scouts sup june july 2010

The magazine

for Scout Leaders June/July 2010

WORLD IN MOTION

Help your Scouts

achieve the Global

Challenge Award

TRAIN AND TRUSTTRAIN AND TRUST

How different teaching methods deliver different results

Print resourcesNew publications

revealed

Patrol campPrepare Patrol

Leaders for their first summer camps

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INTRO

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WELCOME

In the zone

4 Thumbs up for trainingConsistency in training practical skills is important in preparing Scouts for a task

6 Round-upA look at what Troops are up to all over the UK – Gold Awards, Scoutcars and 24-hour challenges

8 Meeting sparklersGames and activites to brighten up your meeting

10 Programmes on a plate This issue’s theme is active citizenship

14 Global visionA Derbyshire initiative is enabling more and more Scouts to achieve the Global Challenge Award

18 Prepare Patrols for campUse a camp to prepare Patrol Leaders and assistants for summer camp

Your Scout Support TeamAlasdair McBay Ð UK Adviser (Scout Section),Nicola Ashby Ð Programme and Development Adviser

Contact them at:[email protected]

Scout Support Team The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, London E4 7QW; Tel. 0845 300 1818

AdvertisingRichard Ellacott [email protected] Tel: 020 8962 1258

There are a number of new books available to help leaders with ideas for camps, games and programmes. Find out more on page 17.

Nicola Ashby outlines a breakdown of the Global Programme Zone to assist leaders in their

efforts to deliver it to young people

Summer is well and truly underway, and many Scouts across the country will be

enjoying their summer camps and expeditions, at home and abroad. On an

international theme, we have a look at how young people in Derbyshire are

gaining the Global Challenge award.

Many leaders have told us that they find the Global Programme Zone one of

the hardest to deliver, despite the number of international expeditions that are

undertaken throughout the year. In that regard, a team of Scout volunteers have

come up with the following breakdown of this zone to make it more accessible

to leaders:

• Global Awareness – how global issues can affect local, national and

international communities.

• Global Movement – Scouting locally, nationally and internationally.

• Global Citizen – enabling and empowering Scouts to make a difference in

their world; recognising that Scouts need to make a difference (individually

or collectively) in their local, national and international communities.

To further support leaders, the new Scout Games Book and The Troop Programme Plus: Volume 2 both contain programme ideas and games based

on the Global Zone.

Alongside this, Louise Henderson takes a look at preparing Patrol Leaders for

their first camp in the role, while Eddie Langdown continues our practical skills

theme by looking at training methods.

Contents


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Thumbs up for training

Eddie Langdown shares his experiences of Scouts who required little or no training in practical skills and examines different ways of teaching those that do

S ome young people are able to pick up

Scouting skills easily. They seem to have

that knack of balance, insight, interest

and ability that enables them to instantly

succeed at certain things where people like me

struggle, sweat and fail clumsily time after time.

I‘ve seen both girls and boys of 11 and

12 using a hand axe assuredly, correctly relating

a complicated footpath junction to a map,

sheer-lashing two staves to hold up a tarp or settling

in to the back of an open canoe and picking

up a steering stroke with ease.

As inheritors of the franchise of Baden-Powell’s ‘great

game’ our job is to develop ways of recognising and

encouraging these little experts, while, at the same time,

sowing ‘skill-seeds’ among all the members of the Troop, and

establishing good and safe practice through regular use.

Train and trustIn my experience, there seem to be two ways that Troops

involve Scouts in skills. The first is the ‘parachute experience’;

where either they descend en masse on an Adventure Centre

and do a two hour ‘session’ or they arrive at a ‘skill base’ on

a District camp where they chop wood, lash a frame, or cook

a hot-dog in a drinks carton and subsequently a leader ticks a

box on a sheet.

The other method is one I practice myself week after

Troop-night week. I call it ‘train and trust’. Once you decide

to have 11 year-old Scouts cooking on wood fires, handling

boiling substances, using axes and saws, being dropped


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SKILLS

NATURAL EXPERT 1Sam hadnÕ t come up through Cubs but

was brought along by a school friend

who had. He quickly demonstrated

on his first camp that he was at ease

cooking. He sat stirring sizzling

onions in the frying pan, swirling the

spatula and chatting as he did.

His other hand jogged the pan

over the flaming fire-iron easily and skilfully. Wherever

he had learned it, he could cook

and was at ease doing it. We were suitably impressed.

