National Programmes – Kea Section

Keas National Programmes 

Way to Go H2O 

Term 1, 2012 

Keas National Programmes Term 1 – 2012 Page 1

Week Date Sub-theme Element Special Requirements 

1 6 Feb – 10 Feb 

Ready set H20 Go 

2 13 Feb – 17 Feb Meltdown 

3 20 Feb – 24 Feb 

4 27 Feb – 2 March 

Party, party, party 

A Fishy Tale 

5 5 March – 9 March Water for life 

6 12 March – 16 March 

Ship Ahoy 

7 19 March – 23 March Arrh Me Hearties 

8 

26 March – 30 March 

31 March – 1 April 

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles 

Kea Sleepover 

9 1 April – 6 April Wet N Wild 

Water Discovery: Have some fun to start off 

the year with water games and experiments 

using water. Have some spare towels on hand 

just in case of spills! 

Ice Discovery: Come prepared this week to 

have fun with ice in all the games and 

activities. 

Family Night Beach or pool party this week. 

Also find out about your Region or Zone. 

Founders Day events and the National Mud 

Slide 

Have loads of fun doing fishy things this 

week. Sea Week 25 February - 4 March. Visit 

www.doc.govt.nz or 

www.seaweek.org.nz for more information 

Where does water come from? Look at how 

we use it and have some fun with it. 

It’s Bring a Friend night so lets have some fun 

making a simple boat and floating it. Whose 

boat stays afloat the longest or goes the 

furthest? 

Come dressed as a Pirate this week. Make 

Maggoty ships biscuits and lemonade and 

have fun doing all things Nautical. 

Have fun will loads of Bubbles, Water and Ice 

this week. Look what happens when we add 

something to the water. A Change of clothes 

will definitely be needed 

Join together with the other Keas in your 

Zone for a fun time with water at this year’s 

Kea Sleepover. 

Join together with the rest of your Group and 

their families and have a fun water filled 

session followed by a Pot Luck picnic or BBQ. 

Sleepover Notice 

Bring A Friend notice 

Notice for Dress up as Pirate 

Check with Zone Kea Leader for 

information or help plan it. Contact 

Surf Club, St Johns or Local Pool. 

Book Accommodation. Get 

information out. 

Work with the Group Leader and 

Leaders from Cubs, Scouts and 

Venturers to make a great night. 


A Message from the National Kea Leaders 

Hi Everyone 

What a fantastic set of programmes we have for you this Term! We have gone back and used the very first programmes developed and added a few extra pieces here 

and there and we know that you can only have fun in Term One! Just a warning, ensure that each Kea (and Leader) has a change of clothes each week and that you 

have loads of towels at hand. We have tried to ensure there is lots to do for everyone in every area. If you don’t have a beach nearby, you will most likely have a 

river, lake or pool, so go and have a Beach, Pool, Lake or River Party in Week 3. Make sure you find out about Mudslide action near you and join in with the Kea 

Sleepover – this gives you the opportunity to meet with other Leaders, network and get and give ideas and support. 

For the last week of term, meet with the rest of your Group and have loads of fun either at the Den (Hall) or somewhere else, and don’t forget to invite families 

along, it’s a great way to recruit new Leaders and Committee members. Make sure all members of the family join in the activities and are not just left sitting on the 

side. Use this time also to give out badges and awards. It lets members of your Group see how well your Keas are achieving. 

You will also notice that we now have a Kea Water Safety Badge, so you may want to encourage Keas to achieve this badge – there is plenty of opportunity to do 

so this term. We just know you and your Keas are going to have FUN FUN FUN this Term. Enjoy!!! And please send some photos to us (by e-mail is fine) of your 

Keas in action. 

Please feel free to contact your Zone Kea Leader if you have any queries or to invite them to your Kea activities. 

Please go to www.scouts.org.nz for your Resource Pages. 

This programme has been developed for the Kea Section with the School Year and ages in mind as listed below. 

