Welcome to the Midlands Moot 2021 30 April – 2 May
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Welcome to the Midlands Moot 2021 30 April – 2 May You may be taking part with Maybe you will attempt Outdoor fun your family and friends or something new or revisit an maybe, COVID willing, with old skill? for everyone! some of your Guiding friends. Maybe there is something All of your County Outdoor Wherever and whenever you that you used to enjoy doing Advisers, from across the take part, you will be part of at camp or in your unit Midlands Region, have the Virtual Midlands Moot meeting places, or something designed this pack so that guiding family when you do. you always wanted to do but everyone can enjoy The aim is for you to never had the chance? themselves outside in the challenge yourself. From So, get outside and have fresh air. Rainbows to Adults there is some fun in the fresh air. No matter what your plenty in this pack for all situation is, there are plenty ages. Bev Suffell of activities for you to try. Region Outdoor Activity Adviser Please share your photographs with Challenge Yourself Getting the most out of your leader so that she can share them via social media. We recommend that each person does your Virtual Moot! at least one challenge from each element in order to achieve the badge Be Safe but you know your own skills and Join In abilities; choose a selection that you Ask for help if you need it – things are The challenge is based around the 4 think challenges you. themes: “Earth, Air, Fire, and often more fun with a friend and helper too. Try something new or work to develop Water” and we hope the activities a skill as you take part. will help you to get back to enjoying Take an adult with you on your the out-of-doors and having fun with outdoor adventures or, if you are You can do the challenges either at your guiding skills. Fresh air – here we older, make sure that someone knows home with your bubble or with your come! where you are going and when you unit (If COVID restrictions allow). A couple of challenges are focussed on will be back. Unit leaders – Check for links to the the Moot weekend but others can be Water, fire, knives etc are all safe and programme UMA. We have not done at any time to suit your useful as long as you remember they referenced them directly but there circumstances. can be dangerous and treat them are lots of opportunities to appropriately. incorporate this challenge into your All of the challenges can be adapted programme. for your location as well as for all ages, sections, abilities & resources. Be Respectful Be creative with the ideas - the most Check the website! Take care of the environment and the important thing is for everyone to join surroundings wherever you do your www.girlguiding-midlands.org.uk in! challenges; leave it better than you The Events Page is where you will find found it if you can. If in doubt, check the links to the Share Ideas out the Countryside Code here: • Badge Order Forms www.gov.uk/government/publication • The Moot Miles Survey We in the region team, as well as all s/the-countryside-code of the other Leaders across the • The Bird Watching Results region, would love to see what you Always ask permission before • The OS Symbols Answers. have been up to during Moot. borrowing or using any equipment or materials. 2 Any kind of tent! Pitch it Pitch outdoors if you can or Go Geocaching! A indoors if needed. There are lots of routes Can you spend the night to choose from in both Tent! in your tent too? rural and urban areas. If you are outdoors, make sure you are If this is something new to you, have a Earth warm and safe (what do you need to take look at the ‘getting started’ pages at with you? Torch, whistle etc) and if you are geocaching.co.uk Remember to Challenges indoors make sure your tent is uniquely respect your environment and other yours! (How will you decorate it? Lights or geocachers by leaving sites tidy and bunting etc). taking litter home with you. How many times can we walk from Doing the whole journey might not be practical but if we all join in and walk a few miles each then we can get there and Land’s End to John O’Groats back lots of times! At some point over the Moot weekend, this weekend? go out for a safe and enjoyable walk and clock up some ‘Moot Miles’. Land’s End and John O’Groats are the extreme points on the island of Great Once you have done this, go to this link to Britain, in Cornwall, England in the record your achievement (there is a link on the Southwest and Caithness, Scotland in the Events page of the Midlands website too if you North East respectively. The traditionally would rather not type it in!) recognised road distance between them is https://forms.gle/LhrvAvnQZvjdGrXS6 874 miles or 1407km although walkers taking the scenic routes will walk much We will post the overall totals on the website and in the June further and the journey can take several e-Newsletter so make sure you enter your miles by Friday 28 months! May. 3 A compass is used to find direction and is based on a circle. The four cardinal points cut the circle into Track Stars 1. 1NE quarters. They are named North, East, South and West Lay a track for someone else to follow, 2. 3N and are represented by the letters N,E,S,W . Between the instructions below will help you. 3. 1NW these we find the four Primary Inter Cardinal points, which cut the circle into eighths. These are named Pebbles and twigs make great track signals 4. 2W North East, South East, South West and North West and but you could use pens or cutlery, buttons 5. 1NE are represented by the letters NE, SE, SW and NW. or coins to lay an indoor trail too! 6. 2NW 7. 3W 8. 2SW 9. 1SE Compass Challenge 10. 2W This is a challenge you can try indoors using graph paper and 11. 1SW pen and then take it outside and ‘go big’ once you are 12. 3S confident with your directions. 13. 1SE Indoors: 14. 1E • You will need a piece of graph paper, 15. 1NE 13 squares wide and 14 squares tall. 16. 2E • Start 2 squares in from the right hand 17. 3S side and 5 squares up from the 18. 2W bottom. 19. 1NW • Trace a line starting from this point, 20. 2W using the compass directions shown. 21. 2S Outdoors: 22. 1SE • You need a large open space, 32 tent pegs, a mallet and a 23. 9E long piece of string. If you don’t have an actual compass 24. 1NE you can use a landmark like a tree or a building as ‘north’. 25. 2N • Place your first tent peg in the ground and attach your 26. 2W string. 27. 1SW • Now follow the compass directions, using steps instead of 28. 2W squares and placing a new tent page and attaching the 29. 3N string after each step. 30. 2E • For a cardinal point direction (N, S E or W) use a standard 31. 1SE step to measure. For an Inter Cardinal direction (NE, SE, 32. 1E SW or NW) use a slightly longer, diagonal step. 4 Make A Bedding Roll A warm and comfortable bed is an essential for a good nights sleep and a successful camp! Make sure that your ground Get Tree-ative! sheet is sturdy and How many different trees are your sleeping bag is in your garden or thick and warm. neighbourhood? Identify as many as you can and then carefully make bark or leaf rubbings from them Are you feeling using wax crayons and paper. confident? Take your bedding How many creative ways can roll in the bath or you use your tree art? shower with you or Greetings cards, book marks, hose it down in the mobiles, jewellery? garden … Is it rainproof? Did your We’d love to see your great pyjamas stay dry? ideas so please post pictures on social media. 5 Build a Bivouac / Design a Den A bivouac is an improvised shelter made from whatever objects are at hand at the time. Build a bivouac (or a den) and sleep in it overnight. In the wild, bivouacs are used as emergency shelters and the pictures give you some design ideas. A tarpaulin and some rope are always worth carrying if you are out for an adventure but you could also use leaves and fallen branches. Remember to always leave your shelter spot as tidy as you find it. For an indoor den you could use furniture such as chairs and tables, broom sticks or umbrellas, blankets and towels. Outside, warmth and shelter are the key requirements but indoors you can be more creative with your designs! Tree Dimensional To Calculate the Height of a Tree • Get to know the trees in your neighbourhood better by 1. Stand with your legs apart and calculating their age and height. your back to the tree. • You will need a tape measure and possibly a ball of string. 2. Keeping your legs straight, bend down and look at the tree between your legs. To Calculate the Age of a Tree 3. Move backwards or forwards so that you can just about see the top of the tree between your legs.