I find reading hard’ as their drawback while the other

has said ‘You are good at remembering jokes’ as that person’s advantage.• You will need some practise and perhaps a demonstration between two adults to start with and plenty of

encouragement and tact will be needed.

The Cub Scout should begin to see that one person can been seen in different ways and that others don’t always see them as they do.

Closing ceremony 5 mins Beliefs and Attitudes

Prayer, worship and reflection

Activity/Game Time Zone Method Instructions

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Send us your programme ideas, thoughts and photos too.

Some of the best may feature in future issues.

If your Pack would like to participate in a future programme,

please let us know at [email protected]

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Paul Kirtley and Simon Ellar are both well-

known in the bushcrafting world. Paul is a

professional bushcraft instructor and blogger

who was Ray Mears' right hand man for many

years. Simon set up Bushcraft & Survival Skills magazine

with his wife and is editor of the publication.

Both men are friends with me on Facebook so I

hatched a plan to involve them to make a forthcoming

evening, where I planned to run a knot-tying

programme with Cubs, a bit more special.

Virtual leadersI contacted them about the evening and both duly

agreed to help. They sent my Pack a message, via email,

where they talked about the importance and usefulness

of knotting.

I had found that this seems to be one of those topics

that kids can find a chore, so what better way to liven it

up than to read out two emails; one from a professional

bushcrafter who learned from Ray Mears and one from

a Bushcraft magazine editor?

Rather than having the same old leaders telling them

about how important the skill they are learning is they

were hearing it from real experts. Not only that, but

each was good enough to tailor his response especially

to the Cubs.

Real gratitudeIt was especially good of them to help as, at this time,

Paul was getting ready for an Arctic trip and while

Simon is always busy working on the next issue, he is

also busy organising The Bushcraft Show in the

summer.

My Cubs were delighted and couldn’t wait to learn

knot-tying so they too could be like real bushcraft

experts. I can’t thank Paul and Simon enough for

helping out. Maybe you have someone in your online

social network who could do the same for you?


Assistant Cub Leader Austin Lill is keen on bushcraft and decided to use the networking power of Facebook to make a recent knot-tying evening a little different.

Bushcraft network


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It’s great to hear that you are teaching your Cubs knots.

Knots can seem a bit abstract and boring at first but being able to tie knots is a really important skill for any outdoorsman or woman as knots have so many uses and you don’t need to know hundreds of them. The few most useful ones will get you a long way so it’s really important to learn how to tie these, but also important to learn how to tie them quickly.

Today I’ve been packing for a camping trip in the Arctic forests of northern Sweden. In this environment your hands get cold really quickly so you need to be able to tie knots quickly and efficiently otherwise your hands freeze. The Evenk knot that has now been widely adopted for tying up tarps and hammocks originated in the forests of Siberia, where reindeer herders used the knot to quickly tie up their reindeer in the cold conditions. Maybe you should challenge your Cubs to see if they can tie the knot as fast as a reindeer herder would! Anyway, I wish you the best of luck with your knot session. When I worked with Ray Mears, I was always very impressed by how good at knots he was, because knots really are an important bushcraft skill. For example, if you are going to light a fire with a bow-drill, you need to know some knots to tie your string on to your bow with…

All the best, Paul Kirtley

I hear that you are doing a knotting night with

your Cubs. I am a Cub Scout Leader up here in

Lybster in Scotland. Please tell your Cubs that

knotting is a skill that will not only serve them

well whilst in Scouting, but in all walks of life

from bushcrafting to potentially saving

someone's life.

Knots are also useful in many pastimes too:

everything from climbing to sailing. Indeed, as

the editor of Bushcraft & Survival Skills, I have

ensured that the magazine has featured many

useful knots and how to tie them.

A fun thing that your Cubs can do when

they have learned a few knots is make a knot

board, like this one from our regular Bushcraft

Bairns feature from issue 21 of our magazine.

Happy knotting guys!

Simon

Reproduced here are the two emails, just in case they are

of any use to other leaders.

You can also visit both men’s websites

at www.paulkirtley.co.uk and

www.bushcraftmagazine.com

Meet Austin at Gilwell 24 Austin will be in the small fire circle running the bushcraft base. He will be happy to answer any questions.

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When the current programme was introduced

in 2002 The Scout Association committed to

keeping it up to date by making amendments

at regular intervals. Jenny Winn outlines the

latest process and its results

Badge changes


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W e recently looked at the requirements

of the current Activity Badges and

Challenge Awards to make sure that

they are still relevant and suitable.

We gathered views from:

• comments send to the Programme Team over the last

three years

• focus groups held last autumn

• discussion groups at the 2010/11 round of

Development Advice and Support Days

• Your Programme, Your Voice questionnaire in

February 2010

• advice given by the specialist UK volunteers.