Section 

Time Spent School Year Approx Age Start / Transition End Age 

Keas 2 years Year 1 5.5 years Start term 4 

Keas Award Scheme: 

Year 2 

Year 3 7.5 years Transition term 3 8 years 

We have included references to the Award scheme in the programme; please record all the Keas who participated in these activities so that they can work towards 

achieving the Bronze, Silver and Gold Kea Badge before being promoted to Cubs. A simple way would be to record on your programme sheet who attended the 

session and later on transfer the information to the Kea Record Card (included in the resource file) and also the Wall Chart so Keas can see their progress. Order 

the badges from Scouting Direct and present them at a special awards ceremony. 

If you need help understanding any of the instructions or need further information please contact your Zone Kea Leader or contact: Anne-mieke Korenhof, Assistant 

National Kea Leader on 07 348 1165 or email akorenhof@xtra.co.nz or Heather Guptill National Kea Leader guptillfamily@xtra.co.nz . 

We value your comments and feedback so we can continually improve the quality of the programmes, so please let us know how you got on, what you liked and what 

didn’t work for you and any suggestions or ideas that you may have. Better still put your hand up to help plan a week or two of the next programmes. 

Acknowledgements: Thank you for the help in reviewing and adding to this Term’s programme goes to Coralie Stanley (Palmerston North), Anne-mieke Korenhof 

(Rotorua) and Heather Guptill (Waihi Beach). 

Heather Guptill Anne-mieke Korenhof 

National Kea Leader Assistant National Kea Leader 


Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 

Term 1 Starts by 7th 

February 

1 2 3 4 5 

6 Waitangi Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 

20 21 22 Founders Day 23 24 25 Mud Slide Day 26 

27 28 29 

February 2012 

Term 1 

Calendar 


March 2012 

Term 1 

Calendar 


1 2 3 4 

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 

26 27 28 29 30 31 


April 2012 

Term1 

Calendar 


30 31 1 

2 3 4 5 Term 1 Ends 6 Good Friday 7 8 Easter Sunday 

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 

23 Term 2 Starts 24 25 ANZAC Day 26 27 28 29 


NATIONAL PROGRAMMES FEEDBACK & EVALUATION FORM 

We really like to hear what you think about the programmes. 

Please fill in this form at the end of the month and send to jenny@scouts.org.nz 

Or post to: PO Box 11 348, WELLINGTON 6142. 

_________________________________________________________________ 

Section: Kea Cub Scout Venturer Rover Month: ……………………….. 

1. What activities in the programme did you use? 

2. Did the programme provide enough challenge? Yes / No 

3. Were the instructions for the activities clear and easily understood? Yes / No 

4. Do you think the programme met the needs of the youth? Yes / No 

5. What activity (if any) do you think did not go well? 

6. How do you think that activity could be improved? 

7. As a leader were you comfortable implementing the programme? Yes / No 

8. How do you think the programme could be improved? 

* 

9. Please rank the month programme. Circle a number: 

1------2------3------4------5------6------7------8------9------10 

Unsuitable OK Awesome 

*Please continue with any other comments over the page 

Optional: 

Group: Region: Rural / Suburban 


Theme Way to Go H2O 

Week 1: Ready Set 

H2Go 

Time Activity 

Programme 

ELEMENT 

INSTRUCTIONS MATERIALS LEADER 

Coming In Maze, Keas to complete Photocopy maze from 

Resource page, pens, felts, 

crayons 

5 Min Opening Kea Badge/ 

Welcome all new Keas and their 

Ceremony Bronze Kea 

parents/caregivers. Kea Song, Yell, Motto and 

Promise. 

10 min 

Outdoors / Water HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN 

See Resource page 

Game Skills 

or 

WATER HAZARD 

or 

WATER PLEASE 

25 min Make & Personal Development WATER DISCOVERY ACTIVITIES:- 

See Resource page 

Do / Life Skills 

Select 1-3 from sheet 

1. Water wheel 

2. Rising raisins 

3. More or less ½ full 

4. Suspended water 

5. Outdoor water discovery (change of 

clothes) 

6. Paint with water (change of clothes) 

5 min Singing Personal Development ROW, ROW,ROW YOUR BOAT 

Various jars or glasses partly 

/ Self expression Sing row your boat and tap out the tune on filled with water & something 

glass bottles partly filled with water. 

to tap with 

10 min Outdoors Outdoors / Water H2O BALLOONS 

Filled Water Bomb balloons 

Game Skills 

In pairs standing 1 metre apart, 1 of the pair 

is given a balloon and they throw to their 

partner. That Kea takes a step back then 

throws back. Object is to see which pair has 

the biggest gap before the balloon bursts. 

