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Woodchips (5 & under)

Younger Elfins (6-7)

Older Elfins (8-9)

Pioneers (10-12)

Venturers (13-15)

DFs (16-20)

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Map Symbols

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Just for Fun
Location: Inside, Online

See how your group would represent places on a map, then match with the real OS symbols

Creating Contours

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Just for Fun
Location: Inside, Online

Use cardboard to create hills from a map using the contour lines.

Kim's Ingredients

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Fair Trade, International
Location: Inside, Online

Exploring sources of food and the meaning of Fairtrade

What is Fair Trade?

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Fair Trade
Location: Inside, Online

Exploration of the meaning and practice of Fair trade

Interpersonal conflict - Discussion

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Democracy
Location: Inside

Facilitate a discussion after doing the interpersonal conflict activities.

Frozen pictures

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Democracy
Location: Inside

This activity encourages the venturers to be creative and come up with a role-play and to talk about behaviour and feelings.

Showing anger

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Democracy
Location: Inside

This activity encourages venturers to think about behaviour and consequences.

Left out Warm up

Time: 5-10 mins
Topic: Just for Fun
Location: Inside, Outside

All the venturers but one have to form a circle and join hands. The person outside the circle should try and get inside.

Cyber-bullying

Time: 40-60 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Equality & Inclusion
Location: Inside

The venturers have to develop a drama exploring a cyber-bullying situation and reflect on how the victim feels and how they think the bullying should be tackled.

Everyone is Simon says

Time: 5-10 mins
Topic: Cooperation
Location: Inside

This is effectively a rolling game of ‘Simon Says’ for Venturers.

Fireworks

Topic: Environment
Location: Inside, Outside

Fireworks are great to look at but not so great for our environment. Can you make an alternative display?

Children's Alliance - Pioneers

Time: 1h +
Topic: Democracy, Human Rights
Location: Inside

This activity aims to introduce the UK government and how their lives and decisions they can make are influenced by the decisions made.