East Ryde Joey Scout Program
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Theme: Birds and Insects |
Meeting Type: Hall |
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Coming in activity |
Dot to dot |
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6.00 |
Opening parade |
Flags |
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6.05 6.15 |
Rob the nest |
‘eggs’ bowls |
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Caterpillar races |
sacks |
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6.20 |
Insect art |
Paint, pens for legs and eyes |
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6.30 |
Jamackwack |
nothing |
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6.35 |
Tunnel ‘egg’ |
ball |
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6.40 |
Hawk |
nothing |
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6.45 |
Feed the birds |
Bottle and string |
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6.50 |
Kookaburra sits…. song |
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6.55 |
Story?? |
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7.00 |
Closing parade |
Flags |
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spare |
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Bless all joeys everywhere,
Help them remember their promise to share.
Guide them all safely home today
And watch over them while they work and play.
Amen
Games/Craft Information:
Caterpillar races – two teams, first Joey gets in a sack and lies on the floor. Have to crawl along to the end of the hall, get out of the sack and run back.
Rob the nest – usual….
Insect Art – using finger prints to make insect bodies an draw in legs, yellow bees, green caterpillars.. Make a paint thumb print as a body of an insect and draw legs, antenna etc when dry.
Hawk - Joeys in 4 groups- duck, goose, hen, turkey. These stand at one end of the hall. One Joey is the Hawk, in the centre. Leader calls a bird name and all those Joeys fly to the end of the Hall. If caught, they become the Hawk.
Feed the Birds - Joeys in teams. A bottle at the other end to represent the baby birds. Each Joey has a piece of string (worm) which they carry in their mouth to the baby bird and feed it by placing the string in its mouth.
Jamackwack
Divide the group into two teams. One team will impersonate the famous Jamackwack birds. Since the Jamackwacks can only walk in reverse, each player must bend over, hold onto ankles, close eyes, and walk backward. The other team creates a corral by standing hand in hand in a circle around the birds so they can’t escape. But there is an open gate, a place where two players do not hold hands.
The Jamackwacks must try to find the opening in order to get out. When a Jamackwack discovers the opening, he starts to yell “Wack! Wack! Wack! to the other Jamackwacks. The other Jamackwacks, hearing the calls, know where the opening is, and begin to find their way to the gate by following the yells. Meanwhile, the boys in the circle around the birds can do nothing to stop their escape except drown out the calls of the free Jamackwack by singing as loudly as possible. The more birds that escape, the louder everyone has to sing. When every Jamackwack has finally found the way out of the pen, the birds and the circle switch roles. There are no winner or losers in this game, but it is very amusing to observe how the rarely seen Jamackwacks behave.