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SEPTEMBER - SURVIVAL |
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Hold a joint evening with a local Scout Troop and learn how to light fires without using matches. |
Outdoor Challenge |
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Learn how to survive in water. |
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OCTOBER - TEAM |
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Try a paralympics sport. |
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In sixes create a new game and teach it to the Pack. |
Creative Challenge | |
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NOVEMBER - ENTERPRISE |
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Work with your local Scout Troop to raise money for a charity of your choice. |
Community Challenge | |
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In sixes design a new product, create a name, a logo and perform either a television or radio advert. |
Entertainer Activity Badge | |
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DECEMBER - FAITH |
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Hold an activity around one or more of the 'festivals of light'. |
Promise Challenge and World Faiths Activity Badge | |
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Make a prayer/thought tree out of handprints for your Pack noticeboard or similar. |
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JANUARY - ECO |
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Hold a boat making competition using natural or recycled materials. |
Creative Challenge | |
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Plant trees/plants/salad ingredients. |
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FEBRUARY - CREATIVE |
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In sixes, design and make a bridge with a tower to support the weight of everyone in the Six. |
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Get your Sixers (and Seconders) to run Cubs for the night based on the Creative theme. |
Promise Challenge Creative Challenge |
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MARCH - CULTURE |
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Make birds nests using natural materials in preparation for some Easter eggs. |
Creative Challenge | |
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Visit a theatre, museum or art gallery. |
Local Knowledge Activity Badge | |
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APRIL - SKILL |
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Learn six basic knots and make knot boards or knot woggles. Challenge older Cubs to make a knot board in a matchbox. |
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Use marshmallows/jelly babies or similar to learn the basic skills for pioneering. Make some moels and then eat the sweets. |
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MAY - CHALLENGE |
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Play a new wide game. |
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Complete a treasure/scavenger hunt around your local area. |
Navigator Activity Badge | |
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JUNE - RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCES |
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Take part in a Queen's Diamond Jubilee-themed camp/residential experience with at least two other Sections. |
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Hold a camp/sleepover in an unusual venue. |
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JULY - WATER |
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Make a tip-tap African hand washer. |
Global Challenge | |
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Learn about water safety, the signs and flags used near water and what to do in an emergency. |
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AUGUST - ESSEX INTERNATIONAL JAMBOREE |
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Take your Pack to visit the Essex international Jamboree for the Open Day - Wednesday 22 August |
Global Challenge | |
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Link up with a Cub Scout Pack outside of Essex and arrange pen pals for the Summer. |
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