Hope you are all able to stay active, and help your parents as much as you can. By now you must have tried every recipe in the cook book, so hopefully this will give you some advantage on the tasks set out for this week.
Time to out those records down. By now you must have heard all those old songs over and over again.
This week we have a couple more activities for you to try.
See the funny side of food. Create some appetising fruit monsters that will just make you want to eat one of your five-a-day.
VE Day marks the day towards the end of the second world war when fighting against Nazi Germany came to an end in Europe – 8 May 1945. 2020 marks 75 years since VE Day. Scouts UK have designed a fun badge and put together some activities to help you remember the occasion and the role that Scouts played.
You can order the badge for yourself and your family at Scout Store. It’s a fun badge, which means you don’t have to do anything to earn it (and it’s not one for your uniform). Half of the proceeds will directly benefit the Royal British Legion charity, and the other half will help UK Scouts, so you’ll be doing good with each purchase.
We know that face-to-face Scouts is suspended, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get stuck in to the VE Day activities at home.
There are also some free printable craft ideas available on the Baker Ross website, so your young ones could create some colourful posters or bunting for VE day or in support of the NHS.
It might be raining outside, but there is still plenty that can be done indoors. For this week we have chosen a couple of activities that can be done by most of you. So give it a go and put your skills to the test, and just remember that it all counts towards your badges.
It might be difficult to spot this week, but have a go anyway. Because, who does not like cookies?
If you cannot observe the moon this week, try to use an online tool for this.
Apart from some reruns, and maybe some 1-on-1 games in your garden, there is no sports going on out there. To show some support you might like to design the perfect shirt for your favourite team. If you are not into football you can feel free to create something for your own sports team.
This activity can also be done by Beavers and Scouts.
Scouts like to be clean (right?). So with your mums permission have a go at making your very own bath bomb. You will only need ingredients from the store cupboard, but make sure you clean up(!) afterwards.
How wonderful to see so many of you taking part in the Clap for Carers.
Millions of people across the UK took part in this weekly event, and many Scouts were among them cheering and clapping in support of carers and key workers in this difficult time.
Baden-Powell chose Saint George to be the patron Saint of Scouting. He felt that the Saint George legend set a good example of faith, courage and perseverance for future generations.
Normally St George’s Day is an opportunity to bring Scouting together and celebrate Scouting’s national day with a collective Promise renewal, but as we are currently not meeting we would like to celebrate in a different way. As this year St. George’s day is on Thursday we would like everyone to wear their uniform and join in the 8pm clap for carers and other essential workers.
Please share any photographs of your Scouting members of the family joining in.
Hike a mile at home. Make a donation. Take a giant leap to support the people who need it most.
On 23 April, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief are getting together for their Big Day In on Radio and their Big Night In on TV, a massive fundraising special to celebrate the incredible people making a difference in communities across the UK and to support people who need it most during the corona crisis.
We want Scouts to go the extra mile too. Together, young people, volunteers, parents and carers are going to Hike to the Moon. If we all hike just one mile each – about 2,000 steps or 20 minutes walking on the spot – then together, we can complete the incredible 240,000 mile journey. To hit your one mile target, you can hike around your home or your garden (if you’ve got one) but please be safe and stick within government advice – you don’t need to leave your homes to be part of this.
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How will this help people? We’ll turn our miles into money by getting friends and family to sponsor us to take part and making a donation to this great cause.
You don’t have to wait for 23 April to hike your miles. Get started now by pulling on your walking boots (or more likely, your slippers), recording your miles and making your donation. It took the Apollo XI crew three days to reach the Moon — let’s see how long it takes Scouts!
We want to make this as accessible and inclusive as possible, so if walking’s a challenge for you, we’ve got some great alternative ways to do your miles below. If you can do more than a mile, that’s great (we might even be able to hike back to Earth again). You don’t have to do your steps all at once – you could record them over a day or a number of days.
