Joey Scout Program
Date:
Theme: Promise and Law
Leader:
Meeting Type:
Time
Activity Description
Leader
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0.05
CIA: Colour in picture of Anthony
Ant
Opening Ceremony
Game: Promise and Law Relay
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0.15
0.30
0.40
0.50
0.55
Game: Match the Law Pieces
Craft: Help Other People Chart
See www.gwsjoeys.org.au
Game: Circle Promise/Law
Game: Three Blind Mice
Story: Anthony Ant’s Big Promise
Read the story and talk about what it
means to keep a promise.
Closing Ceremony
BACK UP ACTIVITIES
Game: Stuck in the Mud
Game: Mother’s Pouch
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PARENT HELPERS:
BIRTHDAYS:
ATTENDANCE:
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About Activities:
Equipment
Required:
Colouring sheets, pencils
Flag.
Promise and Law pieces –
one per team.
Game pieces
Charts, pencils
Nil
3 blindfolds, obstacles
Story is from Joey Scout
Resource Book – Promise
and Law or see below.
Flag.
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Nil
No Total Membership:
The Joey Scout Promise
I promise to do my best
To love my God
And be helpful
The Joey Scout Law
A Joey Scout Cares
A Joey Scout Shares
Theme of Joey Scouts
Help Other People (HOP)
ANTHONY ANT
Name:
Coming In Activity:
Colour in picture of Anthony Ant (see above).
Game: Promise and Law Relay
Make up one set of promise and law sentences per team. Put these at one end of the hall. Joeys Scouts are
lined up in teams at the other end of the hall. On “go” the first Joey Scout in each team picks up one piece,
and returns to team. Then the second Joey Scout picks up a piece, and returns to team. This continues until
all the pieces have been retrieved and each team then assembles the promise and law. Once finished each
team sits in a straight line and yells out Help Other People.
Game: Match the Law Pieces
Write “CARES” on half the pieces of cardboard and “SHARES” on other half of the pieces. Draw different
borders around each word, so that the Joey Scouts can tell which word goes together when they are cut in
half to make the pieces. Cover both sides with contact. Cut each in two pieces in different places.
Divide the Joey Scouts into two lines. Give one side one half and the other side the other half. Have them run
freely in a designated area. When “JOEY SCOUT” is called they have to find their partner by matching the
word. Once they find each other they yell out the Joey Scout Law. Swap cards and play again.
Craft: Help Other People Chart
Joey Scouts draw a picture of how they can help at home at the bottom of the chart. Take home and during
the week do some help at home jobs. Bring back following week and ask the Joey Scouts what they did to
help at home.
Game: Circle Promise/Law
Joey Scouts are seated in a circle. First Joey Scout walks around and tips each Joey Scout saying Joey Scout
Promise or Law, on last word that Joey Scout races around the circle and back to place (as per Duck Duck
Goose).
Game: Three Blind Mice
Three Joey Scouts are blindfolded and they call out “we can’t see”. The Leader says “who cares?” A Joey
Scout from the others calls out “I care” and another two also volunteer. They give instructions to lead the
blindfolded to a safe place, through crocodiles, minefields (plates) and other nasties; to safety on a treasure
island. These three now become the ones who care for another three blindfolded Joey Scouts and are
instructed through the trials. A helper may be needed to be near the blindfolded ones to give that security
some of the children need.
Back Up Activities
Game: Stuck in the Mud
One Joey Scout is “IT” - tags other Joey Scouts and they freeze, stuck in the mud, until another Joey Scout
frees them by crawling beneath them. Have to help each other.
Game: Mother’s Pouch
Leaders stand with arms outstretched to form a pouch. One Joey Scout is a dingo and turns his/her scarf to
the back, and chases the other Joey Scouts. If tagged the Joey Scout becomes a dingo too. Joey Scouts are
safe in mother's pouch but only one Joey Scout can be in a pouch at a time. If another Joey Scout is being
chased the Joey Scout in the pouch must care and share and hop out of the pouch and let the chased Joey
Scout in.
Anthony Ant’s Big Promise
Joey Scout Resource Book – Promise and Law
Anthony Ant and his family live in the Snowy Mountains. His mother was very ill. She was very worried
because winter was rapidly approaching and with it the snow season.
Now everyone knows that ants don’t go outside when it snows; they block up their doors and stay snug
inside their cosy hole in the ground. Before they can do this though, they collect all the food they can find
and store it in their holes so that there’s enough to last all winter.
Poor Anthony’s mother was so sick, she was unable to collect the food for her family; so she called Anthony
to her bedside and told him that he, as the oldest, would have to do this very important job for her. She made
him PROMISE that this would be done.
So Anthony took a bag and went to collect food. He felt really happy that his mother had trusted him to do
such an important job. No sooner had he set out, when his best mate called out “Hey, Tony, let’s go and play
chasings with the others”. Poor Anthony wanted to play with his friends so badly, but he’d made the promise
to his mother and he knew that he couldn’t break a promise, so he said goodbye and continued his search.
He spotted some biscuit crumbs dropped by a human. As he reached the crumbs, another ant sneaked up
behind him and shouted “BOO!” Poor Anthony got the fright of his life. It was his cousin, Andrew, and he
was rolling around on the ground laughing his head off. Andrew and Anthony always played hide and seek
together. “Come on, Anthony. It’s your turn to hide now.” Anthony was tempted to forget gathering food and
the PROMISE to his mother, but he knew that no matter what happened, he couldn’t break a promise. He
said goodbye and continued on his way.
It wasn’t long before Anthony had collected lots of food and he was getting tired. He put his bag down and
rested under some shady reeds. Louise the Ladybird lived in the reeds and she wanted to play too. Anthony
explained that he couldn’t and Louise went off to find some other friends. Anthony felt sad and lonely.
The wise old owl, who was great at solving problems, saw that Anthony was sad and flew down to see why.
Anthony explained that he was tired of collecting food and he would have rather been playing. The owl
listened then said “You know what you have to do Anthony. Your mother is sick and the family will starve if
you don’t keep your promise. You know that promises are very important things and you must do everything
you possibly can to keep your promise”. With this advice, Anthony set off once again. He gathered so much
food that his family could stay underground for a whole year, if they wanted to. When he finally arrived
home, his mother was very pleased with him. Anthony had kept his promise and this made him happy
because you should do your best to keep a promise.