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Coming in game: Maze - click here

 The Beaver Scouts try to solve the maze and find Janus

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Opening and chat about the theme for tonight – tell the Beaver Scouts about the Roman god Janus and how the 6^th satellite of Saturn is also called Janus.

FACTS

Janus is the sixth satellite of Saturn.

It was discovered by Audouin Dollfus in 1966 and was named after the god of gates and doorways. Janus has an irregular shape with a size of 196x192x150 kilometres (122x119x93 miles) in diameter. It is heavily cratered with several craters 30 kilometres (19 miles) in diameter. The pervasive cratering indicates that its surface must be several billion years old.

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Story: The story of Janus - click here

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Game: Catch Janus

The Beaver Scouts stand in a circle with their hands joined.  The player who is ‘it’ runs around the outside of the circle and slaps any two joining hands, the owners of which become Janus.  They run in opposite directions around the outside of the circle.  The player who was it steps into the circle.  The last player back to the place in the circle is it.

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Craft: 1. Two-sided Faces

Short description: Using different materials, the Beaver Scouts make Janus faces.

Equipment: Paper plates; coloured paper; ;felt tip pens; Glitter; Glue; Pencils; Scissors; Wool; Elastic

Instructions:  

Before the meeting prepare the paper plates by cutting out the eye, nose and mouth holes
Give each Beaver Scout a plate with the pre cut holes and spread all the materials on the table and let them make a face on the plate. They can use their imagination to create as weird a face as possible.

When one side is completed ask them to decorate the other side in a different way.
When they have finished their faces attach elastic to the plates so that the faces can be worn
You could have a parade of the faces so that everyone can see what has been done

2. Whose face? (this is a Craft but also a game!)

Click here for face parts

Short description: Create a face using the parts cut out of a magazine.

Equipment: Colouring pencils; Felt tip pens; Glue; Scissors; Paper plates; Pictures of parts of faces from magazines; Wool (for hair); one dice per group

Resources: List of the following for each group:

1 Eyebrows

2 Eyes

3 Nose

4 Hair

5 Ears

6 Mouth

Instructions:

Before the meeting gather pictures from magazines of people’s faces, you will need to cut out the individual parts out: eyes, eyebrows, noses, ears, mouth. If time prevents this you could use the attached pictures
At the meeting divide the Colony into even groups with about 5 – 6 in each
Give each group a paper plate, different face parts, glue, wool and a dice
Each member of the groups takes it in turns to throw the dice, they will need a 6 to start
Using the list above the groups construct the face by throw the dice and sticking on the appropriate part
The groups can either decide to construct a normal face or a face which looks more like modern art
When all the faces have been constructed you could have an art show to see the creations of all the groups

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Game: Through the doorways

The group needs to be split into 2 groups. 

One group is the ‘door’ and the other are ‘soldiers’.  (Remind the Beaver Scouts of the Janus story)

The ‘door’ stands in a circle holding hands in the air.  The leader should not be facing the group.  The ‘soldiers’ have to run through the door.  When the leader yells, "DOORWAYS", the ‘door’ lowers their arms.  Whoever is inside the ‘door’ at this point is caught and becomes a part of the ‘door’. 

The last ‘soldier’ left is the winner.

At this point the 2 groups should switch roles.

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Prayer: By Margaret Kennedy

I love you, God,
with all my might.
Keep me safe
all through the night.  Amen

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