NATURAL EXPERT 2Quiet Monica would spend a lot of time on hikes listening to music. One day she suddenly removed her earphones to tell everyone that the leafless winter tree we were

passing was Hornbeam. She hugged

its smooth bark and showed everyone

the oval trunk. In that moment, the

hike, and Monica herself, came alive.

NATURAL EXPERT 3Kate struggles at school and is a bit of a loner. IÕ m sure we have all known young people like that. However she

can put a point on a stave for a camp

dresser expertly. She grits her teeth

and concentrates, but the chips fly as

her top hand slowly rotates the stick.

When she finishes, the watching

Troop have no option but to applaud

her skills.

in the countryside without adults to navigate with

map and compass, you are duty bound to exercise

these skills continually.

It is most important that all of your leaders sing

from the same sheet. The style of teaching and

design of camp dresser may leave some tutting,

but as long as instruction in areas such as properly

cooking meat, crossing roads at night or supporting

Patrol Leaders in decision-making is consistent,

we can be sure that our Scouts are fully prepared

for any task.

Credit where creditÕ s dueMy own city centre Scout Troop, a stone’s throw from

Tower Bridge, uses hand axes and cooks on open fires.

Our Scouts chop up old furniture and council tree-

trimmings just about every week from April to October.

We recite, remember and adhere to the ‘Rules of Axe

and Saw’; we only pass axes by the head, we use a solid

chopping block, we only chop in pairs and so on.

Praise is hugely important too. When a Scout chooses

the correct turning at a tricky junction by noticing the

contours or sausages are cooked and presented properly

or a loaded canoe is navigated cleanly out of a lock, with

the lock-keeper giving you the wink – a round

of applause is always in order.

Traditional Scouting skills are worth doing well and

worth doing often. All young people, and even some

leaders, can have fun and build self-confidence through

regular and safe application.

onions in the frying pan, swirling the

spatula and chatting as he did.

His other hand jogged the pan

over the flaming fire-iron easily and skilfully. Wherever

he had learned it, he could cook

and was at ease doing it. We were suitably impressed.

NATURAL EXPERT Kate struggles at school and is a bit of a loner. IÕ m sure we have all known young people like that. However she

can put a point on a stave for a camp



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Scout Groups which took part in an activity to raise money

for Sport Relief back in March. The Troop’s three-mile run

in Sandwell valley also counted towards participants’

Fitness Challenge and enabled Group Member Alex

(below) to complete his Chief Scout’s Gold Award.

Congratulating Alex on his achievement, Assistant

Scout Leader Gordon Howard said: ‘During his time as a

Scout Alex has climbed Snowdon, undertaken a survival

challenge, built rafts, bridges and many fires to cook

anything from twists to cakes in a makeshift oven. We are

all delighted that he has gained this award.’

T his year’s National Scoutcar races take place in

Manchester on 3 July. Scoutcar racing

combines individual and team skills, giving

Scouts and other sections the chance to race

against each other and become National Champions.

As Group Scout Leader and event organiser Gary

Hollingsworth explains: ‘With the cars that are raced today

being more high-tech, they have to be designed to a

particular specification and are inspected before being

allowed to race. For those who take part, the racing itself

is all about fun and teamwork.’

Gary’s 105th Manchester Scout Group has been racing

since 1993 and he and his team of mechanics are happy to

assist anyone that wants to build and race a Scoutcar.

‘Constructing and maintaining the cars brings Scouts

and leaders closer together and encourages parents to get

involved too,’ he says. ‘The practising can be hard at times

but in the end it’s worth it because whether you receive a

badge for taking part or a trophy for winning, you learn

new skills, make new friends and have a fun, unique

experience through Scouting.’


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ROUND-UP

GOLD AWARDHave you got Scouts in your Troop who have achieved the Chief ScoutÕ s Gold Award? If so, let us know at [email protected]

Contact usDo you have a story for our Round-up? Contact us at [email protected]

Magnificent sevenOf course, Scouts all over the UK are constantly working

towards and gaining the Chief Scout’s Gold Award. The

2nd Newbury Group in Berkshire was recently able to

present no less than seven young people with the Award

at the same time. The seven (pictured above) have all

worked extremely hard to gain this accolade and Scout

Leader Lynne Ryan was quick to praise their ‘fantastic

achievement’.

