Your session goals
Membership 33%
YouShape Award: Lead 25%
Forester 48%
Nature 16%
Community Impact Stage 1 20%
Session summary
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Session summary
- This session explores the wonder of trees and helps Scouts identify different species.
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?
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- Requirement 1.a
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Play Guess the Tree?
25 mins
Identify a tree in this unbe-leaf-able nature knowledge game, then head outside to see how many trees everyone recognises.
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- Requirement 2
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- Requirement 3
Grow a community woodland
1 hours
Help build a tree-riffic future and get planting some in your local area to create a new woodland.
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- Requirement 3
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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)
- Scissors
- Copies of the Leaf guesser and tree cards
- Access to water
- Buckets
- Spade
- Garden fork
- Young trees
Resources
Leaf guesser and tree cards
PDF - 4.9MBActivity Plan (Putting Down Roots)
PDF - 322.7KBSession notes
- You’ll need to find a space to plant some trees. This could be outside your meeting place, at a local allotment or inside using large pots.
- You can decide not to play the game and do the activity straight away and if there is time at the end, do the game.
- By the end of the session, everyone will be able to spot different types of trees and will have had a go at planting their own.
- This session is 1 hour and 80 minutes, but feel free to adapt as needed to suit your session length.
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