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1 Health & First Aid

1 A (part 1)

Personal Health

Explain how to keep your hands and nails clean and why.

Explain when you should wash your hands.

Demonstrate how to look after your teeth.

Explain how to keep your feet in good condition and why.

Discuss why sleep is important.

Discuss personal hygiene such as showering and bathing regularly, changing clothing and using deodorants.

Instruction: discuss as part of camp preparation. Health night: Snakes & ladder game & discussion after.

1 A (part 2)

Personal Health

Discuss the importance of a balanced diet.

Prepare a healthy lunch for an outing.

Show you understand the different types of foods that will build a healthy body by preparing a menu for one day at camp.

Activity using nutritional information and posters.

1 B

First aid kit

Put together (or replenish) a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you.

Do this at cubs. Need a list of items in the kit.

1 C

Basic First Aid

Show how to treat a graze or small cut. Band aid relay.

Show an understanding of how colds are spread and how to prevent them. Candle and cough activity.

Show how to treat a bleeding nose.

Show how to treat stings and insect bites common to your region.

Show an understanding of how germs and head lice can pass to people by contact and how to prevent this.

Tie a sling with a reef knot.

Show how to treat burns and scalds.

Show how to treat bleeding.

Explain what to do in the case of fainting.

1 d1

Adult help

Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents.

Pass a message, including an address, from one adult to another.

Message relay – round a number of bases.

1 d2

Phone

Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency phone call.

Make the call; public, mobile, public for different boomerangs. Try and do public phone call whilst on camp/ outings, and mobile phone from den (take a phone linked to the home account to save costs).

Play recorded emergency tapes from ABC/emergency services.

2 Safety

2 A

Buddy System

Explain the Buddy system

Define the Buddy System and explain its benefits.

Explain the Buddy System and teach it to a younger Cub Scout.

Run a game.

2 B

Home

Discuss the causes of accidents in the home, especially in the kitchen, bathroom and on the stairs.

Discuss the causes of accidents around the home and garden, including in sheds and around swimming pools

Discuss the dangers of poisons at home. Matching game.

Discuss what to do at home in the case of an electrical storm. Matching game.

2 C

Road

Take an adult for a walk and show that you know how to be safe on the roads.

Whilst on camp / outing.

Discuss the safety aspects of travelling in cars, buses and trains.

Demonstrate the safety rules you need to consider when riding a bike, scooter, skateboard or roller blading. Show you can use this equipment safely. Matching game or bike ride day.

2 D

Water

Discuss the dangers of swimming in the type of water in your area.

Explain the dangers of inflatable toys in open water.

Do all water safety with / before water night.

Demonstrate an understanding of the dangers of swimming in • swimming pools  • sea   • rivers and lakes  • dams

Identify safe areas for swimming

Show three methods you could use to help someone who fell into deep water and could not swim. Matching game.

2 E

Bush

Explain what you should do to make sure you don’t get lost in the bush.

Discuss what to do if you get lost in the bush

Do all bush safety on the bushwalk.

Explain what to do to make sure you don’t get lost in the bush and what to do if something goes wrong.

Demonstrate three ways of making distress signals.

Explain what to do to make sure you don’t get lost in the bush and what to do if something goes wrong.

Discuss the dangers in the bush that are appropriate to your area, eg. Weather, terrain and poisonous creatures.

Reiterate before GW hike.

2 F

Fire

Discuss the dangers that fire can cause in the home and the bush.

As part of fire lighting/ cooking.

Discuss the ways that fires can start in the home and in the bush.

Show what to do if you are in a fire at home.

Discuss ways to reduce the dangers that cause fires in the home and the bush.

2 G

Personal

Discuss why you should not go places by yourself.

Discuss what to do if you do not feel safe somewhere.

Discuss what to do if you do not feel safe with a particular person.

3 Ropes

TYING KNOTS 

Tie a reef knot

Tie your shoelaces

USE OF KNOTS  discuss how and when to use a reef knot

CARE OF ROPES   Show you know how to look after ropes correctly

Tie a sheetbend

Tie a clove hitch

Tie a reef knot

Discuss how and when to use these knots

Name the parts of a rope

Tie a bowline, a sheetbend, a clove hitch and a reef knot.

Make a gadget using at least one type of appropriate lashing.

Teach another Cub Scout how to tie a reef knot.

Discuss how and when to use these knots

Show how to chain or hank a rope correctly.

4Outdoor Scouting

COMPASS AND NAVIGATION

Discuss how a compass works and show you know the four principal points.

Make a simple compass.

MAPS AND HIKING   attend at least 2 outdoor outings with your pack.

Dress correctly and pack your own daypack for the outing.

FIRE LIGHTING  Demonstrate the correct way to strike a match.

OUTDOOR COOKING   Prepare and cook for yourself a damper/twist.

Demonstrate an understanding of how many degrees there are in a compass and the eight principal points.