(or small Zip lock bags) 


5 Min Closing 

Ceremony 

Thank parent helpers, prayer or special 

thoughts, notices 

Evaluation Leaders/Adults Helpers discuss together how 

the night went and write up in book. Send 

feed back to National Programme Team. 

Notices to go out about Beach 

/ Pool Party (week 3, 

Mudslide and Sleepover. 

Suggest a spare set of clothes 

be brought along each week 

this term. 

Ensure Leaders are prepared 

for the following week where 

Ice is required. 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week 2: Meltdown 

Time Activity 

Programme 

ELEMENT 


Coming In WATER XYLOPHONE 

Jars 

Partly fill jars with varying amounts of water, tap to 

make a sound, arrange in order of tones 

Water, spoon 

5 Min Opening 

Kea Badge/ Welcome all new Keas and their parents/caregivers. Kea 

Ceremony Bronze Kea Song, Yell, Motto and Promise. 

25 min Make & Do Personal Ice sculpture 

See Resource Page 

Development / or 

Life Skills Slushies 

or 

Ice Cube Lifter 

15 min Game 

Personal ICE HOCKEY 

Make a puck out of 

Development / Divide Keas into 2 groups, Give each Kea a number 1- half a margarine 

Physical 

how ever many keas in each group. Place the ice block container of frozen 

Leave these Activities and 2 sticks in centre of hall, the Keas sit down each water. 

games to last 

side in their groups. Call out numbers randomly, when Rolled newspapers to 

as need to 

their number is called the 2 Keas with that number run use as sticks 

sweep and mop 

to the centre, pick up the bat and try to hit the puck into Cones or chair to 

floor 

their goal. 

mark out a goal at 

afterwards. 

OR 

PIGGY FREEZE 

each end of the hall. 

Risk of falling 

Gathering ice cubes and placing 

Wading pool or large 

on wet parts. 

them in a bucket is not a difficult task....Unless you basins filled with 

BE CAREFUL! 

have to use your feet! 

water, Ice cubes, 

Call "Go" and after a designated time limit whoever has 

the most ice cubes is the winner. Or, just play for fun 

without winners! 

Ice cream containers 

Chairs 

OR 

Curls made out of 

CURLING 

frozen water in marg 

Slide your curl to a marked spot, included and bulls eye containers. 

and see who can get the curl the closest. Have FUN! Make circles at one 

end of the hall, with 

a centre spot. 


5 min Playacting Personal 

Development / 

Self Expression 

5 min Story 

5 Min 

Closing 

Ceremony 

MELTING ICE- IMAGINARY EXERCISE 

Pretend you are an ice cube frozen solid, Shivering cold, 

now the sun comes out and you start to melt, drips run 

down your sides, and you slowly melt in to a puddle on 

the floor. 

The Bravest Dog Ever. The True Story of BALTO by 

Natalie Standiford or similar story. 

Thank parent helpers, prayer or special thoughts, 

Sleepover Notice to go out. 

Evaluation Leaders/Adults Helpers discuss together how the night 

went and write up in book. Send feed back to National 

Programme Team. 

Local Library 

Sleepover Notices 

/Badges (if 

applicable) 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week Week 3:Party, Party, Party 

Why: Welcome back to the New Year - 2012 

Baden Powell, our founder, if still alive would have been 150 years old on the 22 nd February 

(Hence we celebrate Founders day every year on the 22 nd Feb.) 

Many clubs have new Keas at the beginning of the year and it’s a chance to meet their families and share in the FUN of Keas. 

Where: The choice is yours 

Go to the beach, lake or river 

Go to your local pool, school pool or a pool at someone’s house; make sure it is shallow – not over 1m 

deep 

Or stay at your hall and celebrate outside –ask everyone to bring a change of clothes. 

You may like to hold it a little later than normal to ensure all the family can be part of the action. 

What to do: This is a family event so organize people to bring a BBQ tea, a picnic, a potluck meal – your choice. 

Make sure an activity intention form has been completed at an earlier date. Parent consent forms are 

required. 

As this is a family event strongly encourage all parents to be involved. 

