NW Region Bushcraft Survival Skills Stage 4,5

Parents, please note: On this camp, the youth members will not be sleeping in tents. They will be sleeping in the emergency shelter they build as part of the Safety and Survival test. They will need to have their own sleeping bags or blankets to use for the night. If you do not wish for your child to sleep overnight without a tent, please don’t send them. There will be backup sleeping arrangements in place if the weather turns bad during the camp.

WHAT BADGE WORK WILL THEY BE DOING?

Bushcraft Survival Skills

WHO CAN ATTEND THE ACTIVITY?

Cubs, Scouts, and Venturers

CLOSING DATE:

Sunday, March 16th, 23:00

CATERING FOR THE WEEKEND:

• All youth members and leaders must supply their Friday dinner.
• Youth members must supply their Saturday lunch and morning and afternoon teas.
• Catering supplied for the weekend will include:
  • Saturday and Sunday breakfast
  • Saturday night dinner

As part of the Bushcraft Survival Skills camp, all youth members must cook a meal using the fire they have made with char cloth and a flint and steel. (Their Saturday lunch must be food suitable for an overnight hike—not a sandwich.)

ACCOMMODATION FOR THE WEEKEND:

• Friday night: Sleeping under cover (two-sided shed).
• Saturday night: Scouts will sleep in their emergency shelters. (No tents to be used for Scouts and Venturers over the weekend.) Cubs will be sleeping in tents.

GEAR LIST FOR CAMP:

• Clothing for two days and a jumper
• Raincoat or wind jacket
• Shoes or hiking boots
• Sleeping gear (sleeping bag, blanket, or both)
• Mess kit with tea towel
• Personal first aid kit
• Flashlight with extra batteries
• Personal shower gear and towel
• Water bottle
• Handkerchiefs
• Cubs will need a tent
• Flint and steel
• Scouts and Venturers: Rope and a tarp large enough to build an emergency shelter to sleep in
• Hats with a full brim – NO CAPS

COVID-19:

Parents, please do not send your child to the Bushcraft Survival Skills Weekend if they are unwell or showing symptoms of COVID-19. We ask that you stay home if feeling unwell.