Blackpool Beaver Scouts

Outdoor Challenge day 23/09/06

Mowbreck Camp Site , Kirkham

 

 

The Beaver Scouts worked towards their Outdoor Challenge and Explore badges by attending this event

We had a lovely day - the sun shone and the clouds stayed away.

Many thanks to the groups who were camping at the site and all the leaders, Fellowship, Explorer Scouts and Network members

who gave up their time to come with the Beaver Scouts, run the bases and tuck shop etc.

 

Timetable

Morning start  and flag break         -           10:00

Morning end                                    -           13:00

Lunch 30 mins

Afternoon games start                    -           13:30

Afternoon games end                      -           15:15

Campfire and flag down      

Campfire and flag down end           -           15:45

Depart for buses

Buses leave                                      -           16:00

 

Morning bases

Scouting theme

Description

Equipment

1

Pitch a tent

 

Using canes, string and cover make a tent

7 canes per tent = 35 canes

String

5 x covers (sheets)

 

 

 

 

2

Backwoods Cooking

 

Cook marshmallows / cocktail sausages on skewers over open-fire

200+ marshmallows

200+ cocktail sausages

400+ skewers

4 x Kitchen roll

 

 

 

 

3

Paper Pioneering

 

Make tower from newspaper and balance golf ball

Newspapers

Sellotape

5 x golf balls

 

 

 

 

4

Climbing Demo

 

Demonstration of equipment by Scott

Scott to supply

Environmental theme

 

 

1

Game

 

Bank It!:

 

 

 

 

2

Game

Pass the junk relay:

 

 

 

 

 

3

Creepy Crawly Trail

 

Pictures of insects (with numbers) hidden around wooded area

Pictures of  10 creepy crawlies

 

 

 

 

4

Bulb planting

 

BS to plant bulbs around area / in flower beds

Daffodil bulbs

Top soil - PE (to investigate this)

 

 

 

 

 

5

Weeding

 

BS to weed around the area

Nothing

 

 

 

 

6

Recycles envelopes

 

BS to make an envelope from magazine page

Magazines

Glue

Templates

Felt Pens

 

 

 

 

7

Leaf / bark rubbing

 

BS to find a leaf / piece of bark (not pulled from a tree!) and using paper and wax crayon – rub the pattern through the paper

Paper

Wax crayons

 

 

 

 

8

Creepy Crawly Search

In their colonies the BS have to spot a number of creepy crawlies and mark them off on a sheet

Picture sheets

                Afternoon bases

Games for Afternoon

Description

Equipment

1

Parachute games

 

Variety of games to be played with parachutes

3 x parachutes

 

Balls

 

 

 

 

2

Snow Ball games

 

BS stand each side of a volley ball net and during a timed period have to throw the ‘snowballs’ into each others area. At end the balls are counted – the team with the fewest in their area win.

Volley ball net

Cane

Balls

 

 

 

 

3

Outdoor game

 

Chess / Snakes and ladders / draughts

Games

 

 

 

 

4

Darts and hoop games

 

BS have to throw the garden darts into the hoops

2 x game sets

 

 

 

 

5

Tug of War

 

Usual rules. BS MUST WEAR GLOVES

Rope

 

 

 

 

6

Creepy Crawly trail

 

As above – to continue all day

 

 

 

 

 

7

Bulb planting

 

As above – to continue all day