Ensure you have checked your venue out beforehand, identified risks and ways to minimize these. 

Make sure you have sufficient parent helpers and each parent is assigned a small group of children to watch. 

Plan some activities. (See attached lists for ideas) 

Organize the gear needed for your activities. 

Programme for the night: Start with a welcome to all and the Kea Song and Yell. 

Invite parents/siblings to be involved and participate in activities. 

Include demonstrate signal for help, how to out on a personal flotation device correctly. Describe 3 

important 

water safety rules. 

Set boundaries, advise rules for safety and provide any housekeeping information. 

Make crafts, play games, sing songs, tell stories depending on your venue, you could even have a 

water slide or water fights. 

Finish with a Kea closing and then everyone stay to share a meal together. 

Programme Element for this week: Personal Development / Life Skills 

PLEASE NOTE: 

The weekend of 25/26 th February is SCOUTs New Zealand’s “National Mudslide Day”. Local events will be organised so your 

Kea Club may be involved with this. 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week 4: A Fishy Tale 

Time Activity 

Programme 

ELEMENT 


Coming In FLAPPING FISH 

Tear shapes of fish out of newspaper making sure 

fish have a head, fins and a tail. 

Newspaper 

5 Min 

Opening 

Ceremony 

Kea Badge/ 

Bronze Kea 



Promise. 

10 min Game 

Personal IN THE POND, ON THE BANK 

Development / Keas in a circle. On the command IN THE POND, 

Physical 

Activities 

Keas take one jump forward. On the command ON 

THE BANK, Keas take one jump backwards. If 

either of these positions, the Leader says IN THE 

BANK or ON THE POND, Keas must not move. 

20 min Make & Do Personal HOW BIG IS YOUR FISH? 

Photocopies of fish. 

Development Keas colour their fish how they choose. Cut out Crayons, felts, 

/ Life Skills fish and fold in half along dotted line. Cut down colour pencils to 

black lines and see how big the fish gets. 

Optional: Expand and glue head and tail onto 

painted blue background 

decorate fish. 

5 min Story HECTOR DOLPHIN STORY 

Talk about Hectors Dolphins or another activity 

from: 

http://www.nzaee.org.nz/Seaweek2006/seaweek.h 

tm 

Local library 

10 min Game 

Personal OCTOPUS 

Length of rope 

Development Two Keas hold opposite ends of a stick or length of about 60cm long. 

/ Physical rope (about 60 cm long). With their free hands 

Activities they must try to touch the other Keas. Any Kea 

who is caught must drop out of the game. The aim 

is to try to catch all the other Keas. If one end of 

the octopus lets go of the string or stick then all 

the fishes are free again. 

OR 


FISH TAIL TAG 

Rope, wool or scarf tucked in your back. 

Mark out an area to run around in. 

Each Kea runs around to try and get as many fish 

tails as they can while trying to save theirs 

10 min Playacting 

JELLYFISH FOR TEA 

Blindfold or get Keas to close their eyes. Tell them 

they are getting jellyfish to eat and put spoonfuls 

of jelly into their hands. Hilarious results but mind 

the mess! 

5 Min Closing 


Ceremony 

notices 

Evaluation Leaders/Adults Helpers discuss together how the 

night went and write up in book. Send feed back to 

National Programme Team. 

Prepared jellies 

Notices /Badges (if 

applicable) 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week 5: Water for Life 

Time Activity 

Programme 

ELEMENT 

Coming In Outdoors / Water 

Skills 

5 Min Opening 

Ceremony 

10 min 

Game 

20 min Make & Do 

Kea Badge/ 


Personal 

Development / 

Physical 

Activities 

Personal 

Development / 

Life Skills 

FUN WITH STRAWS 

Suck a little water into the straw. Hold your finger 

over the top of the straw and take the straw out of 

the water. Place the straw over the empty glass, 

And then remove your finger from the top of the 

straw. - The water flows out. Now try to raise and 

lower your fingertip so that the water flows out 1 

drop at a time. 

Welcome all new Keas and their parents/caregivers. 

Kea Song, Yell, Motto and Promise. 

