GAMES GALORE
Equipment: 1 rope
Instructions: Have a go at this skipping challenge. Two
people are needed to turn the rope and one to skip in
the middle.
Try these skipping rhymes:
Apples, peaches,
pears and plums,
Tell me when your
birthday comes.
(The rope is turned very fast while you say the months of
the year. The skipper should ‘jump out’ on her birthday.)
Girl Guide, Girl Guide,
dressed in blue,
These are the actions you must do:
Stand to attention, stand at ease,
Bend your elbows, bend your knees.
Salute to the captain, bow to the queen,
Turn your back on the dirty submarine.
Try experimenting with actions for the second rhyme.
SAY WHAT?
Equipment: Paper, pens and pencils
Instructions: Did you know that the East End of London has
its own language? It’s called Cockney rhyming slang.
Use some of the slang from the list below and make up
your own to tell a short story.
Put a roof on yer boat = put a smile on your face
Roof tile = smile
Boat race = face
Give each of your patrol a rhyming slang version of their
name, the more funny the better!
Plates of meat = feet
Dog and bone = phone
Beans on toast = post
Adam and eve = believe
Bobby Brown = town
Apples and pears = stairs
Bended knees = cheese
Custard and jelly = telly
Belt buckle = chuckle
Scooby doo = clue
Jackanory = story
Jam jar = car
Noah’s Ark = park
Baked potata = see ya later
Bangers and mash = cash
Barney Rubble = trouble
UP IN ARMS
Equipment: large sheet of paper, coloured pens and pencils
Instructions: Design and create your own Patrol coat of
arms. You’ll need to choose a shape for it and divide the
shield into sections. Each section should represent
something to do with your patrol, such as the camps
you’ve attended, different hobbies or religions.
Make up a motto for your patrol.
COMPETITION
Equipment: 1 sheet of questions with pictures, 1 answer
sheet, pen or pencil to write the answers
Instructions: Try to identify these people and places, and
guess which year the events happened in from a list of
years.
1953
1962
1837
2002
1997
2002
1940
1984
1922
1997
Match the event with the year it happened. Write your
answers on the answer sheet!
1. Tony Blair became Prime Minister.
2. Enid Blyton published The Wishing Chair.
3. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was
published.
4. Busted released their first album.
5. The Beatles released the song ‘Love Me Do’.
6. Paula Radcliffe won her first London Marathon.
7. Tessa Sanderson won gold in the javelin at the
Olympics.
8. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister.
9. Today’s Queen came to the throne.
10.
Queen Victoria became Queen.
Turn over for the rest of
the quiz
COMPETITION
11. Identify the actor:
12. What is this called?
13. Who is this?
14. Where do these come
from?
Insert your own person!
COMPETITION
PATROL NAME:
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Actor is Alan Rickman (Professor Snape in Harry
Potter)
Place is Stonehenge
Stone heads are from Easter Island.