01Jun05

Boomerang 1 - Health

Hall

Leader: Rama

Duty Six: Brown

18h00 - 18h10

Opening parade, inspection

18h10 - 18h20

Game - Pass the Messages - Cubs in a circle. Have a series of messages on folded paper. Start the messages in various places around the circle. First Cub studies the message, closes the paper, and passes the message (and the paper) on to the next Cub. Keep the messages going around the circle (and try to have messages catch each other!) while the leaders can break in anywhere and verify that the message is still the same as the one on the paper.

 - need messages

Bronze (Rama)

Silver (Raksha)

Gold (Bagheera)

18h20 - 18h30

Simple First Aid - how to treat cuts and grazes, call for help, why adults

 - first aid chart

Simple First Aid - how to treat bleeding noses, stings, bites, call for help, why adults

 - first aid chart

Simple First Aid - how to treat burns, scalds, bleeding, fainting, use a reef knot to tie a sling, call for help, why adults

 - use scarves

 - first aid chart

(Join the others if finished sooner)

18h30 - 18h40

Game - First Aid Relay - Run up, choose an item, explain why, take it back. Keep going until all the first aid kits are made.

 - first aid supplies

18h40 - 19h45

Personal hygiene - hands, teeth, nails

Personal hygiene - feet, sleep

Personal hygiene - cleanliness, clothing

18h45 - 18h50

Quick Game - Find the Matching Message - A bunch of coded messages are taped face to the wall. Cubs are given a copy of one of the messages. Each Cub runs up and turns over one message. If it matches (show a leader), bring it back.

 - messages (very similar ones)

18h50 - 19h00

Food groups

 - food groups chart

Plan hiking lunch - make it a balanced meal

 - food groups chart

Plan a day’s worth of meals for a camp - make sure all the food groups are present in the right quantities.

 - food groups chart

19h00 - 19h10

Game - Food Groups Minefield - lay out a series of plates face down in front of each group. On the face of each plate is a food item. First person runs up and turns over a plate. If it is a bomb, go back. If it is a food, tell the leader which food group it is in. If correct, may then step on it and turn over the next plate. If wrong, go back. Once a path has been cleared each team member must travel the cleared path to the other side. First group through the minefield wins.

 - plates with foods, bombs

19h10 - 19h15

Colds/flus - spread and prevention

Germs, head lice

Food poisons, storage, handling

19h15 - 19h25

Game - Doctor Dodgeball (if there is time) - Two teams. Each team secretly chooses a doctor. The balls are germs. If a player gets hit he/she goes down and cannot move. The doctor can cure a player just by touch. If the doctor gets hit, the team is in trouble. Other players may pretend to be doctors, but only the touch of a doctor can cure player.

 - balls

19h20 - 19h30

Closing parade, badges