WATER RACE 

Form the players into teams in parallel line. Lead 

player of each line stands next to a bucket of water 

and holds a tablespoon. At some distance (10 - 30 

meters) from each line is a drinking cup sitting on 

the ground. Lead player gets a spoonful of water 

and quickly takes (walk or run) the water to the cup 

and dumps it in, then RUNS back to the line, hands 

the spoon to the next player and goes to the end of 

the line. The whole process is repeated until one 

team fills its cup to overflowing 

BOTTLE GARDEN 

Make 1 for the group in a large container – i.e. 

aquarium or 1 each to take home. 

Water evaporates from the plants and collects at the 

top of the jar, then trickles down the sides like rain 

returning to the soil helping the plants to grow. 

Drinking straw, 

glass of water, 

empty glass 

A bucket of water, 

a tablespoon and a 

plastic drinking 

cup for each team. 

Gumboots or Ladle 

Large jar, Small 

plants – ferns, 

houseplants, 

succulents, Bottle 

cap or shell of 

water, Soil, Sand, 

Small rocks 

Plastic bags, 

scissors 

LEADER 


10 min Story PUZZLE: WHERE DOES WATER COME FROM? 

Cut picture into puzzle shapes, Keas to put together 

and talk about how the water gets to the taps in their 

house. 

5 min Song FISH SONG 

10 min Playacting/ 

Game 

5 Min Closing 

Ceremony 

Sing the fish song from last week and try another one 

FISH IN WATER 

The fish (Keas) swim around the sea (hall or field) and 

the leaders call out commands such as “Sharks” the 

Keas bare their teeth and snap ferociously. “Octopus” 

– the Keas have to get in pairs so that they have eight 

limbs. Starfish – Keas lie flat on the floor spreadeagled. 

“Fishing Nets”, join hands in a circle around 

the leader. 

OR 

FISH AND NET 

Three to five Kea Scouts join hands to catch fish by 

surrounding individual Keas. Those who are caught 

become a part of the net. The last three to five caught 

make up the net for the new game. 


notices. 

Bring a Friend reminder for next week. 

Evaluation Leaders/Adults Helpers discuss together how the night 

went and write up in book. Send feed back to National 

Programme Team. 

Where water 

comes from- 

Puzzle 



applicable) 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week 6: Ship Ahoy 

Time Activity 

Programme 

ELEMENT 

MATERIALS LEADER 

Coming In FLOATING & SINKING EXPERIMENT 

Large container, 

Half fill container with water, Keas to place various items about 

different object in the water and see if they can 20 that can float or 

float or sink 

sink (paper, keys, 

wood…) 

5 min Opening Kea Badge/ Welcome Keas and their buddies. Talk about the 

Ceremony 

(Bring a 

Bronze Kea FUN of Keas & what we do at Keas. Get Keas to 

introduce their friends. Kea Song and Yell, Motto 

Friend) 

and Promise 

10 min Game 

Personal SUBMARINES 

Blindfolds for ½ of 

Development / Divide the Keas into 2 groups, 

Keas or use Keas’ 

Physical 

Activities 

Blindfold 1 group of Keas, they stand across hall 

with legs wide apart and touching their 

neighbours feet. The Other group is the 

submarines; they crawl through the legs to reach 

the other side. If the blindfolded Keas feel or hear 

something they can bend down and touch the 

submarine that goes back to the start and has 

another go. 

scarves 

OR 

2 large circles of 

CROCODILES 

coloured cardboard 

Divide Keas into groups of about 4. Each group 

starts at one end of the hall, one at a time they 

use the 2 pieces of cardboard to cross from one 

side of the hall other using the cardboard as 

stepping stones (The hall is a pond infested with 

crocodiles), When they get to the other side they 

are immune to crocodiles and run back with the 

cardboard and hand them to the next Kea who 

has a turn. 

per group 


20 min Make & Do Personal 

Development / 

Life Skills 

15 min Playacting Personal 

Development 

/ Self 

Expression 

5 min Song 

Personal 

Development 

/ Self 

Expression 

MAKING BOATS 

Select a design to suit your group: 

Walnut shell, Film canister, milk carton, propeller. 

FLOAT YOUR BOATS 

Floating boats in suitable container. 

Tell a story about their boats as they do this. 

ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT 

- try once together, then as a round. 

Evaluation 

THE DAY I WENT TO SEA 

Action Song 


notices. Notice home about coming dressed up a 

Pirate next week and Lemon’s needed for next 

week. 