24-hour activity peopleEveryday adventure became all day adventure when 26

young people from 2nd Coatbridge Group took part

in the group’s first ‘24 hour challenge‘. The event

was a camp to help the Scouts who are all going to the

Kandersteg International Scout Centre in Switzerland,

to bond. The group was given the opportunity to take

part in 24 different challenges, with a new challenge

every hour.

These ranged from simple games to sense challenges.

Popular activities included watching Chief Scout Bear

Grylls in action in his TV show and ‘Wii’ing on the wall’

at 4am. Others included trying to start fire using friction

at 6am, mini-Highland games at 7am and a fun afternoon

of ‘The Scout Factor’ where the young people performed

campfire songs and sketches.

Scout Leader Gary Patterson said: ‘Making sure all the

young people are happy with their groups and the

activities is essential to making this the trip of a lifetime.

They are getting to know their groups pretty well and the

fact that this type of event is new to them means that

they are all learning skills together, an essential

part of Scouting.’



Meeting sparklers

How smart is your right foot?Sit on a chair with feet on the floor.

Lift your right foot off the floor

and make clockwise circles. While

doing this, draw the number ‘6’ in

the air with your right hand. Your foot will

change direction. There’s nothing you can

do about it, even though we know how

crazy it is. Before the end of the meeting people will

try it again, if they haven’t already done so.

Word-making mixerGive everyone a card with a letter

printed on it (have some extra vowels

and don’t use ‘Q‘, ‘X‘, or ‘Z‘). Tell the

group to form words of ten letters

(select a few leaders – five if there are

50 present – to take the initiative in

getting them started.)

Do this and add somethingAsk a selection of Scouts to line up facing the rest

of the group. The person on the right starts by performing

a simple action such as clapping their hands, bowing their

head, or touching their nose. As they do that they turn to

the next person and say ‘Do this and add something.’ The

second Scout repeats the action and adds a new motion.

The third copies the first two and adds something else.

Anyone unable to perform all of the previous actions in

the proper sequence goes to the head of the line and

becomes the first player for the next game.

Turn your Troop into word-makers, trapped prisoners and expert

hummers. Andrew Corrie can tell you how


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Games and activities

PrisonerÕ s escapeSplit the group into pairs and provide two pieces of string,

each about one metre long for each pair. Tie the ends of

one string around the wrists of one of the pair just tight

enough to prevent the player from slipping their hands

through the loops. Tie the second prisoner in the same

way placing this string inside the one holding the first

person thereby linking the two people. Tell them to free

themselves.

Solution: Take the centre of one of the strings and slide

its bend up under one of the wrist loops of the opposite

prisoner. Then bring the band over the Prisoner’s hand

and down the opposite side of their wrist.

Leader vs audienceTell everyone to ask the name of the person sitting to

their right. On a designated signal, everyone is to shout

this name. If you can’t detect a single name the audience

wins. They should be told to conspire against you by

yelling in unison to blend all the names into one. Retaliate

by making false starting signals hoping to trap one or

two into shouting names.

Birthday cheerGet everyone into groups by birthday month (ie all those

with a January birthday form a group, and so on). Give

them 60 seconds to come up with a cheer for their

month. Call out the months one by one. As their month

is called they give their cheer (if a few months have

smaller numbers you may combine two months and

allow them to use both in it).

Champion hummer Split the group into pairs. On a signal each person looks

their partner in the eye and starts to hum a tune.

Continue until one laughs or has to take a breath. Each

winner finds another winner until one person is the

champion hummer.


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Programmes on a platePOP

This issueÕ s theme is active citizenship,

written by Tony Taylor

Encouraging young people to become active citizens is a large part of what Scouting is all about. These programme ideas, designed to be slotted in with other activities, are in two parts.

Part 1: What can my local community offer me?

The Initial Challenge

Week 110 mins

CommunityService

How often do you hear young people say that there’s nothing for them to do? This challenge is to fi nd out if they’re right. Using the internet, local directories, newspaper and library, the Scouts should fi nd the names of the organisations in their area - www.do-it.org is a good place to start. This should include youth groups, national groups like Lions, charities, special interest (photography club), conservation organisations such as RSPB or Friends of the Earth, sports clubs and local leisure facilities, ramblers or a theatre club and churches.

