Reach for the Stars 2024
Welcome to Reach for the Stars 2024
3rd – 4th February 2024
Links will go live in the build-up to the event but will all be live on the weekend
Watch Opening video HERE
Upload your Reach for the Stars photos by clicking HERE
View the gallery of photos from Reach for the Stars 2024 HERE
Download your My Group sheet for use with your photos: My Group
How does it work?
The camp is planned around Beaver Activity badges as well as some fun activities that are not linked to badges:
- Air Activities 1 Badge
- Builder badge
- Cook Badge
- Creative Badge
- Experiment Badger
- Explore Badge
- Hikes Away 1 Badge
- Space Badge
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 big picture of the weekend.
Join us for the virtual campfire 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 2024 poster.
Reach for the Stars 2024 Information
Reach for the Stars will run from 10am on Saturday 3rd February 2024 until 4pm on Sunday 4th February 2024.
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.
Reach for the Stars 2024 Registration
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.
Reach for the Stars is now closed.
Reach for the Stars 2024 Programme
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 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.
The event ends at 4pm but the activities will remain open for those still joining in.
| Day | Morning and afternoon | Evening |
| Saturday | 10am – Opening video. Activities. | 5pm Story time |
| Activity badges – Air Activities, Builder, Cook, Creative, Experiment, Explore, Hikes Away, Space | 7pm – Camp fire | |
| Sunday | Wake up and Shake up morning exercise! 8am. Activity badges – Air Activities, Builder, Cook, Creative, Experiment, Explore, Hikes Away, Space | |
| Closing message 4pm |
Watch the opening ceremony HERE (link will go live during the event)
Watch the story time HERE (link will go live during the event)
Watch the campfire HERE (link will go live during the event)
Join in with Wake Up and Shake Up HERE
Watch the Closing message HERE (Will go live during the event)
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 2024 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.
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 your Colony leaders if you are not sure about this.
Download the Badge Completion Sheet: RFTS Badge Completion Sheet
All links will go live during the event.
Opening video HERE
Before you start, learn some Makaton Sign Language basics HERE
Air Activities Badge One
How to earn your badge:
Complete at least one activity from each section
Make an aircraft out of paper.
Foam Rockets Foam Rocket fins template
Find out about one kind of aircraft.
Aircraft colouring sheets
Spell your name using the phonetic alphabet.
Talk to someone who has flown in an aircraft.
Meet a Pilot Video: HERE
Tell others in your section about an aircraft you would like to fly in (real or imaginary) Draw a picture or make a model.
Download Requirements sheet: Air Activities 1 Badge Requirements
Builder Badge
How to earn your badge:
Complete all the requirements below, ideas for projects listed below.
- Design a model of something you would like to build. The design can be on paper or on the computer.
- Make a list of all the things you are going to need to build your idea.
- Build your model.
- At your next Beaver meeting explain to your leaders and other Beavers how long your model took to finish, if anything went wrong and what you would change if you were to do it again.
Possible Projects
Download Requirements sheet: Builder Badge Requirements
Beavers may earn the Activity Plus badge if they already have this badge
Cook Badge
How to earn your badge:
Complete at least one task from sections 1,2,3 & three from section 4
Find out what makes a balanced diet.
Find out why being clean in the kitchen is important.
Kitchen Hygiene Food Hygiene worksheet
Learn about being safe in the kitchen
Kitchen Risk Bingo Cards Kitchen Risk Bingo
Choose three dishes to prepare and cook. At least one dish should be savoury and one should be sweet.
Download Requirements sheet: Cook Badge Requirements
Beavers may earn the Activity Plus badge if they already have this badge
Creative Badge
How to earn your badge :
Complete at least one activity from each requirement
Do a performance.
Try a craft.
Construct something.
Use your imagination.
Comic Strip + Creative Comic Strip template
Download Requirements sheet: Creative Badge Requirements
Beavers may earn the Activity Plus badge if they already have this badge
Experiment Badge
How to earn your badge:
Do three of the experiments listed below:
Balloon Pump Balloon Pump experiment sheet
Magic Star Magic Star experiment sheet
Walking Water experiment sheet
Floating Plate experiment sheet
Levitating Ball experiment sheet
Leakproof Bag Leakproof bag experiment sheet
Invisible Ink Invisible ink experiment sheet
Levitating Ring Levitating Ring experiment sheet
Tell others what you saw and discovered doing your experiments and try to explain what happened.
Download Requirements sheet: Experiment Badge Requirements
Beavers may earn the Activity Plus badge if they already have this badge
Explore Badge
Complete each section
- Decide where to explore eg woodland, forest, country park.
- Think about what you expect to find there.
- Go on the exploration.
- At a Beaver meeting tell other Beavers about it.
Activities you can complete whilst exploring:
Geocaching Geocaching – YouTube Finding a Geocache – YouTube
Nature Scavenger Hunt Walk – Scavenger Hunt Table
Download Requirements sheet: Badge Requirements
Beavers may earn the Activity Plus badge if they already have this badge
Hikes Away Badge
Complete one hike to earn this badge involving at least 2 hours of activity
Can you plan a 4km hike & then complete the hike?
You will need
- Ordnance Survey map of the area
Instructions
- Using an Ordnance Survey map plan a hike of minimum 4km.
- Look at the key to see what the map symbols mean, eg a green dashed line is a footpath and then with adult help plan a route crossing as few roads as possible.
- Look for landmarks on the map that you can use as checkpoints on your journey eg a church.
- Complete the hike, referring to the map as you walk.
- Show your leader your route & tell them about your hike as this will count towards your Hikes Away badges.
Link:
Information for map reading beginners: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/documents/resources/map-reading-made-easy.pdf
Risk Assessment
| Who is at risk? | Beaver Scouts |
| What are the risks? | Collision with vehicles
Trips & falls on uneven ground Getting lost |
| How can the risks be minimized? | Adequate adult supervision at all times.
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Download Requirements sheet: Hikes Away 1 Badge Requirements
Space Badge
How to earn your badge:
Complete at least 1 activity from each section
Point out some of the things you can see in the night sky.
Point out and name at least one constellation you can see
Name the eight planets in our solar system and draw or make a model of one of the planets
Find out about an astronaut, a space mission or a planet in our solar system.
Do your own research to find out 5 fascinating facts about:
International Space Station
or
Space Shuttle
or
Scout Ambassador Astronaut Tim Peake
Extra Activities
Colouring pages:
International Space Station Colouring page
Download Requirements sheet: Badge Requirements
Beavers can earn the Activity Plus badge if they already have this badge
Just for fun
Colouring Competition