Use a compass to follow a trail, which includes at least six compass points

Day only – too hard at night.

Use a road map to work out the distance between 2 towns named by a Leader.

Demonstrate 5 trail signs.

Discuss ways that fires can start in the home and the bush.

On a fire you prepare and light, cook a meal such as sausages or food in a foil pouch.

Use a compass to plan a bushwalk route on a map.

Use a compass to set a simple trail, including six compass points for the rest of your Pack to follow. Day only – too hard at night.

Discuss the eight principal points and the associated degrees.

Explain scale and contour lines.

Explain at least eight map symbols and be able to find them on a map.

Using at least 5 different trail signs, make a trail for the rest of your Pack to follow.

Explain about different types of cooking fires and demonstrate at least one.

Using your outdoor cooking fire, prepare a meal for yourself and an adult, including meat, vegetable and a hot drink.

5 Our Cub Scout Traditions

THE JUNGLE BOOKS   Talk about the main characters in The Jungle Books and what their names are.

Tell the story of how Mowgli came to be in the Jungle.

Tell one of the stories in The Jungle Books that does not have Mowgli in it.

Explain the significance of Baloo and Bagheera in Mowgli’s life.

Explain how the laws and teachings in The Jungle Books are part of your life and your Pack’s attitudes.

SCOUTING HISTORY  Tell who founded Scouting and where and when it began.

Find out when Scouting started in Australia and in your Group.

When is BP’s birthday and what do we call this special day?

Find out when Scouting started in your local Group.

Find out and explain the meaning of your scarf and District/Region badge.

Explain how Scouting began and talk to your Leader about it.

Draw the World Scout badge and describe the meaning of this.

Find out when and where the next Australian Jamboree will be held.

6 Symbols of Australia

FLAGS  Show you know the composition of the Australian Flag.

See worksheet, at bottom of page

EMBLEMS   Tell your Leader of 2 places where you would see the Australian Coat of Arms

FLORA AND FAUNA

Describe the flag of your State /Territory and show an understanding of the components of it.

Describe the emblem of your State/Territory and show an understanding of what it means.

Name and describe the flora and fauna emblems of your State/Territory.

For all three elements, see worksheet, at bottom of page

Teach another Cub Scout to roll, hoist and break the Australian Flag in the correct manner.

Show an understanding of the different ways of flying the flag, e.g. mourning, distress etc.

Reproduce the Australian Coat of Arms and explain the meaning of each emblem.

See worksheet, at bottom of page

Name and describe the floral emblem of Australia and explain why it was chosen.

7Promise and Law

DUTY TO YOUR GOD  Write a prayer and read it to your Pack

PROMISE AND LAW  Talk to your Leader about how you do your best to live up to your Promise and Law at school, at home and in the Pack.

SERVICE   Do a good turn for someone at home and tell your Leader about it.

Find out 3 things about your beliefs and explain them to your Leader.

Talk to your Leader about how you have tried to put your Promise and Law into practice in everything you have done.

Do a good turn for your Cub Pack or Scout Group and tell your Leader about it.

Help to plan and participate in a Scout’s Own.

Discuss with a Leader about how you try to put your Promise and Law into everything you do.

Explain the Promise and Law to a new Cub Scout when you are talking to them about being a Cub Scout.

Do a good turn by helping plan, and taking part in, an activity which will assist an organization that helps other people, and tell your Leader about it.

8Fitness

BALL SKILLS   Throw and catch a return ball over 5 m 4 times.

Dribble a ball for a distance of 10m.

ATHLETIC SKILLS   Run 100m as quickly as you can.

STRENGTH AND STAMINA    Skip 10 times without stopping.

Throw and catch a return ball over 10m 5 times

Hit a ball with either a bat or racquet 5 times

Perform a standing broad jump as far as you can

Skip 20 times forward and 10 times backwards.

Kick a goal with either a place or drop kick or shoot a goal with a basketball or netball.

Throw and catch a return ball 6 times over a distance of 15 -20 m.

Perform a hop, step and jump as far as you can.

Skip continuously for 2 minutes.

9People and Cultures

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS  Find out about one of the traditional owners in your area/State and something about how they lived before European settlement.

INTERNATIONAL CULTURE   Make a list of the ethnic groups in your community eg. At school, church or Pack.

SCOUTING  Find out something about each of the 5 sections in Scouts Australia, either in your own Group or in the District.

Take part in an activity with a different Section.

Explain some of the customs, traditions and crafts of the traditional owners of your area.

Learn to say “hello”, “goodbye”, “please” and “Thank you” in a language other than your own, preferably from a native speaker of the language.

Take part in a Pack Council.

Take part in an activity with another Pack or one organized by District, Region or Branch.

Visit a local site where you can learn more about the traditional owners of your area.

Find out about another country.

Show where it is on a map in relation to Australia and discover how the people live, what they wear and what they eat.