Leaders/Adults Helpers discuss together how the 

night went and write up in book. Send feed back 

to National Programme Team. 

5 Min Closing 

Ceremony 


Paddling pool or 

other suitable 

container, hose, or 

buckets to fill with 

water. 



applicable) 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week 7: Arrh Me Hearties 

Time Activity 

Programme 

ELEMENT 

Coming In Come dressed as a Pirate this week. Have 

face paint ready and some eye patches for 

those that don’t come prepared. 

KOA KEA’S BOAT 

Draw lines to match up the parts of the boat 

Colour-in the boat and Koa Kea, cut him out 

and glue him on the boat where you want him 

to go. 

5 Min Opening Ceremony Kea Badge/ 




Promise. 

25 min Make & Do MAGGOTY SHIPS BISCUITS AND 

LEMONADE 

On long voyages, all the sailors had left to eat 

were ships biscuits that were full of weevils. 

The sailors got scurvy and their teeth fell out 

because they didn’t get any fresh fruit and 

vegetables. To stop them getting scurvy they 

had lemonade to drink. 

10 min Game Captain’s Coming 

OR 

5 min Story 

Lighthouse Game 

MEMORY STORY 

Sit in a circle, the leader starts the story by 

saying “I went on a boat across the sea and 

in my treasure chest I took a –(name an 

item you could take that would fit in the 

treasure chest e.g. a map) Then the person 

next to you repeats what you have said and 

Face paint, eye 

patches, scarves, 

dress ups 

Copies of picture 

from resource 

page, colouring 

pens, scissors, glue 

stick 

Baking paper, 

pencil 

Oven tray 

Ingredients for 

biscuits and 

Lemonade. 


A small box or 

treasure chest 

LEADER 


adds another item to the list and the story 

carries on with each person adding something 

to the list. (Prompting is allowed) 

5 min Song A Sailor went to Sea See Resource page 

10 min Playacting EATING AND DRINKING 

Sit down and enjoy the maggoty ships biscuits 

and lemonade. 

5 Min Closing Ceremony Thank parent helpers, prayer or special 

thoughts, notices about Family Night (Week 

10) Reminder about Sleepover notices. 

Evaluation Leaders/Adults Helpers discuss together how 

the night went and write up in book. Send feed 

back to National Programme Team. 


applicable) 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week 8: Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles 

Time Activity 

Programme 

ELEMENT 

Coming in BLOWING BUBBLES 

Make small bubble blowers out of wire 

Blow to make lots of small bubbles. 

5 Min Opening Kea Badge/ Welcome all new Keas and their parents/caregivers. 

Ceremony Bronze Kea Kea Song, Yell, Motto and Promise. Ask for 

Sleepover Forms and money. 

10 min Game-Outside SPONGE RELAY 

Have the Keas in relay formation. Give each team a 

bucket with water in it, a big sponge and place 

another bucket at some distance away. In turn 

each Kea must dip the sponge in the first bucket 

then run to the second bucket and squeeze the 

water out of the sponge into it then run back and 

give the sponge to the next Kea. Continue until all 

Keas have had a turn. The winning team is the one 

with the most water in the second bucket. 

OR 

CUP RELAY 

Use Cups with handles (Plastic is best) and a long 

piece of rope. Tie each cup to the rope at intervals 

of about 60cms and tie ends of rope to a pole of tree 

at each end to make it reasonably firm. Have a full 

bucket of water at one end and an empty bucket at 

the other end. Each Kea has a cup and the water 

must pass from cup to cup from one bucket to the 

other. This can be made as a relay (ie One for each 

Posse) and requires good teamwork. 

15 min Make & Do BUBBLE POOL 

Set up a kiddie pool and fill with bubble solution. 

Supply kids with an assortment of bubble blowers. 

Wire 

Bubble mix 

2 buckets & sponge 

per team 

2 buckets per 

team, a cup for 

each Kea and a 

long rope for each 

team. 

Wading Pool or 

large containers 

Old wire coat 

LEADER 


Stretched coat hangers are great for giant bubbles. 

Have each child stand in the middle of the bubble 

pool inside a hula-hoop. Pull the hoop upward to 

create a mega-bubble with the child inside it! 

