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Scout Leadership Course Session Activity Notes


Session activity

Scout Award Scheme: Award scheme relay


Time to allocate for this activity

20 minutes


Resources required

Award images (one set per participant).






Activity Notes

This short activity is designed to encourage Scouts to build and demonstrate their knowledge of the Scout Award Scheme.


The task (15 mins)


This is a quick paced relay game played by individuals or competing Patrols

Images of the various badges in the award scheme are either hidden around the game area or in a convenient pile. There is one set for each team or player.

Teams play relay style to collect the awards one at a time and then must assemble them in the correct order to show a complete set leading to the Australian Scout Medallion.

To win, they must have the following (in the order stated):
1 Scoutcraft Badge
1 Pioneer Campcraft
1 Pioneer Citizenship
1 Pioneer Elective Target
1 Pioneer Badge
1 Pinoeer Patrol Activity
2 Proficiency Badges
1 Pioneer Cord
1 Scout Leadership Course Badge 1 Explorer Campcraft
1 Explorer Citizenship
1 Explorer Elective Target
1 Explorer Badge
1 Explorer Patrol Activity
2 more Proficiency Badges
1 Explorer Cord
1 Leadership Activity 1 Adventurer Cord
1 Adventurer Campcraft
1 Adventurer Citizenship
1 Adventurer Elective Target
1 Adventurer Badge
1 Adventurer Patrol Activity
2 more Proficiency Badges
1 Adventurer Cord
1 Australian Scout Medallion

First player to reach the goal wins - or the highest level player if time runs out.