Global Challenge
The Beaver Scout must complete 4 activities,
at least one from each area.
CULTURES
• Learn about Fair Trade products
• Taste and/or prepare food from around the world
• Learn about international faiths and beliefs
• Take part in a tradition from around the UK. This could be about
preparing local food, folk dancing or singing songs, etc. Examples
include cheese rolling, well dressing, may pole dancing
• Play or make instruments from another country. For example a
didgeridoo, drums, castanets or rain sticks.
WORLD SCOUTING
• Learn a Promise from another country
• Learn a greeting in another language
• Take part in a Scouting activity from another country.
ENVIRONMENT
• Organise an activity to clean up the environment e.g. litter pick
• Learn about the Country Code
• Get involved in a recycling project, such as for paper, glass or ink
cartridges
• Plant trees or flowers
• Learn how to save energy
• Learn about wildlife conservation.
Why not try…
Running a FairTrade evening. (See separate FairTrade
Fayre section).
Having a go at Morris dancing.
Listening to music from around the world. Many CDs are
available in the ‘world music’ section of HMV or from
selected Oxfam shops.
Finding some musical instruments from around the world
– shops such as Oxfam and FairTrade Inspires, The
Spires Centre, Belfast have a selection. Then get the
Beavers to make their own from junk items.
Learning some Scouting Promises from around the world
and how to say ‘hello’ in another language. Why not turn
it into a game using a giant sized world map or large
inflatable globe!
Playing a new game from somewhere in the world!!
Making some crafts using junk items. Turn one plastic
drinks bottle into a selection of gifts for Mothering
Sunday or Father’s Day!
Discussing some environmental facts. ‘Think Global – Act
Local’ – how small actions can help change the world!
Morris Dancing
To have some Colony fun with Morris Dancing – an old English country
tradition – for each Beaver Scout (and Leader!!) you will need: 1 or 2
bells, these can be attached by elastic round the knees or fastened onto
clothing and 2 large size tissues or squares of cotton. Bells of various
sizes are available from Craftworld, Queen Street, Belfast, local
haberdashers or craft shops. Once everyone has learned the steps you
can add some jolly traditional style music or sing ‘Widdicombe Fair’ or
similar!
Morris Dancing for Dummies
1. Stand on right leg with left foot off the ground and to the side. Arms
held out, with hankies dangling!
2. Bring left knee up to waist and turn through 90 degrees clockwise on
right leg. Arms still held out to side.
3. Maintain the position while spinning through another 90 degrees. As
you turn through a further 90 degrees, gradually lower your leg and
prepare your right foot for the dismount.
4. Bring your legs together and leap into the air and off your right foot.
Your arms should now rise above the horizontal while waving the hankies.
Follow the steps in these photos.
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3
4
Have fun!!
Scouting Promises Worldwide
Why not turn the selection of Scouting Promises and Sections similar to our Beaver
Scouts into game either by matching them up, trying to find them on a world map
(giant sized versions are available from Learning Space, Fountain Lane, Belfast) or on
a globe (inflatable versions are available from Tesco), or as a mix and match relay
game!
I promise to keep the ……..Law and to do a little thing
everyday to help give pleasure to someone.
I will try to share my fun and help others.
I promise to be a …….., to love God, to love people and
to love my Country.
I will love my God and my neighbour, my native country
and mankind by fulfilling the Scout Ideals.
I get along with everybody. I follow the Colony Laws.
I promise to do my best to love God and be helpful.
Mikrospejder
Lutins
Farfadets
Sudenpennut
Joeys
Tiger Cubs
Grasshopper Scouts
Keas
Denmark
France
Australia
Hong Kong
Japan
Finland
New Zealand
USA
DENMARK
FRANCE
FRANCE
FINLAND
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
HONG KONG
USA
Mikrospejder
6 – 7 years (Danish Guide & Scout Association)
Lutins
6 – 8 years (Les Eclaireuses & Eclaireurs de France)
Farfadets
6 – 8 years (Scouts & Guides de France)
Sudenpennut
7 – 10 years
Joeys
Keas
Grasshopper Scouts
Tiger Cubs
DENMARK (The Danish Guide and Scout Assoc. – Det Danske
Spejderkorps (DDS)
I promise to keep the (CUB) Law and to do a little thing everyday to help
give pleasure to someone.
NEW ZEALAND (Kea Scouts)
I will try to share my fun and help others.
HONG KONG
I promise to be a (Grasshopper Scout), to love God, to love people and to
love my Country.
Grasshopper Law - Grasshopper Scout does a good turn every day.
The Grasshopper Yell – A Grasshopper Scout Go Forward!
FINLAND
I will love my God and my neighbour, my native country and mankind by
fulfilling the Scout Ideals.
Scout Ideals (Law)
1 to develop himself as a human being
3 to help serve others
5 to love and protect nature
7 to build friendship across borders
2 to respect other human beings
4 to acknowledge his responsibilities
6 to be faithful and reliable
8 and to seek for the truth in life
JAPAN (Beaver Scouts)
I get along with everybody. I follow the Colony Laws.
