Snow go zones
You’ll need
Before you begin
Cut out the images and place them face down.
Play ‘Snow go zones’
- Split into teams. Give each team a copy of the information in ‘Where’s safe to ski?’
- Each team should turn over one card.
- The team should decide whether it’s safe to ski in that location. They should divide the turned over cards into a ‘safe’ section and an ‘unsafe’ section.
- Teams should repeat steps two and three until all the cards are sorted. They should have three safe places to ski, and five places they wouldn’t ski.
- Everyone should join back together. Have all of the teams chosen the same places? The person leading the game should help everyone to understand the right answers.
Reflection
This activity helped you think about trying new things. Have you ever been skiing? Have you ever been skiing in the different safe places to ski? Would you like to try skiing, or try skiing somewhere new? How do you think it would feel? What would you do to help you get ready?
This activity also helped you think about the outdoors. How many places can you think of to enjoy snow sports? What other snow sports can we do outside? How do you think the different outdoor places would feel? How do you feel being outside your meeting place? Do you think you’d feel more or less comfortable somewhere you do snow sports?
Safety
All activities must be safely managed. You must complete a thorough risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Always get approval for the activity, and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.
Instead of turning cards over, you could hold them up to the group. Players then have to quickly decide to run either to a 'safe' area to a 'not safe' area. Alternatively, the group could mime skiing or snowboarding if they think the place is safe to run the activity, and stay still if they think it is dangerous.
Make it accessible
All Scout activities should be inclusive and accessible.