Making contact

Week 220 mins

CommunityService

Armed with a (hopefully) long list of organisations, assign one or two to each Scout. Ask them to contact the group and fi nd out whether they accept youth members, meeting times, types of activity and costs. Some will be unable to. Explain why you are making the enquiry.

Publish the Results

Week 430 mins

Community, Creative ExpressionDesign and creativity, Technology and new Skills

The Scouts report back on their responses two weeks later. From the replies, make a directory of organisations that young people can join. You could do this on a website or as a paper copy. Send the results to the local council, local newspaper, schools and youth co-ordinator. Make sure that young people are aware of what activities are on offer to them.

Part 2: What can I offer my local community?

Skills Training Week 360 mins

Community, Outdoor and AdventureVisits and visitors, Technology and new Skills

Provide an evening of general skills training. This can be achieved through a number of bases of 20 minutes with an experienced adult leading each one. For example:Base 1: Get someone qualifi ed in fi rst aid to provide a refresher course on emergency procedures.Base 2: Show the Scouts how to rewire an electrical plug safely and use the correct size of fuse (make sure that all sockets are isolated during this activity so that the Scouts cannot electrocute themselves).Base 3: Examine local maps with the Scouts. Test their knowledge by asking directions to particular roads or places; doctor, bus stop, church, shops and so on.

Community Project

Week 560 mins

CommunityService

Arrange for the Scouts to take part in a community project. One of the easiest to arrange is to volunteer to clear litter in a particular area. Make sure that the Scouts are equipped with gloves and plenty of plastic sacks. Arrange for the local council to collect the rubbish afterwards. To encourage the Scouts to take pride in their work, take ‘before’ and ‘after’ photographs of the area.

Charity Fundraiser

Week 610 mins

CommunityService

Arrange for the Scouts to take part in a fundraising event for charity. There are usually plenty of local events being organised by national charities if you do not want to organise one yourself.

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Encouraging young people to become active citizens is a large part of what Scouting is all about. These programme ideas, designed to be slotted in with other activities, are in two parts.

Part 1: What can my local community offer me?

The Initial Challenge

Week 110 mins

CommunityService

How often do you hear young people say that there’s nothing for them to do? This challenge is to find out if they’re right. Using the internet, local directories, newspaper and library, the Scouts should find the names of the organisations in their area - www.do-it.org is a good place to start. This should include youth groups, national groups like Lions, charities, special interest (photography club), conservation organisations such as RSPB or Friends of the Earth, sports clubs and local leisure facilities, ramblers or a theatre club and churches.

Making contact

Week 220 mins

CommunityService

Armed with a (hopefully) long list of organisations, assign one or two to each Scout. Ask them to contact the group and find out whether they accept youth members, meeting times, types of activity and costs. Some will be unable to. Explain why you are making the enquiry.

Publish the Results

Week 430 mins

Community, Creative ExpressionDesign and creativity, Technology and new Skills

The Scouts report back on their responses two weeks later. From the replies, make a directory of organisations that young people can join. You could do this on a website or as a paper copy. Send the results to the local council, local newspaper, schools and youth co-ordinator. Make sure that young people are aware of what activities are on offer to them.

Part 2: What can I offer my local community?

Skills Training Week 360 mins

Community, Outdoor and AdventureVisits and visitors, Technology and new Skills

Provide an evening of general skills training. This can be achieved through a number of bases of 20 minutes with an experienced adult leading each one. For example:Base 1: Get someone qualified in first aid to provide a refresher course on emergency procedures.Base 2: Show the Scouts how to rewire an electrical plug safely and use the correct size of fuse (make sure that all sockets are isolated during this activity so that the Scouts cannot electrocute themselves).Base 3: Examine local maps with the Scouts. Test their knowledge by asking directions to particular roads or places; doctor, bus stop, church, shops and so on.

Community Project

Week 560 mins

CommunityService

Arrange for the Scouts to take part in a community project. One of the easiest to arrange is to volunteer to clear litter in a particular area. Make sure that the Scouts are equipped with gloves and plenty of plastic sacks. Arrange for the local council to collect the rubbish afterwards. To encourage the Scouts to take pride in their work, take ‘before’ and ‘after’ photographs of the area.

Charity Fundraiser

Week 610 mins

CommunityService

Arrange for the Scouts to take part in a fundraising event for charity. There are usually plenty of local events being organised by national charities if you do not want to organise one yourself.

