October 20th, 2008 | Published in Ideas
The BSA provide a Cub Scout resource of (suggested?) monthly themes. Not only that but they suggest activities to go with it.
Whilst you could easily take the monthly themes and fit them into a UK programme, you could also modify much of it to fit into the programme you already have. With suggestions all the way to 2011, it’s well worth a look.
July 6th, 2008 | Published in Ideas
A recent thread on Escouts requested information on getting a book, Back to Basics by Peter Brooks.
At the same time I was sorting some of the materials I received on my training, and happened to have a reproduced copy! Given that parts seem to be so widely available and it may not be available to buy (it’s not easy to find anyway!), I’ve made a rough and ready copy available to download. The pages are photographed, but are high quality and should be fine for any purpose you have for them.
Update: Paul from Shurdington Scouts has added a much better quality PDF version to his site. With his kind permission I’ve updated the link below.
The book does what it says on the tin; offering tips, advice, ideas and the proper way of doing things for a variety of Scouting skills.
May 30th, 2008 | Published in Ideas
Sometimes, in between activities around other companies, we might forget our own country! There’s a lot to learn about Britain, even if you’ve lived here all your life. And there’s an amazing resource to find it all out.
Mandy, the creator of the Woodlands Junior School site (see Useful calendar of events), had created so much Britain centered content, that she started a ’spin-off’ site, Project Britain.
The site’s tagline is ‘All About British Life and Culture’, but it’s much more than that. In addition to all the usual stuff you’d expect (history, geography, monarchy, national holidays etc.) there are sections such as etiquette and customs, daily life, stereotypes and superstitions.
So at your next planning meeting, why not spend a week or more looking at the country we (most of us) live in.
May 20th, 2008 | Published in Ideas
The Campfire Song Book describes itself as a collection of traditional Guide, Scout and campfire songs, and it’s exactly that. And best of all, there are MIDI files included for every single song, so you can learn the tune.
The songs are sorted both alphabetically and by subject. There’s also a few links to even MORE campfire song sites.
May 19th, 2008 | Published in Ideas
This is part 2 of the international resources pack (part 1 can be found here), from a CD provided as part of Greater Manchester North leader training.
Whereas the first part focused on different international festivals, this part is generally more cultures and customs focused.
The files are split into multiple zips to keep each file under 100mb for uploading. The best way to sort them is one folder for part 1 (international festivals) and one folder for part two. You can download all files at once here.
International Resources – Part 1
International Resources – Part 2
International Resources – Part 3
International Resources – Part 4
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