Your session goals
Membership 33%
YouShape Award: Lead 25%
International 25%
Session summary
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Session summary
This session continues to build relationships and offers the chance for your Troop to explore the history of Scouts and its impact around the globe.
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
Scouts around the globe
1 hours
Delve into the history of the World Organisation of the Scout Movement and have a think about where it should go next!
- Meets
- Requirement 1
Closing a Scout meeting
10 mins
Closing a meeting isn’t just about the flag. Why not use it to reflect?
- Meets
- Requirement 1.a
Preparation
Equipment
- Flag(s)
- Large blanket or bed sheet
- Ball (optional)
- Scissors
- A4 paper
- Pens or pencils
- Sticky tack
- Tables
- Chairs
- Access to a computer
- Access to the internet
Resources
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Session notes
- This session is 1 hour and 50 minutes, but feel free to adapt as needed to suit your session length. To shorten the session, you could miss out the Scouts futures part of the Scouts around the world activity.
- By the end of the session, your Scouts will have had fun and learnt more about the Scouting movement.
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