Activity Time Zone/Method Instructions

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Scout citizensYou can also use the campaign toolkit, a guide for Scouts/leaders for running a local or national campaign, to help plan your own activities and involving others. Encourage your Troop to join the Scout campaign mailing list. Email [email protected] for more info or for a copy of the toolkit


PROMOS

ItÕ s all about the rubbishWhen Serco committed to partnering with The Scout Association to support the Environment Partnership Award two years ago we had a clear vision that with your help we could make our communities a cleaner greener place to live by looking after Ô Your NeighbourhoodÕ and Ô Your WorldÔ

Details and entriesA sample template and further details can be downloaded from www.scouts.org.uk/sercodetails can be downloaded from

Your neighbourhoodSince then, we have sent out 200 clean up kits to Districts

around the UK and been really impressed with the

positive environmental impact you’ve had. Please keep up

the good work and remember to tell us what you’re

doing by emailing [email protected] There may even be a

prize in it for your Troop.

Your worldHowever, it’s not all about clean up campaigns. If

everyone could make a few small changes both at home

and within your groups we could really reduce the

amount of waste going to landfill. This would have a huge

positive impact globally. We’ve made a few suggestions

online (at the address opposite) to get you started but

would love you to share what you have done with us.

CompetitionWe would like you to audit what you put in your bins and

then track it monthly over six months. Create a chart to

show how much waste you have diverted from landfill

through your changes. Email the results (plus any pictures)

to [email protected] We will review the charts and

photos at the start of 2011 and award a prize to the

Troop that has made the biggest impact.



Global vision


INTROINTROCHALLENGE

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The Challenge Awards are a staple part of the journey through Scouting. However, running Challenge events can often provide difficulties for leaders. David MacAlister outlines how an initiative undertaken to address this in Derbyshire is reaping rewards

F ollowing one of our regional meetings

in 2009 where we shared how others

get on with

the Challenge Award scheme,

it was recognised that some leaders still

have trouble running some of the

Challenge badges.

As a result, we decided at our meeting of Assistant

District Commissioners to look into ways to improving this

and to share our ideas of how to operate each scheme.

Our idea was to provide an ‘aide memoir’ with examples

to help the busy Scout Leader (in our experience, most of

them). We have tackled Promise, Community, Fitness,

Expedition and are now in the middle of showcasing the

Global Challenge.

Ô We trust that seeing their peers achieve this Award will inspire more and more of our Scouts to work towards joining themÕ

Peak practiceThis year Derbyshire is holding its international camp,

PEAK 2010, in Chatsworth Park in the heart of the Peak

District. The theme of the camp is ‘One World – Our

World’ which set us to thinking about what could be done

to encourage and promote this international ideal?

It therefore seemed obvious to use this big event as a

means of highlighting the Global Challenge - the camp

itself being an ideal opportunity to fulfil part of the criteria

for it.

In January we launched the Challenge to the Districts

within Derbyshire with a flyer going

out via the Assistant District Commissioners,

on the County website and latterly in the County

newsletter ‘K.Scout‘. We are now collating

a Global Challenge Roll of Honour – which at the time of

writing has nearly 70 names of Scouts who have achieved

the accolade on it. It is expected that a lot more will

complete their challenge at Peak 2010 where we will

present the badges and add to the Roll of Honour for all

to see.

Golden GoalIn Derbyshire our eventual goal in promoting

the Challenge Awards is in helping all of our

Scouts move towards the Chief Scout’s Gold

Award. We will be recognising this too at Peak

2010 where Mark Tarry, the Deputy Chief

Commissioner for England (left), will present

certificates to this year’s recipients.

We trust that seeing their peers achieve this Award will

inspire more and more of our Scouts to work towards

joining them. And when they set out on that road by

meeting the criteria for the Challenge Awards we will have

a number of tried and tested methods across the County

to help them in that quest.



Troop Guidance SheetThe Global Challenge(Complete Area 1 or Area 2)

Area 1 International Contact

Requirement Examples

A Make contact with Scouts from another country.

Pen pals, hosting, JOTA, attend International camp and make contact. Invite international rep/Commissioner to Troop meeting.

B (1) Take part in a Troop or Patrol activity with these Scouts.

Taking part in an international camp or expedition.

B (2) OR Take part in a Troop or Patrol activity based on things found out during the international contact.

