| Beaver Scouts are young people, boys
and girls, usually aged between six and eight years
old. They belong to the first and youngest section
in the Scouting family. Young people can join Beaver
Scouts in the three months leading up to their sixth
birthday. They can move to the next section, Cub
Scouts, between eight and eight years six months.
Programme Zones split the whole programme into
manageable areas. Each zone represents a different
development area in a young person's life.
There are five Programme Zones in Beaver Scouting.
These are:
- Exploring the World Around Us.
- Learning About Yourself.
- Getting to Know Other People.
- Discovering Creativity and Practical Skills.
- Discovering Beliefs and Attitudes.
These zones are delivered using twelve methods,
which give the programme variety and range. Sometimes
one method will be more suitable than another.
On occasions we may use a number of methods within
the same activity. So we give the Beaver Scouts
opportunities to:
- Help others.
- Play games.
- Explore their world.
- Undertake prayer and worship.
- Listen to stories.
- Follow themes.
- Go on visits.
- Make things.
- Meet new people.
- Act, sing and make music.
- Chat.
- Go outdoors.
Underpinning the programmes we offer to the
Beaver Scouts are six ways of working which should
be present in every programme. We give the Beaver
Scouts opportunities to:
- Have fun.
- Make friends.
- Try new things.
- Keep the Promise.
- Make progress.
- Share in groups.
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