MANUAL

CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 12
White Tail Stop
Repeat the same ceremony as for the Blue Tails with the following changes:
• Speak of what it means to be a White Tail.
• Have both new White Tails and returning White Tails repeat the Promise together.
• Emphasize the leadership role they have together in their Lodges and as the Colony
Leadership Team.
• Present neckers and badges to only the new youth. (The returning youth continue
to wear neckers from the previous year unless they need a bigger one.)
• Remind them that, in a few months, they will begin their Northern Lights Quest
and work toward the North Star Award.
• Congratulate the White Tails in the way chosen by the Colony Leadership Team.
Closing Stop
At the end of the trail:
• Invest new, Volunteer-ready Scouters. Remember to use the Scout Promise (not
the Beaver Scout Promise) when investing Scouters. Beaver Scouts can place the
necker on the Scouter and announce the Scouter’s Friends of the Forest name.
• Thank parents, grandparents and guardians for coming, and remind them of their
role in making the Beaver Scout program successful.
• Share a moment of reflection, a Beaver Scouts' Own or a Scouter’s Five.
• Conduct the Closing Ceremony, if you are not returning to the meeting place.
FORMAL CAMPFIRE FOR BEAVER SCOUTS
Introduction
It is very likely that a youth’s fondest memories of his or her Scouting experiences are
of the times he or she sat around an evening’s campfire. Campfires have a magical
quality to them—a quality that often defies description. Where else can Volunteers
and youth stand up together and make total fools of themselves singing “I’m a Little
Teapot”, all the while feeling totally at home?
A formal campfire is something Beaver Scouts should experience at an early age.
When the campfire just involves the Beaver Scouts, you can relax the formal rules. At
the same times, this is an important opportunity to learn to respect the traditions and
rules. Let this be a time when the experienced Beaver Scouts share traditions with the
new Beaver Scouts. For more information on formal campfires, see Chapter 10.
Requirements and Procedure
A typical campfire for Beaver Scouts lasts about 30 minutes. It has both active and
reflective components to it, as shown in the typical campfire layout below:
Active Section
Transition Section
Reflective Section
Opening.
Welcoming Song—Round (e.g. “The
More We Get Together”)
Action Song (e.g. “I’m a Little Teapot”)
Skit (e.g. “I Need to go Weee!”)
Yell (e.g. “The Tony the Tiger Cheer”)
Action Song
(e.g. “Mother Gooney Bird”)
Skit (e.g. “I Don’t Have a Skit!”)
Yell (e.g. “Round of Applause”)
General Song (quieter)
(e.g. “Ging Gang Goolie”)
Scouter’s Five
Spiritual Song or a Beaver Scouts' Own
Closing or Prayer
A BEAVER SCOUTS’ OWN
A Beaver Scouts’ Own or reflective time can be part of the Closing Ceremony, or
the closing of a camp, hike or special activity. It provides a time of transition and
reflection. A suggested format for the Beaver Scouts’ Own is found in Chapter 9,
“Spirituality in The Canadian Path”. If there is not time for a full Beaver Scouts’ Own,
then a quiet moment of reflection or prayer can be used. This, along with the Closing
Ceremony, signals that the meeting is ending and that the time of transition from
meeting to home is about to take place. Transition is easier for this age group when
there are well-known rituals involved in supporting the transition. Remember to
honour and acknowledge the diversity of faith practices that are part of your Colony.
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