Silver Arrow

Keeping Healthy

1. Explain how to stop colds from spreading: use tissues, cover your nose when sneezing, mouth when sneezing, mouth when coughing and drink plenty of liquids.
2. Explain the importance of telling an adult if you are sick or hurt.
3. Describe some simple First Aid: how to deal with cuts, grazes, nose bleeds, burns or scalds.
4. AIDS ALERT. Use a plastic bag for hands if someone is bleeding. Use soap, water and bleach to clean hands and area.
5. Be a Four Star Eater. Explain what a balance diet is and keep a record of eating habits for a week.

Physical Fitness, Sports and Hobbies

1. Learn and practice five (5) physical development skills. E.g.
1. Using a skipping rope.
2. Learning to swim and practice 3 times weekly.
3. Throwing a ball at least 12 metres.
4. Specific muscle building exercises.
5. Do a dodge spring, forwards, backwards.
6. With a friend compete in 6 out of 12 dual contests.
7. Learn how to do sit ups & press ups.
2. By example encourage others in sportsmanlike behaviour.
3. Choose a new sport or hobby to learn and demonstrate how to perform it.

Safety

1. Show that you know the dangers of dealing with strangers:
1. If someone asks you to go somewhere with them.
2. If someone tries to touch you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable.
2. Demonstrate that you:
1. Know the choice to make when someone offers you drugs or alcohol.
2. Explain the safe way to light fires and stoves and how to use electrical appliances.
3. Explain the various fire preventions and cures.
4. Explain the water safety rules that apply to swimming pool use.

Scoutcraft

1. Deliver a message, using who - when - where and why.
2. Learn five basic tracking signs.
3. Learn how to coil or hank a rope, how to tie the sheet-bend knot and the clove hitch.
4. Using a compass find a secret location at your meeting place.
5. Learn how to pack your kit for camp.
6. Pitch up a simple tent.
7. Take part in camp or sleepover with your six or pack members.
8. Make a Cub Scout handy kit.
9. Learn the basic map symbols.
10. Take part in a campfire programme.

Science

1. Try three more science experiments, one using a working model.
2. Set up a weather station with at least three (3) instruments and use it to record the weather for at least two weeks.
3. Make a basic electrical circuit.

Nature

1. Plant a garden using recycled materials.
2. Find out about different kinds of trees, and their uses.
3. Make a bird feeder.
4. Separate your trash at home and recycle it.
5. Encourage recycling at school.
6. Find out about the life cycle of an insect, fish or frog.
7. Be a member of the “GREEN TEAM”.

Communication

1. Demonstrate the one handed alphabet of the hearing-impaired. Be able to say your name and simple message in it. Learn and demonstrate some “deaf” signs and symbols.
2. Tell how to get to the police station, school, or place of interest from your home, using directions and street names.
3. Send a thank you letter to someone who has helped you, your family or your pack.
4. Tell a short story to your six or pack.
5. Visit a communication service centre. i.e. newspaper, telephone exchange, radio or T.V. station and tell your Leader about it.

Creativity

1. Do two (2) projects about local animals, plants, buildings or activities.
2. Do two (2) craft projects, one being a useful item for home or pack, the other using recycle material.
3. Do two (2) items of entertainment, one being for visitors.

Home And Community

1. 1. Show that you help at home by completing three of the following over a four (4) week period;
1. Clean glass windows or doors.
2. Water the garden.
3. Weed the garden beds.
4. Take out the garbage.
5. Wash up dishes, pots and pans.
6. Be able to wash and iron your scarf.
2. Take part in two (2) family life activities; i.e.
1. Attend a cultural event with your family.
2. Visit grandparents and ask them about other family members.
3. Make a collection of photographs of your family.
3. Visit a bus station or airport and learn how a timetable works, including the 24 hour clock.
4. Take part in a community project organised by your group, district or at national level.
5. Do something to help at a local hospital, senior citizens’ home or children’s home.

My Country

1. Identify two items of national heritage. Draw and colour one, know symbolism of them.
2. Explain who discovered your country, who were its first settlers; and something about its indigenous people.
3. Sing a folk song or demonstrate how to prepare your national dish.
4. Know about two cultural activities that benefit tourism.
5. Demonstrate basic Flag etiquette.

Other Countries and Cultures

1. Learn and record four more things about the Caribbean country you choose for Bronze Arrow, or four things about a new Caribbean country.
2. Be the pen pal of a Cub in another Caribbean country. Explain your communications with your pen pal.

My Promise

1. Help with a Service at your own place of Worship.
2. Identify someone in your country who has “Done their best”.
3. Say what you will do in the following situations.
1. Someone is breaking into your neighbour’s house.
2. Other children encouraging you to shoplift.
3. You see someone hurting another person.

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