Colony Laws – 1 Beaver Scouts play cheerfully. 2 Beaver Scouts take
good care of things. 3 Beaver Scouts do good deeds.
AUSTRALIA (Joey Scouts)
I promise to do my best to love God and be helpful.
The Joey Law – A Joey Scout cares. A Joey Scout shares.
FRANCE
Guides & Scouts of France
Promise – I promise on my honour to do my best: To serve mankind To be
helpful at all times To live our Law
LAW – A Scout is loyal, clean, master of his words and deeds, smiles even
during difficulties, loves work, and effort, never leaves a job half done, is
helpful, respects the work and property of others, listens to others and
respects their convictions, puts Scout Brotherhood into practice, loves
and protects nature and life.
Greetings Worldwide
Why not learn to say ‘hello’ in another language. This could be as part of a themed
evening on a particular country or as a ‘global’ game. Why not invite along a visitor
from another country – some of your Colony parents may speak a different language
and could help with pronunciation and a wider vocabulary!!
France
Germany
Irish
Swahili
Romania
Spain
Greece
Turkey
Thailand
Wales
Holland
Fiji
Portugal
Italy
Finland
Japan
Poland
China
Bonjour/Salut
Guten Tag
Dia Dhuit
Karibu/Jambo
Salut
¡Hola!
Hérete
Merhaba
Sawàt dii
Borridar
Hoi
Bula
Ola
Ciao
Hei
Konnichi wa
Czesc
Nee How
Games from around the World
TAKRAW
a game from Thailand
This game is played with a hollow loosely-woven wicker ball, called a
takraw.
Any part of the body, except the hands, can be used to hit the ball, and
the object of the game is to keep the ball in the air for as long as
possible.
There are many variations. The group can stand in a circle and keep
score by giving a point to each player who lets the ball touch the ground.
The winner at the end of the playing time is the one with the least
number of points.
An alternative would be to play this game with a soft football or a
balloon.
KWA-KWA (The Blind Crow)
a game from Ghana
The players form a circle around one child who stands in the centre – The
Blind Crow.
The Blind Crow is blindfolded and moves around flapping their arms
slowly, like wings.
The other players all change places around the circle and the first player
to be touched by the wing becomes The Blind Crow!
Junk Gifts
Use a clear plastic 2 litre
drink bottle to make a
selection of gifts for
Mothering Sunday or
Father’s Day!!
• Simply cut the plastic bottle into sections – bottom, top and middle
section. Cut the middle section down the sides to form two curved
pieces of plastic.
• Use the bottom section as a sweet container and line with coloured
paper and add some sweets!
• Use the top section as either a bud vase - by inserting a small
balloon over the neck of the bottle to hold a selection of pretty
flowers or as a ‘cup and ball’ game – make a ball of scrunched up
newspaper, tape coloured shapes on to it as decoration, attach a
length of string from the ball to the neck of the bottle.
• Trim the two pieces from the middle section so that they are
exactly the same size, attach together using paper fasteners and
insert a picture between the two pieces of plastic for an instant
photo frame!
Think Global – Act Local
EVERY PERSON IN THE COUNTRY USES
AN AVERAGE OF 167 PLASTIC BAGS
EVERY YEAR!!
THAT’S A TOTAL OF 10
BILLION PLASTIC BAGS!
A PLASTIC BAG CAN TAKE UP TO 500
YEARS TO DECAY IN LANDFILL.
PLASTIC BAGS CAN KILL MARINE
TURTLES, SEA BIRDS AND WILDLIFE.
THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE…
A REUSABLE SHOPPING
BAG!!
USE ONE
NOW!!
Make a fridge magnet or note peg using the beaver mascot below to
remind everyone not to accept plastic carrier bags and bring their
own shopping bag on trips to the shops!!
GOING SHOPPING?
Remember to take your
own shopping bag!!
SAY NO to plastic carrier bags!
Ideas from Leaders around the Province!
• Try different foods from around the world – specialities such as
sushi are available from local supermarkets and many do a range of
Polish or continental foods.
• Make contact with Missionary or Charity Projects overseas and
invite a key speaker to your Colony. Ensure that it is a suitable
topic for the Beaver Scout age range.
• Get involved in some fundraising for Charity work overseas. Many
Churches are linked with projects in Africa or countries in the
developing world. Make contact with Habitat for Humanity or
support one of the many Charities which work to improve the lives
of children in other countries – The Smile Train provides free life
changing surgery for poor children in the developing world born with
cleft palate and related problems. Sightsavers International works
to cure, prevent and support children suffering from visual
impairment and eye disease in over 30 developing countries around
the world.
• Make a donation to Oxfam or Christian Aid by purchasing an
‘alternative gift’ such as a piglet, sheep or cow or a grove of fruit
trees which, through time, will support a whole village. Visit
www.oxfamireland.org, www.christianaid.org.uk for ideas.
