Footprint Badges
FOOTPRINT BADGES
Four activity areas each containing 3 sections are the basis of the First, Second and Third Footprint badges.
Each badge should take 4 to 6 months to gain and can only be gained once the Beaver has been invested.
Each badge consists of ONE section from each of the activity areas to be take one section per month, in turn, from the four areas. The award of each badge is also subject to regular attendance at Colony meetings and activities.
Scout Officers from the Beaver Section should incorporate the footprint badge activities into their weekly programmes according to their particular circumstances.
The Forth Footprint Badge has a set syllabus.
Note: Before any Footprint is awarded, the Beaver must be re-tested on Beaver Law and Promise.
The activity areas are as follows:
LEARNING
DEVELOPING
FIRST FOOTPRINT (Green)
ONE section from each of the FOUR ACTIVITY AREAS to be passed at the rate of ONE SECTION per month. Minimum time for badge—4 months.
SECOND FOOTPRINT (Purple)
ONE section from each of the FOUR ACTIVITY AREAS to be passed at the rate of ONE SECTION per month. Minimum time for badge—4 months.
The sections used for this badge must be different to those used in the First Footprint.
THIRD FOOTPRINT (Red)
ONE section from each of the FOUR ACTIVITY AREAS to be passed at the rate of ONE SECTION per month. Minimum time for badge—4 months.
The sections used for this badge must be different to those used in the First and Second Footprints.
FOURTH FOOTPRINT (Blue)
The following items are obligatory for the Fourth Footprint:
Four activity areas each containing 3 sections are the basis of the First, Second and Third Footprint badges.
Each badge should take 4 to 6 months to gain and can only be gained once the Beaver has been invested.
Each badge consists of ONE section from each of the activity areas to be take one section per month, in turn, from the four areas. The award of each badge is also subject to regular attendance at Colony meetings and activities.
Scout Officers from the Beaver Section should incorporate the footprint badge activities into their weekly programmes according to their particular circumstances.
The Forth Footprint Badge has a set syllabus.
Note: Before any Footprint is awarded, the Beaver must be re-tested on Beaver Law and Promise.
The activity areas are as follows:
LEARNING
- Handicrafts -Take part in an activity with Beavers in creative construction, drawing, painting or making things from scrap items.
- Collecting- Make a personal collection e.g. stamps, postcards or a joint collection with other members of the Colony.
- Safety - e.g. Safety in the home, water safety, Green Cross Code, safety in the street or park. Demonstrate a knowledge of any one of the above. Use of publicity material from RoSPA, COI, Local Government Public Safety Committee is to be encouraged.
DEVELOPING
- Physical Development- .Show an improvement in several skills involving physical effort e.g. games, sports, tying laces, fastening buttons.
- Social behaviour– Take an active and constructive part in the Colony activities, develop improved habits of cleanliness, tidiness, good conduct and show he/she can obey instructions and share with others.
- Help others– Understand the need to help other people by carrying out a special good turn either individually or as part of a Colony good turn.
- Nature study– Carry out an activity with the Colony in order to learn about some aspect of nature by practical means. e.g. study of animals, birds, insects, plants, flowers. Grow ‘coal ‘ flowers /seeds on flannel etc..
- Expedition– Take part in an outing with the Colony where new or adventurous activities will be experienced, hike, ramble, visit to a museum, or other building of local or historical importance.
- Conservation– Understand the importance of protecting our environment and the damage that can be done by vandalism, litter etc., Take part in a project to clear litter or rubbish from a local area./ Cultivate a small patch of land as a garden or nature reserve/ Take part in a salvage collection for at least ONE month.
- Story Telling– Listen attentively to stories told or read by a Scout Officer on several occasions and be able to interpret afterwards in different ways, e.g. acting, drawing, re-telling/Write a poem and recite it to the Colony. (The poem should be at least TWO verses long and contain a story.)
- Play Acting/ Miming– Learn to act or mime through engaging in a Colony activity which includes costume making, acting out a story/ Take part in a Scout-based entertainment on stage.
- Music/Singing- Take an active part in singing, either alone or with the Colony, to a reasonable standard/ Play any instrument so that the tune can be recognised
FIRST FOOTPRINT (Green)
ONE section from each of the FOUR ACTIVITY AREAS to be passed at the rate of ONE SECTION per month. Minimum time for badge—4 months.
SECOND FOOTPRINT (Purple)
ONE section from each of the FOUR ACTIVITY AREAS to be passed at the rate of ONE SECTION per month. Minimum time for badge—4 months.
The sections used for this badge must be different to those used in the First Footprint.
THIRD FOOTPRINT (Red)
ONE section from each of the FOUR ACTIVITY AREAS to be passed at the rate of ONE SECTION per month. Minimum time for badge—4 months.
The sections used for this badge must be different to those used in the First and Second Footprints.
FOURTH FOOTPRINT (Blue)
The following items are obligatory for the Fourth Footprint:
- Learn the first verse of the National Anthem
- Take part in a Colony good turn with an emphasis on your community by helping senior citizens (under supervision) or carrying out some work on a nature reserve or scheme to improve your neighbourhood.
- With the help of your Leaders, make contact with a Beaver Colony from another Area and find out something about their Colony. Ask if they will send you their Group Name Tape for your campfire blanket.