Find out about Scouting in another country- the name of the sections, whether boys and girls can be Cub Scouts, and something about their badges.

Take part in an overnight activity organized at District, Region or Branch level.

10 Scientific Discovery

Do any two

BIOLOGY   Grow some seeds and observe what happens.

CHEMISTRY   (nothing for bronze)

GEOLOGY  Identify 5 different rocks and tell where you found them

PHYSICS   Explain the composition of air.

Perform an experiment that shows how oxygen can be used up.

ESTIMATION   Measure your hand and foot.

Using these measurements, estimate: the width of your Scout Hall, the height of a Cub Scout. Too hard for young cubs

Observe how an animal, bird, reptile or insect develops and behaves.

Report on your findings.

Perform an experiment that shows the difference between gas, liquid and solid states.

Explain how volcanoes erupt and earthquakes occur.

Show an experiment that illustrates one of these.

Show you understand the weather forecast.

Show how rain is formed.

Estimate the following:  the distance from your Scout Den door to the road, the distance from one end of the Den to the other, the height of the flagpole or tree.

Check how accurately you have estimated by measuring these.

Explain what the major organs in the human body are and how they work.

Perform an experiment that shows a chemical reaction.

Explain what has happened.

Explain what minerals and fossil fuels are and how they are formed.

Talk about the minerals found in your area.

Demonstrate how sound moves through air, water or a solid object.

Make a sundial and use it to tell the time, and

Measure the height of an object using the stick and shadow method.

Or

Find North using a non-digital watch.

Or

Find south using the Southern Cross.

11 The Natural Environment

RECYCLING   Name 4 things that can be recycled and how the recycling helps the environment.

Make something using recycled materials.

POLLUTION   Help to clean up litter in your local area.

Explain how litter can harm the natural environment.

HABITAT DESTRUCTION   Find out what native creatures live in your local area.

Discuss how their habitats can be destroyed.

Explain how you can recycle household waste.

Make a system for recycling organic waste from your house, e.g. a worm farm, compost heap.

Help to clean up litter in your local area.

Discuss some of the effects of pollution on our rivers, lakes and seas.

Show how you and your family can help to reduce water pollution.

On a bushwalk find examples of 5 things that have damaged the environment, e.g. litter and pollution, salinity, erosion and man-made damage.

Find out what new things are made from 3 different sorts of waste, which are recycled. Explain the concepts of the 3 R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle.

Help to clean up litter in your local area.

Show an understanding of the “Greenhouse Effect”, including what causes it and how you can help to reduce it.

State 3 other forms of air pollution, how they affect people and what can be done to reduce them.

Discuss how we can conserve our local environment including water, land, air, forests and mineral and fossil fuels.

12  Self Expression

Do any two

PERFORMING ARTS   Perform in a mime, skit or play with other members of your pack.

VISUAL ARTS   Create a poster, painting, drawing or collage.

CREATIVE WRITING   Write a poem or short story.

MUSIC   Sing a song or play a musical   instrument for your Pack.

Organise and perform in a mime, skit or play with other members of your pack.

Create a painting, drawing or 3-dimensional piece and have it ready to display.

Write a poem or short story, which may be fictional, or a report of an event.

Play 2 pieces on a musical instrument          

                        or

sing 2 songs for the Pack.

Perform a magic trick, juggling or a puppet show alone or with the help of one or two other Cubs.

Produce a series of preliminary sketches and a finalized piece of work ready for display.

Write a piece, in which you contribute, to a group or local newsletter.

Sing a song which includes verses and chorus

                          or

 Play your instrument at a higher standard to that demonstrated for your Bronze and Silver Booms.

13 Hand Craft

Make an item from one of the following materials:  wood, metal, fibres, clay

Make something using a craft method which is new to you.

Show the tools you used and explain how to care for them.

Design a practical item and produce it using any craft method.

Show the design work and finished item together.

14  Your Community

HOME   Show you know how to keep your clothes, toys and equipment tidy.

Talk to your Leaders about how you do this.

LOCAL COMMUNITY   Show you know where the main features are in your local area such as: the nearest bus stop to home and the Scout Den.

The safest route to the shops from home.

LOCAL ORGANISATIONS   Does your community have a local newspaper or Community Newsletter? If so, what is it called.

Demonstrate that you know how to do cleaning around the home such as vacuuming, sweeping, washing up and cleaning the bathroom.

Do some minor repairs to clothes and around the house.

Find out how your town or suburb name originated.

Where is the nearest: police station

                                  ambulance station

                                  hospital

Name 3 essential service organizations that provide for your community and explain what they do.

Show you know how to wash and iron your clothes.

Take part in a visit to a local place of interest and find out how it serves the community.

                           Or

Meet or visit someone who lives or works in your area and find out what he/she does to help the community.

Find out about 2 charitable organizations in your community and what they do to help other people.