Well tonight we had lots of excitement.  Not only was it the first night of a weekend camp at the den but our program was dealing with emergency situations and first aid. Don’t be alarmed!  Their injuries are all fake.

Echidna whipped up several lots of edible blood (both arterial and venous using golden syrup, chocolate syrup, caramel syrup and food colouring) and did her best to plaster the scouts with various forms of cuts, burns and open wounds.  Not to mention head injuries and snake bites!

Our three scouts working on Adventurer level citizenship and emergencies target badges (Elliot, Joseph & Rodhana) developed some mock emergencies that we ran through on bases dealing with head injuries, snake bite, shock, broken arms, gashes and heart attack.  We learned a lot and had much fun fixing each other up.

Perhaps most excitingly the scouts think that their wounds will be excellent come Spooky Halloween Disco in a few weeks’ time and we look forward to a number of different zombies emerging!

It was a great way to start our weekend camp.

Injured Panthers

Pair of broken Penguins

The Farmer has a heart attack from a snake bite!

Look what Penguin did to their PL when he fell down hiking!

Ciara & Emily getting geared up to be zombies come Halloween

The theme for Scouts in Action Month (SIAM) this year was the Environment.  This year the scout section took a different approach and rather than just a single evening event we addressed environmental issues every week in different ways for the month of August.  The scouts played Kim’s game with rubbish. Had discussions about the environmental impact of harvesting and burning wood and how they can do so in a friendlier manner.  We ran a discussion base on the impact of climate change on coastal regions and how what we do every day in our own homes can have a positive impact.