• Sponsor a child through one of the many support charities. A
project of this scale and commitment could involve the whole Group
and should not be undertaken without careful consideration and
consultation with the Group Treasurer.
• Celebrate the Chinese New Year – this celebration provides a
wealth of programme opportunities from crafts, games, food
tasting and activities, such as using chopsticks, Lion dancing and
learning about the Chinese Horoscope of animals! A local Chinese
restaurant could provide a selection of foods to try or visit Tesco,
Sainsbury’s, Asda or Asian Supermarket (such as Lee Foods,
Donegall Pass Belfast) and don’t forget the ‘fortune cookies’!
• Visit a recycling centre, many City Councils have a special
designated recycling centre with an education officer. Contact your
local council for further information.
• Learn about the Country Code. Visit www.countrysideaccess.gov.uk
for downloadable fun wordsearches (as below), activity sheets,
information, Creature Comforts video clip and posters by Thelwell.
An education pack is available for schools and voluntary groups.
COUNTRY CODE QUIZ
The Beavers should be in Lodges/teams. There should be three chairs with a letter
on each a, b, c. Read out the question and the three possible answers. They discuss
this in the team and then one member comes up and goes to the letter they have
chosen. Each member takes a turn to come up with the team’s answer. Correct
answers could be given a counter or lolly to take back. These can be counted at the
end of the Quiz.
There are probably more questions than you will need below. (The correct answer is
underlined and in bold).
1
If you want to walk across a field of crops should you
a
Walk around the edge of the field or on a proper path
b
Walk through the crops if you are careful
c
Just run across as quickly as possible
2
In the countryside you should keep dogs
a
Under your arm
b
Under your careful watch
Under strict control
c
3
If a dog is chasing or biting farm animals the farmer can legally
a
Shout at it
b
Catch it and sell it
c
Shoot it
4
If you see wild flowers
a
You can pick as many as you want to take home
You should not pick any
b
c
You should just pick a few
5
When you see gates into fields you should
a
Always close the gate
b
Not ever open a gate
c
Leave the gates as you find them but if in doubt close them
6
If you have some litter you should
a
Hide it under a hedge
b
Take all litter home
c
Just don’t leave it where animals could be hurt
7
When walking on country roads with no footpath you should
a
Walk on the right hand side so that you can see cars coming
b
Walk on the left hand side, the same side that cars drive on
c
It is OK to walk anywhere on country roads
8
If you see farm machinery
a
You can play on farm machinery
b
You can look at and touch it so long as you are careful
c
You should never go anywhere near farm machinery
9
When you are in the countryside
a
It is OK to shout and sing as loud as possible
b
It is OK to make a lot of noise only when you are playing
c
It is good to be quiet so that you can hear the birds, etc.
10
When going for a long walk
You should plan your journey carefully and wear suitable clothes
a
b
You do not need to worry about clothes the weather will stay good
c
It is OK to ignore warning signs and direction signs if you take care
11
If you see farm animals being moved or gathered together you should
a
Rush over to help
b
Keep out of the way
c
Give loud and clear instructions
12
Litter and left over food can
a
Hurt wild and farm animals
b
Make a beautiful place look horrible
Both of the above
c
TIM
Our Beaver Scout, Tim, seems to be having trouble deciding between
right and wrong. Have your Beavers help him by stopping the story at
the
*
symbol so they can cheer when he does something good and boo
when he does something bad.
Tim was a happy Beaver Scout. One day he was playing in his yard when
his Dad said, ‘Let’s go on a picnic.’ Tim dropped his catcher’s mitt, yelled,
‘Oh boy’, kicked the dog out of his way
*
and ran to the car. He saw
that their car litter bag was full; so he ran to empty it.
*
It was a long ride to the park and Tim amused himself by tearing up a
paper napkin and tossed little bits of it out the car window to see them
fly away.
*
When they got to the park, Tim saw that the people who were there
before had left pop cans all over the place.
He asked his Mum for a bag and gathered them all up.
the bag in the rubbish bin.
*
*
Then he threw
They had a nice lunch and Tim ate so many hotdogs that when the wind
blew a plastic bag off the table, he didn’t even get up to catch it.
After a while, Tim decided to go on a hike.
whooping and yelling
*
*
*
He ran down the trail
. Suddenly he stopped and looked. Straight
ahead was a bird sitting on a nest right within easy reach. ‘Wouldn’t it be
*.....Nope, that’s her home’, thought Tim
and he walked quietly around the bird so she wouldn’t be scared. *
fun to take the nest home?...
Further on he saw an anthill with lots of busy ants running around it. His
foot came up, his foot came down. Squash went the anthill.
*
Off went Tim to meet his Mum and Dad, they were just packing up to go
home. ‘Wait! We have to be sure our campfire is out’, said Tim.
*
So
they poured more water on it, stirred it, found it was out, and they all
went home.