Spring into action!

Start 2021 as you mean to continue and take part in our Spring into Action with the Barnet Challenge. There are 7 mini projects to complete this Season for Explorers to do at home or for you to incorporate into your weekly programme. We have listed some ideas on how to complete each section although the list is by no means exhaustive and we encourage you to be creative and try new things.

There will be 4 badges to collect, one for every season, we are kicking off with the Spring Challenge. The date each season challenge runs to and from are as follows:

Spring 1^st March – 31^st May 2021

Summer 1^st June – 31^st August 2021

Autumn 1^st September – 30^th November 2021

Winter 1^st December 2021– 28^th February 202

We appreciate there may also be some elements that cannot be completed due to the current circumstances, so please improvise!

1. Get Building (Pioneering/Construction)

• make a garden cane Trebuchet,

• build a go kart.

2. Get Creative (craft, design, music, dance)

• Make your own unique face covering,

• use a household item as an instrument to play name that tune with your unit.

3. Get Outdoors (Nature, Tracking, Photography)

• begin a photography project of nature in your area,

• make your garden hedgehog friendly and look out for visitors.

4. Get Active (Sport & Fitness)

• run 5km regularly and look to improve your time

5. Get Away (International)

• take part in an international themed section meeting

• link with Scouts in another country

• find out about a festival from another country and put together an activity that you can share with your unit

6. Get Together (Community & Recruitment)

• in a group, actively promote your unit showing the positives of Scouting

• meet with Explorers from around the County.

7. Get Better

• Teach yourself a new skill or improve on an existing one over a period of 4 weeks.

News...

Martial Arts / Self Defense meeting 24/02/2021

• A big thank you to Barry Harte, chief instructor at the Hakudakan Ju Jitsu Dojo, for running an online training session for us.

• Any questions about this training or how to take part when the pandemic restrictions allow? please drop us an email

Pancake Competition 17/02/2021

• Congratulations to Ben for making the most appetising (looking) pancake.

• Thank you to all who took part, showing what a creative lot the Evo explorers are!

Youth Questionnaire

• Please see the email sent to you on 17 Feb 2021, 11:39 from Evolution Explorers

• We've been asked to take part in a Youth Survey, commissioned by the Government.

• Please spend some time with this as it will help shape programmes and funding.
  (If Explorers are under 16, parental permission will be required.)