Your session goals
Membership 11%
Our Outdoors 17%
Our Skills 20%
YouShape Award: Lead 25%
Naturalist 25%
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Session summary
In this session you'll get the chance to explore nature and create an outdoor picture with things you find along the way.
Safety message
- Plan and be mindful of changing weather conditions, communicate and set boundaries clearly, and have a backup plan just in case.
- Stay in groups, have a buddy system in place, be aware of your surroundings, and have designated meeting points.
- Remember to review your risk assessment to ensure you have enough adults, which may be more than the minimum ratio.
- Always remember to risk assess and plan for free time, even if it's just the first five minutes of the meeting.
- If you are meeting or going out from your usual meeting place, remember there must be a designated leader in charge, who is not counted in the adult to young person ratio.
- Complete frequent headcounts, especially during transitions and activities, to ensure no one is missing and everyone remains safe.
Activities
Opening a Cub meeting
5 mins
How do you start your meeting? Some groups do the Grand Howl or a flag ceremony.
- Meets
- Requirement 1.a
- Meets
- Requirement 2
Play hide and sheep
30 mins
In this game, ‘shepherds’ must seek their lost ‘sheep’ as quietly as possible, to carefully herd them home.
- Meets
- Requirement 3.a
- Meets
- Requirement 1
Make a leafy hedgehog
20 mins
Get crafty with natural materials and use the hedgehog template to create a leafy hedgehog of your own.
- Meets
- Requirement 4.b
Closing a Cub meeting
5 mins
How do you close your meeting? Some groups do flag ceremonies.
- Meets
- Requirement 1.a
Preparation
Equipment
- Whistles
- A4 paper
- Glue sticks
- Scissors
- Natural materials (for example, leaves, twigs, feathers)
Resources
Hedgehog template
PDF - 221.4KBSession notes
This is an outdoor session, so you may need some extra volunteers.
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