Activities

Decode the SAFE water safety code (running between) around four activity bases.

Collect fuel, spark flames, and learn how to craft the perfect fire. Don’t forget to safely extinguish it too.

Make your own planisphere, then take it outside and connect the dots in the night sky to spot the constellations.

Let a chatterbox decide how you’ll help your friends navigate from one place to another.

Create a treacherous track and ping pong ball ‘heads’, then work together to get your heads safely along the track.

Host a The Jungle Book themed Scout’s Own to explore different types of families and what it means to be a part of them.

Design your own plant label and play a short game to test it out.

Welcoming a new Cub is important – and everyone’s excited for the first time they make their Promise.

A night away doesn’t have to be spent in a tent.

Learn about how fruit and vegetables are grown and when it’s best to harvest them.

A moving on (or swimming up) ceremony is an exciting chance to celebrate moving from a Beaver Colony to a Cub Pack.

Spot potential hazards in your meeting place and find out how to protect against them.

Visit an art gallery, and work as a team to hunt down pieces of art. Can you find them all?

Work as a team to act out and identify rules for staying safe around bonfires and firework.

Learn the Countryside Code in an interactive game to get you ready for the outdoors.

Build anything from a flagpole to a windmill: all you need is some rope, poles, your imagination, and a knowledge of knots and lashings.

Learn how to compost your food and garden waste.

Hold hands and tangle yourselves into a knot, then work together to untie yourselves without letting go of each other.

Kick-off with a game of sports charades to get everyone thinking and sharing.

Everyone needs somewhere to call home, and invertebrates are no exception.

Use this rhyme to think about swimming safely.

Work as a team to defend your area from the ticking time ball. Will you be safe when the whistle blows?

Get stuck into this colourful hide and seek wide game based on the story of King Arthur and Merlin the wizard.

Share your thoughts and feelings about some of the stories you have read by making a reading tree.