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New tricks

You’ve learned a lot so far, so it’s time to pass it on and help others learn a skill.
Plan a session with this activity

Before you begin

  • Talk to the Beavers who’ll be moving up to Cubs. Help them to choose a skill they’re confident in that they’d like to teach others. It could be anything – a specific knot, toasting marshmallows, a map reading skill, or a badge or award they have that not everyone’s earned yet.
  • Gather any equipment or resources the Beaver will need to teach people the skill.

Teach a skill

  1. The Beaver teaching the skill should introduce everyone to their skill. They should explain what it is, and they could explain what it involves or why they chose it.
  2. An adult should remind everyone of any safety points they need to know. The Beaver could help them do this.
  3. The Beaver teaching the skill should run through the basics of the skill for everyone to see.
  4. Everyone should split into small groups; each group should have a skill teacher, for example, another older Beaver who’s ready (or almost ready) to move on.
  5. Everyone should learn the skill in their small group; the skill teacher should help everyone to learn, and an adult should support the skill teacher if they need it.
  6. Once everyone’s learned the skill, everyone should come back together and think about how it went.
  7. Everyone should thank the skill teachers and give them a round of applause.

Reflection

This activity needed people to step up and lead. Did the Beavers teaching the skill find it hard to explain? Sometimes it can be tricky to explain things we know how to do because we’re not used to thinking about it! How did the Beavers teaching the skill break it down so others could understand it? Well done to everyone who took a skill they’ve learned and shared it with someone else.

Safety

All activities must be safely managed. Do a risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Always get approval for the activity and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.