| SEPTEMBER - SURVIVAL | ||
| Learn what to do when approached by a stranger. | Safety Activity Badge | |
| Build a shelter. | Outdoor Challenge | |
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| OCTOBER - TEAM | ||
| Try a paralympics sport e.g. blind football etc. | ||
| Work in small teams to run stalls to raise funds for a charity of the Colony's choice. | ||
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| NOVEMBER - ENTERPRISE | ||
| Decide on an experiment to carry out and try and work out what might happen. | Experiment Activity Badge | |
| Investigate something of interest to find out how it works. | Outdoor Challenge | |
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| DECEMBER - FAITH | ||
| Visit a place of worship and show evidence of your visit with photographs, drawings, handouts, leaflets or information sheets. | Promise Challenge and Faith Activity Badge | |
| Think about Diwali the Hindu festival of light. Make a small oil lamp or some sweets. | Promise Challenge and Faith Activity Badge | |
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| JANUARY - ECO | ||
| Learn about wildlife conservation. | Global Challenge | |
| Plant trees or flowers. | ||
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| FEBRUARY - CREATIVE | ||
| Put on a Colony performance. | Creative Challenge | |
| Make a model of a beaver lodge. | Creative Activity Badge | |
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| MARCH - CULTURE | ||
| Take part in a tradition from around the UK. This could be about preparing local food, folk dancing or singing songs. | Global Challenge | |
| Learn a greeting in another language. | Global Challenge | |
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| APRIL - SKILL | ||
| Learn and use two knots. | Outdoor Challenge | |
| Learn eight points of the compass. | ||
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| MAY - CHALLENGE | ||
| Go on a journey using a new form of transport. | Explore Activity Badge | |
| Make and sail a model boat. | Creative Activity Badge | |
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| JUNE - RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCES | ||
| Learn about packing a rucksack for a day visit. | Outdoor Challenge | |
| Have a go at putting up a tent | ||
| Take part in a Queen's Diamond Jubliee-themed camp/residential experience with at least two other Sections. | ||
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| JULY - WATER | ||
| Learn about the water safety code. | Safety Activity Badge | |
| Learn about clean water, and water conservation | Global Challenge | |
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| AUGUST - ESSEX INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE | ||
| FInd out about an aeroplan and tell others in the Colony about it. | Air Activities Badge | |
| Talk to someone who has flown in a plane, helicopter, or hot air balloon and find out what it was like. | ||
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