Reach for the Stars
Welcome to Reach for the Stars 2021 – Surrey Scout County’s first ever County Beaver virtual camp!
15/16th May 2021
How does it work?
The camp has five activity zones. Beavers should aim to complete at least one challenge from each zone!
- Science
- Cooking
- Craft
- Scout Skills
- Adventure
You can do as many as you want – there is no limit! Reach for the stars!
The activities will be available after the opening ceremony at 10am and will stay open all weekend. Do as many as you can and upload a picture of you joining in (1st name or group only – no surnames)! How much can you achieve in the weekend. Send your pictures to your own Colony social media or leaders as well as to the whole county photo gallery so you can contribute to the bit picture of the weekend.
Join us for the virtual campfires in the evening with your smores and blanket.
And, of course, because it is a camp, you can’t sleep in a nice comfy bed – time to catch some ZZZZs in a den or a tent – whatever your space allows 🙂
Download the invite for your colony Reach for the Stars Invite.
Reach for the Stars will run from 10am on Saturday 15th May 2021 until 4pm on Sunday 16th May 2021. Attending Reach for the Stars costs nothing! You just need to sign up and join in. If you are not from Surrey Scouts and you would like a badge (dispatched after the event), it will cost £3 for the badge and postage. Details of purchase will available in the joining pack.
Beavers need to be registered for the event by their parents/carers/guardians. Each Beaver needs to be registered separately so if you have two Beavers in your family, they will need to be registered separately. This will allow for the correct number of badges to be dispatched.
The camp starts with an opening ceremony at 10am. Members are then invited to set up their camp and make it as awesome as possible. Activities are then available for Beavers to join in with at their own pace. Beavers need to do one from each zone but Beavers can do as many of them as they want and, if you want to, you can upload pictures and videos of the Beavers doing them. Please remember to only use first names and a group if you want but not first and last names. If Beavers want to, they can use make this My Group sheet match their scarf colour and use it with their pictures. There will be a closing ceremony at 4pm but the activities will remain open for those still joining in. Story time and the camp fire will go live just before their appointed times
Each activity sheet in the booklet tells you what you need to do and has links to the Beaver badges that it will help Beavers to achieve. This will be useful information to pass on to leaders so that they can tick off the relevant badges. Make sure that you supply them with some evidence of the activity being completed. If your colony uses it, this may be done through Badges at Home in Online Scout Manager. Check with you Colony leaders if you are not sure about this. A exciting tour around the senses! and then, as a bonus:
Catering at camp (1 hr) campsite layout (1 hr) Health & Hygiene at camp (1 hr) Module 16 Introduction to Nights Away (2 1/4 hours) Live session timetable
Reach for the Stars 2021 Information
Reach for the Stars 2021 Registration
Click HERE to register.
Reach for the Stars 2021 Programme
Day
Morning and afternoon
Evening
Saturday
10am – Opening ceremony. Learn to sign the Beaver Promise. Activities.
Story time (time tbc)
Activity Zones: Science – Cooking – Craft – Scout Skills – Adventure
7pm – Camp fire
Sunday
Activities. 4pm Closing ceremony
Activity Zones: Science – Cooking – Craft – Scout Skills – Adventure
Visit the Activities sections of this event to find what is on offer. These will go live just before the event opens and will remain live until at least the end of the camp.
Reach for the Stars 2021 Activities
There is a lot going on at Reach for the Stars and you can make it fit to the time you have and what you want to do.
Science:
Cooking:
Craft:
Scout Skills:
Adventure:
Extras
Training sessions
The training sessions have a focus on supporting Beaver leaders to provide a residential experience when we are able to
Sessions will include:
Training schedule still being confirmed – please check back
Book places will be via BookingBug HERE!
Day
AM
PM
Saturday
Modules 12 a & b – Roxanna Bostock – 11am-1pm
Module 16 – Pauline Lewer – 2pm-4.30pm
Sunday
Risk Assessment – Richard Ayears – 9.30-10.30 am
Programme planning for Nights Away – Roxanna Bostock – 11am-12pm
Course name
Course details
Course Leader
Background
Join Link
Modules 12 a & b
Training on developing a quality programme.
Roxanna Bostock
Roxanna has a background in training professionally and has held many roles in Surrey Scouts including being County Commissioner.
Book HERE
Module 16 – Residential experiences
Pauline Lewer
Pauline is the County Training Manager.
Book HERE
Safety – Risk assessment
A piece of paper on its own will never prevent an accident, illness or other harm so why is risk assessment so important?
Richard Ayears
Richard oversees the event risk assessments for Scoutabout and other major events.
Book HERE
Programme Planning for Nights Away
How to put a great programme in place
Roxanna Bostock
Roxanna has a background in training professionally and has held many roles in Surrey Scouts including being County Commissioner.
Book HERE
Catering at Camp
What you need to know!
Hils Harris
Book HERE
