Your session goals
Membership 33%
Team Leader 25%
YouShape Award: Lead 75%
Session summary
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Session summary
- This session reflects on your journey as a Troop together and encourages everyone to have their say in which badges and activities you do next.
- By the end of the session, everyone will have worked together to create a mission statement for your Troop which you can display in your meeting space. You’ll also have shared lots of ideas for future programme planning.
Safety message
- Always complete a register at the start of the meeting to record who is present.
- Activities start when the first person arrives and end when the last person leaves, including leaders and their children.
- Check the space is for hazards, keep the exits clear, and know the location of the nearest first aid kits.
Activities
Opening a Scout meeting
10 mins
Opening a meeting isn’t just about the flag. Why not use it to reflect?
- Meets
- Requirement 1.a
- Meets
- Requirement 2
Our group, our culture
45 mins
What’s special about your group? Discover your culture then come up with a mission statement and friendly welcome.
- Meets
- Requirement 2
- Meets
- Requirement 1
YouShape cool wall challenge
20 mins
Where do different badges and activities belong on the cool wall? It’s up to your group to decide.
- Meets
- Requirement 3
Create your dream Scouts camp
20 mins
Work together to come up with the best ideas for your dream camp.
Preparation
Equipment
- Flag(s)
- Pens or pencils
- Scrap paper
- A4 paper
- Sticky tack
- Sticky notes
- Access to a computer
- A ball
- Art equipment (optional)
Resources
Emojis
PDF - 153.9KBSession notes
- This session is 1 hour and 60 minutes, but feel free to adapt as needed to suit your session length.
- You could include camps as a discussion point during cool wall to still capture everyone’s views.
Session summary
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