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Survival Skills 14%
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Why not try some survival activities. You could build some shelters, practice your knife skills or make some water filters.
Safety message
For a survival camp, some areas to consider include:
Activities
Knife skills
1.5 hours
Learn how to safely use and take care of a knife, then put your skills to the test by creating a simple peg.
- Meets
- Requirement 1.e
Hygiene hijinks
1 hours
Explore survival hygiene, filter your own water, and create an ancient toothbrush.
- Meets
- Requirement 1.d
Wild builders
40 mins
Work in small teams to build dens using materials from the environment around you.
Survival shelters
1.5 hours
Build shelters from natural and manmade materials. Which one will you prefer?
- Meets
- Requirement 1.b
Preparation
Equipment
- Knives
- Scrap card
- Scissors
- Sharpening stones
- Leather/canvas straps
- Soft wooden sticks
- Natural materials (for example, leaves, twigs, feathers)
- Paper cups
- Clean, empty plastic bottles (two litres)
- Food colouring
- Mixing bowls
- Access to water
- Soil
- Safe twigs or miswaks
- Chairs
- Broom handles
- Big pieces of card
- Rope
- Blankets
- Boxes
- Tarpaulin
- Tent pegs
- Guy lines or rope
- Poles
- Bushcraft knives
Resources
Peg making guide
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