Opening ceremony
6.00pm
Kangaroo relay. Normal rules - but the Beaver Scouts have to hop!
6.05pm
Hunt the wallaby. Hide pictures of native Australian animals around the room - who can find the wallabies?
6.10pm
Iced biscuits as the Australian flag
6.20pm
Kangaroo pencil holders:
Let the Beaver Scouts copy a kangaroo template (add a square at the bottom that can be folded forward to make a base for the ½ kitchen roll inner that will be stuck to the front to hold pencils.
6.30pm
Upside down game
Find some pictures of every day objects taken from an unusual age
See how many the Beaver Scouts can guess
6.35pm
Sharks
Lay out a few hoops (or draw chalk circles), these are the islands. The area around the hoops is shark infested sea. The children must walk around the hoops; no standing still, hanging around one hoop etc. A leader shouts 'Sharks' and all the children should take refuge in a hoop, as many as possible in each hoop. Any children caught by the shark (the leader) are out. Leader shouts 'all clear' and the children walk around again. Repeat, but remove some hoops so that the children really have to crowd into a few hoops. The idea of the game is that they help each other to stay in the hoop.
6.45pm
Knock-Out Skittles
Equipment: 2 chairs, 2 sponge footballs, 5 skittles (bought ones or pop bottles in different colours)
Game layout:
Chair X X X X X <= skittles Chair
Split the Colony into 2 teams. Put a team at each end of the room behind the chair. A ball is placed on the chair. When the game starts, a Beaver climbs onto the chair and throws the ball towards the skittles to try to knock one down. Whether they knock one down or not, they must jump down and retrieve the ball to pass to the next Beaver who should be waiting on the chair for their return. The Beaver who has just had his go then joins the back of his team. The Beavers get as many turns as it takes to complete the game. The game is completed when one team has knocked down 3 skittles.
Variations
Equipment: 2 chairs, 2 beanbags, 1 skittle
Game layout: Chair (held by adult) X <= skittle Chair (held by adult)
6.55pm
Short prayer
Closing Ceremony
