Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Be Prepared
A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens. - Robert Baden-Powell
The challenge:
Build a practical survival kit in a tin small enough to take on activities with you.
What do you put in? What do you leave out?
Mini survival kits are survival kits which consist of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Rikki, Rikki Tikki Tavi on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m NOT up for this job!
Dwarf mongooses (mongeese?) are trained to sniff out explosives in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, making disposal of the island’s countless landmines far less dangerous. Lightweight and intelligent, they don’t set off the bombs, and can yell “get me the hell out of here!” when strapped to the robots that drag them [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ANZAC on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Their Spirit, Our History [Australian War Memorial]
Their Spirit, Our History is a Memorial booklet written to help young Australians to understand the historical significance of ANZAC Day. It also includes commemorative classroom activities and an outline for planning your own commemorative ceremony.
Teaching Gallipoli - Educational Resources [Visit Gallipoli / Department of Veterans' Affairs]
Organising a Commemorative [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Using TagCrowd to view the Jungle book story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as a Tag Cloud of the top 50 words … a good way of seeing if you have the main drift of a story?
Posted in Scouts, challenge on June 27, 2007 | No Comments »
The Ausralian Red Cross Blood Service’s 2007 Winter Blood Challenge is on again!
ARE YOU THE TYPE WHO CAN SAVE A LIFE
CALL 13 14 95 TO MAKE APPOINTMENT TODAY
Australia needs 21,000 donations each week, or more than 270,000 donations this winter.
Remember we all need to work together to get this total. Its not about getting a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Kangaroo Poo from Darren’s Diatribe
On last weekend’s Scout Hiking Trip we played a little prank on the Scouts.
I arranged for the Scout Leader to stop when he found some fresh kangaroo poo and talk to the Scouts about it. He asked what sort it was and they guessed correctly. He asked how we could tell [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2007 | No Comments »
A campfire song that goes down very well;
Scout Stomp
(to the tune “We will Rock You” by Queen, words by Janet Brickhouse)
Sonny you’re in first school, taking on the world
Wanna grow up to be a good man someday?
Well we are the scouts, we’re what it’s all about,
Come on guys let’s give them a shout,
WE WILL, WE [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
10th Jamboree of the Trail - 2007
Jamboree On The Trail is an annual day for the World Scout Movement to hike together. All Scouts, whatever their age and wherever they may be in the world, are invited to participate in whatever way they can. Cubs and younger Scouting sections could visit a local nature [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 11, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m migrating lots of the ideas and concepts from my original Rikki’s Scouting Resources page.
Over here I will be able to use the tags to categorize the various posts making it easier to follow threads and collate topics.
cheers Rikki