10 min Game ICE CUBE MELT 

Divide players into two teams and line them up. The 

first player on each is given an ice cube. The child 

must rub the ice cube between his hands for as long 

as possible to try to make it melt. When he or she 

gets too cold, the ice cube is passed to the next 

child in line. The first team to melt the ice cube wins 

5 min Song Sing one of the new songs you have learned this 

term 

10 min Playacting WATER CHARADES 

Mime different activities that involve water i.e., 

crossing a swift flowing river, swimming, drowning, 

5 Min Closing 

Ceremony 

having a bath etc 


notices. Discuss Final arrangements for Kea 

Sleepover. 

Evaluation Leaders/Adults Helpers discuss together how the 

night went and write up in book. Send feed back to 

National Programme Team. 

hangers. 

Variety of bubble 

blowers 

Bubble solution or 

dishwashing liquid 

Ice Cubes 

See Resource 

Pages 

Mime Cards 


applicable) 


National Programmes – Kea Section 

Week 6 : THE KEA SLEEPOVER 

Theme: H2O to Go 

These are suggestions only for the Kea Sleepover. It is important that Zones join together for this yearly sleepover, so that the Keas 

and Leaders will get to know each other and it will make it easier for them to settle when they get the Cub Camps, Summer Camps, 

Jamboree and other Scout Camps. It also gives Leaders a chance to do some networking and on the job training – the more 

experienced Leaders can help the less experienced ones. You Zone Kea Leader should have information regarding the Sleepover in your 

Zone or Region or if not contact your Regional office and join another Zone’s Sleepover. Choose a venue that can be used in all 

weathers and do not cancel unless there is a weather warning out for your area. 

Tips for a successful Sleepover: 

� Make sure all Adults are involved in some way – it could be running a base or preparing food or as a Dormitory Leader. 

� Make sure all Adults and Keas are aware of the Sleepover Rules. 

� Ensure you have a plan and that Adults are aware of their role either on arrival at the Sleepover or before. 

� Ensure each Kea and Adult who attends the whole Sleepover and stays the night receives a Kea Sleepover Badge. 

� This is a Kea Sleepover and should be run for the Keas not any other age group. 

� Invite the Rover and Venturers in your Region to help with the organisation and running of this event. 

� Ensure that everything is cleaned up prior to anyone leaving so it is not left to just a few to clean and tidy up. 

Saturday Timetable 

Time Activity Element / 

Award 

3.00 pm Coming In Outdoors/ 

Camp Craft 

3.15pm Afternoon 

Tea 

Description Materials Leader 

Sort out sleeping arrangements and 

Keas to make up their own beds. 

Talk about camp rules and show 

where 1st Aider can be found, and 

who it is, toilets, showers, and any 

out of bound areas. 

Have afternoon tea ready to go 

while Keas arrive and set up. 

Check Kea Sleepover Rules in the Rules 

Book on SCOUTS New Zealand website. 

Home Baking, juice and water. Tea, Coffee 

and Milo for Adults. 


3.45 pm Opening 

Ceremony 

Personal 

development 

Kea Badge 


Badge 

Community / 

Our world 

Our Country 

4.00 pm Activity Personal 

Development 

/ Self 

Expression / 

Discovery 

5.45 pm Prepare for 

dinner 




Welcome, Kea song and yell. Allow 

Keas in turn lead the Kea Yell. 

Mention any rules for the stay. Go 

around circle and get everyone to 

introduce themselves. 

Run a selection of water bases such 

as: 

� A water or grunge slide 

� A catapult with wet sponges for 

each team. 

� Water balloons (play the 

throwing the egg to your 

partner game but with a water 

balloon). 

� Get the water from one bucket 

to the other using a cup with a 

whole in it. 

� Check out www.awesome-kidbirthday-parties.com/watergames-for-kids.html#J16 

For more water games or 

activities. 

Wash hands, get ditty bag. 

Make sure you include all Adults in the 

Circle and ensure they are introduced. 

Contact your local Rover Crew or Venturer 

Unit (possibly though your Regional Office) 

to help set up and run these activities. 





6.00 pm Dinner Make dinner something simple like 

Burgers where the Keas can put 

their own ones together – 

remember not all children eat 

everything. Always include a simple 

dessert such as Jelly, Fruit and Ice 

cream. 