Plan and run an international themed evening Ð small group to organise.

Area 2 International Issues

Requirement Examples

A Choose and investigate an international issue.

Invite someone from Red Cross, ShelterBox, World Development Movement, WaterAid etc to do a presentation at Troop meeting.

B Show an understanding of the issues involved.

By using small discussion groups

C Take some action as a result of research.

Demonstrate what has been undertaken.

D Compare how the issues affect the UK and countries overseas.

By verbal or written presentation.

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August 5 Raksha Bandhan (Hindu) 11 First day of Ramadan (Muslim) 12 International Youth Day 15 Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian) 26 WomenÕ s Equality Day (USA)

September 1 Installation of Sikh Scripture in Harmandir Sahib (Sikh) 8 International Literacy Day 9 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) 10 Eid Al-Fittr (Muslim) 18 Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement (Jewish) 21 International Day of Peace 22 World Car Free Day 23 Start of Succot (Jewish) 23 Ganesh Chaturthi (Hindu)

Faith and awareness events August/September


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RESOURCES

Book clubWe take a peek inside the new books to support you in your role

Tell us what you think of the new booksEmail us at [email protected]

Nights Away£8.50, item code: 1027818

Spending nights away from home is central to the Scouting experience. The new and

improved Nights Away has everything you need to run a successful residential experience

for all age ranges in Scouting. With chapters on health, budgeting, catering, choosing

your venue and even running your daily activities you’ll wonder how you managed camp

without it. The light and compact format also means it’s easy to keep in your rucksack.

Includes a dedicated section on the Scout section.

The Troop Programme Plus: Vol. 2£5, item code: 1027886

This new addition to the Programme resource family is packed with a fresh range of

exciting and ready-to-run activities. The perfect companion to The Programme Plus: Vol 1, it will help you plan a Balanced Programme every week. Specifically designed to cover

all Programme Zones, themes covered include conservation, global and skills.

Scout Games Book £6, item code: 1027881

With over 100 games at your fingertips, the Scout Games Book is designed by Scout

Leaders for Scout Leaders. Split into easy-to-use chapters such as ‘wide games, team,

games and elimination’, every game has been created for group use. They can also be

linked to any of the Programme Zones and add real value to your weekly activities. Need

a five-minute filler game?

And the classicsÉ• A Complete Guide to Scouting Skills, £9.99 (1027759)

• The Troop Programme, £5 (1024627)

• Troop Programme Plus: Vol. 1, £5 (1024628)

• Troop Essentials, £5 (1024626)

• and a whole host of other resources for young people

To order any of these and the full range of books, certificates and

clothing visit www.scouts.org.uk/shop



Prepare Patrols for camp

Summer camp can be a trying time for Patrol Leaders, especially if itÕ s their first experience in the role. They can easily feel overwhelmed and the excitement soon melts away in the realisation of how much hard work is involved. Louise Henderson examines a way to avoid this

P robably the best way to make life easier for

them on summer camp is to hold a training

camp for Patrol Leaders and Assistant Patrol

Leaders in advance. You can organise such

an event by splitting it between skills and open forums.

SkillsPatrol Leaders work with their own assistants to complete

a series of challenges. Use the Outdoor Plus Challenge and

add in any skills that you know your Scouts need more

practise with. By working together they get to know each

other better and learn each other’s strengths. They

will hopefully find that this experience improves

their teamwork.

ForumsAt set times during the day bring everyone together and

have short open forums on some of the following topics:

How are new Scouts going to feel at camp? This question makes them remember their first camp

when they may not have been quite as comfortable

as they are now.

How can we make it an easier experience for them? This shows that there are practical things that they can

do to help, such as giving new campers a camp buddy.

What is it that a Patrol needs from the Patrol Leader? This is one for the assistants. Patrol Leaders sometimes

take themselves for granted. It is useful for them

to be reminded that their Patrols really do need them.

What do Patrol Leaders need from the Scout Leaders and their assistants?

This makes them realise that they are not alone. It may

offer some thoughts for you too. Patrol Leaders can

consider this while the assistants are chewing over the

previous question.

Camps provide an opportunity to think about running

Patrols without distraction. Everyone is more relaxed and

once they get into it most young people will happily offer

their thoughts and experiences. You get the chance to

know the participants better, they get to know you better

and at the end of the camp your whole leadership team

should work like a well oiled machine.


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