The information gathered from these sources tells us

that most of the badges are still appropriate, and only

minor changes are needed.

Badges changed

Collector – removed one of

the examples (as it was

outdated)

Water Activities – updated

to reflect the names used for

water activities in Scouting

Cyclist – altered to match the

Bikeability Scheme

IT – updated to reflect

changes in technology

At the same time as updating the requirements for

the badges and awards we have also updated the

flexibility statement for young people working towards

their badges and awards.

Note on flexibilityEvery individual who undertakes an activity badge

should face a similar degree of challenge and as a result

some requirements may need to be adapted.

It is completely acceptable to change some of the

requirements of the badges to allow individuals to

access the badge (for example where there are special

needs, cultural issues, or religious considerations to take

into account) and the requirements outlined for the

activity badges do allow for some flexibility in order to

obtain the badge.

If you would like help or advice when considering

adapting the requirements of a badge please contact

[email protected].

The updated requirements are available in the

Member Resources pages on www.scouts.org.uk. They

will also be incorporated into Pack Programme when it

is next reprinted.

Athlete and Athlete PlusDon’t worry, we haven’t forgotten about the

Athlete Activity badge. We are still consulting on

changes to this badge, and will publicise them in

the next issue of this supplement.

New badge suggestionsIn the process of checking the relevance of the

current badges, we have received a number of

suggestions for new badges, which we have

collated and will be considering as part of the

longer term work that we are doing to develop

the programme over the next couple of years. If

people have any suggestions for new badges they

can forward them to [email protected],

and we will include them in the list.


Four Packs from the Bristol area and five from

near the company’s Derby site spent time

carrying out fun investigations based on simple

scientific principles. These included designing

and testing a hot air balloon, creating an electrical

switch and making a simple compass.

During the evening, each Cub completed three activities

and, at the same time, three of the six requirements

needed to achieve their Scientist Activity Badge.

Future engineersRolls-Royce Community Investment Manager Gill

Fennell said: ‘Technology-based businesses, like

Rolls-Royce, need engineers and scientists with a

passion for innovation to develop the world beating

engines of the future.

‘In order to recruit the passionate engineers of

tomorrow we help young people develop an

enthusiasm for science and technology from an early

age. That is what community engagement activities like

these are designed to achieve.’

Rolls-Royce has sponsored the Cub Scout Scientist

Badge since 2007 as part of the company’s

commitment to promoting science, technology,

engineering and mathematics to young people.


There are a number of Scientist Badge resources at www.scouts.org.uk/rollsroyce including an activity pack, worksheets and more.

Leader's resources

Badge page

As part of its celebrations for National Science & Engineering Week (11-20 March 2011) Cub Scout Scientist Activity Badge sponsor Rolls-Royce welcomed more than 130 Cubs to its facilities in Bristol and Derby.

Learn in Packs


Try this activity with your Cubs:Match the flag to the temperatureAsk the Cubs to think about the temperature of

various capital cities in a certain month. For example,

in February 2011:

Washington DC, USA; 1°C

Ottawa, Canada; -7°C

Cairo, Egypt; 18°C

Nuuk, Greenland; -13°C

Rome, Italy; 13°C

Kingston, Jamaica; 29°C

Madrid, Spain; 11 °C

To choose more countries you could visit

www.bbc.co.uk/weather

Ask them to match the country to its flag and to

guess its temperature. For pictures of flags, you

could visit www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk

The Cubs could be asked which country

mentioned in that meeting is the hottest, and how

they would protect themselves from the sun if they

were to visit that country.

To extend the activity, ask your Cubs to draw what

they think each country is famous for. For example:

America for hamburgers

Canada for mountains

Egypt for pyramids

Greenland for Santa Claus

Italy for pizza

Jamaica for beaches

Spain for Flamenco dancing

AlternativeAsk the Cubs to research

their own country to find the flag, the temperature

and what it is famous for. They could be asked to

draw and colour the flag and the next Pack meeting

could be used for the Cubs to guess each other’s

drawings.

RAFT is a UK charity that helps people affected

by skin disfiguring illnesses and disease. This

summer, RAFT is asking Cub leaders to talk to

their Pack about staying safe in the sun and

avoid being joining the 1,800 people who die from

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

Most skin cancers are caused by too much sun and

could be prevented by taking care in strong sunshine and

avoiding sunburn.

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RAFT of measures

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

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

and 3pm.

• Apply a layer of moisturising cream under a

layer of sun cream (factor 15+) that protects

against UVA and UVB rays.

• Make sure you never burn.

they think each country is famous for. For example:


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A paper map can help you plan routes, establish

terrain, work out distances and show exactly what

physical features you will find. Always take your OS

map in your day pack to make the most of your travels.

The range of Ordnance Survey maps available includes

the OS Explorer Map and OS Landranger Map series and

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Visit the Ordnance Survey map shop to find out

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