6.45 pm Campfire 

preparation 

Outdoors/ 

Camp Craft 

7.30 pm Campfire Outdoors/ 

Camp Craft 

8.30 pm Supper 

9.00 pm Bedtime 

Leaders / 

Parents 

Council 

Talk about campfire blankets and 

how to collect badges. Talk about 

campfire etiquette and make sure 

all Adults are involved in the 

discussion. 

Allocate two Leaders to light the 

Campfire. Ensure all present take 

part in the campfire. 

Milo and Home Baking. Tea and 

Coffee for Adults. 

Allocate a couple of Parents to read 

stories to the Keas once they are in 

bed. 

Time for Open forum over supper 

and to discuss tomorrow’s events. 

This is also a chance for some 

Leader Training and discusses the 

values of being a Leader with 

Parents who are all prospective 

Leaders. 


Sunday Timetable 

Time Activity Element / 

Award 

6.30 am Kitchen 

Duty 

7.30 am Rolling 

Breakfast 

8.30 am Wide 

Games 

Community/ 

Physical or 

Life Skills 

Description Materials Leader 

Those Adults allocated Kitchen 

should be up and starting to prepare 

breakfast and set out breakfast. 

� Encourage Keas to come in as 

they get up. 

� Once they have had their 

breakfast and cleaned their 

plates etc they should pack up 

their bedding and clean up the 

area they were sleeping in – 

Adults should be allocated the 

overseeing of this. 

� Have some activities for those 

who have completed the above 

task such as a cricket or soccer 

game or some crafts or board 

games – Overseen by Adults. 

This will give you an opportunity to 

bring the Keas together and get 

them refocused and for the Adults 

to ensure all areas a packed up and 

tidied up prior to the morning 

activities. 


9.00 am H2O to go Community 

/ Life Skills 

10.00 am Morning 

Tea 

10.40 am Keas Own Personal 

Development 

/ Self 

Expression / 

Discovery 

Take part in one or two of the 

following activities depending on 

your location. 

� Invite the local St Johns 

Ambulance and /or Rescue 

helicopter to visit your 

Sleepover sight or visit their 

base. Learn about what their 

role is and let the Keas have 

a look through an 

Ambulance and /or the 

helicopter. Learn how to 

keep ourselves safe around 

water and what to do to get 

help for someone. 

� Visit the local surf club and 

take part in Water Safety 

activities. 

� Visit your local Pool and find 

out what the Lifeguards role 

is and how to keep 

ourselves safe around water 

and what to do to get help. 

Juice and Home Baking / Fruit and 

Tea and Coffee for Adults. 

Keas and Adults present take part in 

a Keas Own run by the Kea Leader 

or a time of reflection. 

www.stjohn.org.nz/ 

www.slsnz.org.nz/ 

www.watersafety.org.nz/ 


10.50 am Closing 

Ceremony 

Experiences 

/ Personal 

Challenge 

Kea Yell, Kea Sleepover Badges and 

any others Keas have earned. 

A round of applause for the Adult / 

Parent helpers. 

11.00 am Home time Parents to pick up Keas. 


Theme Way to Go H2O Week 9: Wet n Wild 

Programme 

Time Activity 


ELEMENT 

To Celebrate the end of Term, meet with the rest of your Scout Group and their families for a fun 

night. Below are some suggestions to help you plan the event. 

� Hire out a local school or council pool and have a fun night with families with Pool games and finishing 

with a BBQ or Picnic (Pot Luck). Make sure all Family members are joining in. 

� Go to the local beach (or river or lake) and have Beach Games and relays with all of the family, finishing 

with a Pot Luck BBQ or Picnic. Have a Sand sculpting Competition, running races, three-legged races, just 

use your imagination. 

� Create a fun night at your Scout Den or Hall. Ask everyone to bring a plate and set up activities that the 

whole family can take part in such as Tug of War, Water or Grunge Slide, Sprinklers, Catapults with 

Sponges and buckets of water, Water fights with guns and balloons. Get dressed up as Pirates or 

Mermaids. 

Don’t forget to use one part of the evening to give out badges and awards achieved in the Term.

National Programmes – Kea Section

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