The Summer Challenge is here!

Well done to all those who have taken part in the Barnet Challenge so far. The Spring Challenge comes to an end on the 31st May, and we now move on to the Summer Challenge!

For those who have taken part, please let DC Tracey have your numbers and she will post the badges out to you.

Remember – these are not uniform badges (sorry!)

Get Building (Pioneering/Construction)

• Beavers – Build a recyclebot, Learn two new knots
• Cubs – Build catapults with bamboo and rubber bands, and fire at a target, Build an edible raft.
• Scouts – Making a homemade tinder pouch, tie a common whipping on the end of a rope,
• Explorers – Use basic pioneering to construct a ballista and fire bean bags, Create various camp gadgets with revision of knots first,

Get Creative (Craft, design, music, dance)

• Beavers – Sock Puppet, sing a song, make, Constellation Pin Holes.
• Cubs – create a Book Cover, Tin can drum, learn how to juggle.
• Scouts – Soap Carving, write a poem, Make a comedy Sketch.
• Explorers – Make an instrument from Junk, Make a popcorn maker from a coke can,

Get Outdoors (Nature, Tracking, Photography, Skills)

• Beavers – Bug Hotel, grow Plants in a more creative way, take at least 5 pictures and make a tourist leaflet.
• Cubs – Country Code, make a pin hole Camera, draw local map to include home, school, cub hut, church, relatives house, points of interest.
• Scouts – learn a new tracking code, create their own stop motion films and film posters, Design posters highlighting the anti-litter campaign.
• Explorers – Learn the techniques involved in catching your food, such as fishing or snares.

Cyanotypes are very very old way of doing photographs, it is basically sun prints, make an item of equipment that will be of use to you on a survival exercise.

Get Active (Sport & Fitness)

• Beavers – make a healthy snack, discuss the importance of what are healthy foods/balanced diet which promotes healthy eating, star jumps and increase each day for 1 months.
• Cubs – 5 Squats and increase of 1 month, learn a new sport, Throw three beanbags into a bucket. Try to increase the distance each time.
• Scouts – 5 sit ups and increase over 1 month, 5 Sargent jumps and increase over 1 month, Create an exercise routine, 
• Explorers – demonstrate your skills to a group of young people and encourage them to try it out. Take part in an appropriate warm-up and warm-down routine, led by a suitable person (e.g., adult, Young Leader or Scout), using all the main muscle groups, 5 Mountain jumps and increase over 1 month, take part in an activity such as fencing, shooting or archery.

Get Away (International)

• Beavers – Learn 5 International flags, find out about 1 fair trade food, learn a Beaver promise from another country.
• Cubs  – Learn about 1 country (i.e., money, Language, culture), learn how to say hello in a different language.
• Scouts – Learn about 3 Fair trade products, in a language other than your own, introduce yourself and say a few basic, useful, everyday phrases.
• Explorers – Explore aspects of another country’s culture such as their greetings, religion and approach to gender, Showcase a form of art or culture from another country.

Get Together (Community & Recruitment) (This links in with the Community Impact badge)

• Beavers – Introduce a friend to beavers, Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to change, spend at least four hours personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out over a month, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others in the action. Work in a team with your section and preferably people in the community you are trying to help.
• Cubs – Introduce a friend to cubs, Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to change, spend at least 12 hours personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over four months, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others in the action. Work in a team with your section and preferably people in the community you are trying to help.
• Scouts – introduce a friend to scouts, Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to change, spend at least 24 hours in total personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over six months, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others from your section and a group of non-Scouts, preferably from the community you are trying to help.
• Explorers – Identify need. Investigate what issues and challenges exist in your chosen community, decide what issue your section should act on and what you want to change, spend at least 48 hours in total personally acting on your chosen issue. You can achieve more impact by spreading your time out, over twelve months, instead of doing it all in one go, involve others from your section and a group of non-Scouts, preferably from the community you are trying to help.

Get Better
Set yourself a personal challenge and improve on that challenge over a 3-month period.

Deadline: the challenge ends on the 31st August!