I missed the blog last week. Oops! So here is both last weeks shorter entry and this weeks entry to make up for it. Enjoy!
5 – Gather Round
Last week, we had a huge practice of fire skills. As Skip had to talk to you all about WINGS, we thought we could practice getting fires up and running to make a Bonfire and cook some food on Altar Fires.
We split each patrol by age. Some of the Leaders took the younger Scouts to make lots of individual fires to then merge into a larger fire. I was very impressed with my groups prior knowledge of how to make a fire which was great.
The older Scouts were then in charge of the fires that we cooked the food on.
We also showed some of the Scouts how to use an axe to cut wood with the correct safety procedure e.g. going down on one knee, everyone stands back.
6 – Trial by Fire
This week at Scouts, the Leaders handed the power over to the youngest member of the Leadership Team. Even though Emily has only been helping us as a Young Leader since just before Summer so, naturally, we decided to throw her a trial by fire. We gave her an ENTIRE EVENING to plan and do whatever she wanted with as long as she could justify her decisions to me after.
I was handed a list with some stuff on it with only a rough idea of what she wanted to do. I think all the Leaders will agree with me she did a fantastic job. Emily decided to run an evening based on the Teamwork Challenge Badge.
The troop was divided into six groups and they were set various challenges.
The first challenge she set the Scouts was to build the tallest tower they could out of dowels and marshmallows in 20 mins. We had various strategy’s from breaking up marshmallows into smaller pieces to using the whole marshmellows.
The second challenge was to create a contraption that could protect an egg. We hard boiled the eggs to make it easier (and leave a rancid stench everywhere). To acquire tape Scouts had to give Emily or me a Scout Value, a Scout Law or answer a random trivia question once they had done the rest.
We had paper grids and balls. Even a basket. Only one team managed to defend the egg.
We had A LOT of badges to give out this evening. So much so it would take me a very, very, very long time to organise them by person. Therefore I’m just going to post the badge reports below:
Next week, we will be visiting Coral Reef swimming pool. Keep an eye out for details.
See you Friday,
Ellis
