Joey Scout Program                   

 

Date:	Leader:
Theme: Anzac	Sub Theme:

 

Time	Activity Description	Leader	Equipment Required:
0.00	Opening Ceremony		Flag.
0.05	Story 1 Game: No Man’s Land		Balls – as many as possible.
0.15	Game: Sergeant-Major’s coming		Whistle.
0.20	Story 2 Game: Help Your Mate (Three Legged Race)		Scarves to use for tying together.
0.25	Story 3 Game: Ambulance		Hessian sacks.
0.35	Story 4 Craft: Remembrance Day Wreath		Paper plate, poppy print outs (see below), scissors, textas/crayons/pencils, paint (optional), glue, ribbon, wool.
0.50	Story 5
0.55	Closing Ceremony		Flag.
Back Up	Singing: National Anthem

 

 

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Story 1:

On the 25^th April 1915 – 92 years ago now, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps arrived on the beach at Gallipoli. Some of the soldiers who fought there had lied about their age – they were supposed to be at least 18 years old, but some were only 14 or 15, the same age as some of the Scouts at 1^st Ermington, which would have been pretty scary. There were a lot of things soldiers had to learn (ask Joeys what they think some of those things were) … And one of the most important things was to listento their commanding officers. If the Joeys were the Army, who do you think the commanders would be? Platypus and Bilby.

It was very dangerous at Gallipoli. The Anzacs came ashore in the wrong place – the beach was very small, and the Turks were up in the hills and could see them coming.

 

We’re going to play a game called No Man’s land – it’s played just the same as poison ball, just a little bit differently.

 

Game:No Man’s Land

Break Joeys up – some behind red line, some in the middle of the hall, leaders at one end (to get the balls back to the Turks). The Joeys in the middle are the Anzacs coming ashore the others at the red line are the Turks waiting. If a Joey Scout gets hit by a ball, they must lie down and stay still. Swap around once all the Joeys in the middle are lying down.

 

Game: Sergeant-Major’s coming

Play this as usual, but with the following:

Walls: Trenches, beach, poppies, hospital

Actions:Whistle blow is incoming shell, Joeys to crouch down and cover heads; Sergeant-Major’s coming – stand and salute; Minefield – stand and freeze on spot; ceasefire – stand quietly in the middle of the circle; salute the flag – turn and salute the flag wherever they are; line up – run to the red line near the flags and stand at alert.

 

Story 2

Another thing that was really, really important about the Anzacs, and everyone who were in the big wars, was that they had to help each other to stay alive. They had to work together to get back to the hospital when they were hurt, or to get back to safety. They had to look after each other. Which is our Joey Scout motto, isn’t it: Help Other People.

 

Game: Help Your Mate (Three Legged Race)

Divide Joeys into pairs – bind legs with scarfs. Idea is to make it to safety at the end of the hall without falling over, or getting cranky with each other.

 

Story 3
At Gallipoli, one of the ambulance officers decided that he could help more injured people if he used a donkey or two, to help him get soldiers down from the battlefield to the army hospital. His name was John Simpson, and he had a couple of donkeys that used to go with him, one was probably called Duffy and the other called Murphy. Every day, even though it was very dangerous, Simpson would crawl on his belly and drag soldiers back to safety. He would then put the injured soldier on the donkey’s back and lead him down to the beach. Every day, they would go up to the battlefield, collect people who were hurt and bring them back down again, even though bullets would be flying everywhere and bombs as well. Simpson and his donkey became famous among the Australian soldiers at Gallipoli because of their bravery. One day, one of the donkeys walked back to the hospital and Simpson wasn’t with him – he’d been killed while trying to help other people.

Game: Ambulance

Divide Joeys into groups of three. Two have to run to the end of the hall to get a Hessian sack, then they run back to the “injured” Joey. The “injured” Joey sits on the end of the sack and the other two take corners at the front and slowly and gentlydrag the sack to the other end of the hall.

 

Story 4

For Anzac day, at the Dawn Service, wreaths are laid to remember the people who fought and died in the wars. Usually they have a plant called laurel in them – for honour, to remember someone being brave; rosemary, which is a herb for “remembering” and poppies, which were some of the first flowers to grow back on the big battlefields in Europe when the wars were over.

Craft: Remembrance Wreath

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/remembrance/mpoppywreath.html

 

 

 

 

Materials– paper plate, poppy print outs (see below), scissors, textas/crayons/pencils, paint (optional), glue, ribbon, wool.

 

Instructions

1. Print out copies of the poppies page.
2. Colour the poppies
3. Cut the poppies out
4. Cut the middle out of the paper plate. The paper plate should look like a donut. Leave plain – or use paint to colour.
5. Glue poppies to paper plate.
6. Add a bow.
7. Add wool so that wreath can hang up.

 

Story 5

And so, every year on the 25^th April, Australians and New Zealanders – all over the world – gather together to remember Anzac Day and all the soldiers and nurses, doctors and other people who fought in the wars. Veterans from the Army, Navy and Air Force join in marches, and so do the Scouts, to make their way to memorials for the Dawn Service. At the Dawn Service we lay wreaths – like we’ve just made, with red poppies for remembrance – and a special poem is read. Did anyone go to Dawn Service this year? Put on your hats and scarves and we’ll have our own little service now. (Get Joeys in pairs/threes to bring wreaths up to the flag and put them at the bottom of it). Part of the special poem that is read aloud at the Dawn Service is this:

 

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.”

(Ask one of the Joeys to say a prayer).