BSO Challenge 2013
The BSO Challenge is open to all sections from Beavers through to Scout Network, Leaders can also work through the Challenge. The aim of the
challenge is that everybody should attempt at least one challenge from each month. However you will need to take into consideration the weather in the country you live in as to which order you complete the challenges. It is okay to swap months around in order to complete the challenge.
It is hoped that as many sections as possible can work together throughout these challenges. This will then hopefully help with links between sections making it easier for our young people to move from one section to the next. At the end of the BSO Challenge, all those who have taken part and completed at least one challenge from each month will receive a unique “BSO Challenge” leather woggle.
challenge is that everybody should attempt at least one challenge from each month. However you will need to take into consideration the weather in the country you live in as to which order you complete the challenges. It is okay to swap months around in order to complete the challenge.
It is hoped that as many sections as possible can work together throughout these challenges. This will then hopefully help with links between sections making it easier for our young people to move from one section to the next. At the end of the BSO Challenge, all those who have taken part and completed at least one challenge from each month will receive a unique “BSO Challenge” leather woggle.
JANUARY - UP, UP & AWAY
BALLOONS - Hold a balloon race. Design and tag each balloon to see how far it travels.
SPACE - Hold a space theme night. Make rockets and learn about stars and Planets.
AIR - Visit an airport/air base or arrange a visit from a pilot. Maybe even try a flight experience.
WEATHER - Look at local and International Weather. Record your findings and share with other members of the group.
FEBRUARY - MUDDY BOOTS
HIKE PLANNING - Spend an evening packing a rucksack, putting up hike tents. Learn about map and compass work.
HIKE - Get out and about doing some hikes, Beavers and Cubs go on mini Hikes whilst everybody else can go further afield.
HIKE A TRAIL - Go out with another section on a walk around your town/city or follow a well-known local path.
SPONSORED WALK - Why not hold a sponsored walk for a local good cause?
MARCH - GO GREEN
ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES - Take the opportunity to investigate what alternative energy sources the country you live in uses.
BUILD A FLOAT - Make and decorate a float from recycled materials. You could then use this to promote Scouting in your community.
TRASH - What can you make from things that are being thrown away?
COMMUNITY - Offer your services to the local community. This may be by the way of tidying an area etc.
APRIL - AROUND THE WORLD IN 31 DAYS
FOOD OF THE WORLD - Host an International cooking comp. like Ready, Steady Cook. Give each team a dish from the country where you live.
JOTT/JOTA/JOTI - Think about taking part in Jamboree on the Trail, the air or the Internet later in the year.
LANGUAGE - Learn some phrases in a foreign language. What is the Scout Promise in that language? (Please use the local language if not English)
CULTURES - Learn more about a countryʼs faith, dress, and foods etc. Maybe the country where you live or a neighbouring country.
MAY - THE GREAT OUTDOORS
BACKWOODS COOKING - Spend an evening backwoods cooking. Try as many different types of fire as possible. E.g. BBQ, open fires etc.
CAMPING - Hold a night away where you try different styles of camping from other countries. E.g. Hammocks, Tepees, Cowboy camping etc.
SURVIVAL - Hold a survival weekend. Activities could be tracking/trailing, orienteering, backwoods cooking etc.
TRACK AND TRAIL - Hold a tracking/trailing evening. You could then build dens or bivis and sleep in them.
JUNE - WATER WISE
SWIMMING - Hold a sponsored swim for your chosen charity. Have a go at completing the staged Swimming Badges.
WATER GAMES - Hold a games evening outdoors involving water. e.g. water rockets, slippery slide, leaky tube, etc.
DUCK RACE - Hold a Duck Race with other sections in your Group.
WATER SAFETY - Learn about water safety and have an afternoon on the water canoeing, bell boating, rafting etc.
BALLOONS - Hold a balloon race. Design and tag each balloon to see how far it travels.
SPACE - Hold a space theme night. Make rockets and learn about stars and Planets.
AIR - Visit an airport/air base or arrange a visit from a pilot. Maybe even try a flight experience.
WEATHER - Look at local and International Weather. Record your findings and share with other members of the group.
FEBRUARY - MUDDY BOOTS
HIKE PLANNING - Spend an evening packing a rucksack, putting up hike tents. Learn about map and compass work.
HIKE - Get out and about doing some hikes, Beavers and Cubs go on mini Hikes whilst everybody else can go further afield.
HIKE A TRAIL - Go out with another section on a walk around your town/city or follow a well-known local path.
SPONSORED WALK - Why not hold a sponsored walk for a local good cause?
MARCH - GO GREEN
ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES - Take the opportunity to investigate what alternative energy sources the country you live in uses.
BUILD A FLOAT - Make and decorate a float from recycled materials. You could then use this to promote Scouting in your community.
TRASH - What can you make from things that are being thrown away?
COMMUNITY - Offer your services to the local community. This may be by the way of tidying an area etc.
APRIL - AROUND THE WORLD IN 31 DAYS
FOOD OF THE WORLD - Host an International cooking comp. like Ready, Steady Cook. Give each team a dish from the country where you live.
JOTT/JOTA/JOTI - Think about taking part in Jamboree on the Trail, the air or the Internet later in the year.
LANGUAGE - Learn some phrases in a foreign language. What is the Scout Promise in that language? (Please use the local language if not English)
CULTURES - Learn more about a countryʼs faith, dress, and foods etc. Maybe the country where you live or a neighbouring country.
MAY - THE GREAT OUTDOORS
BACKWOODS COOKING - Spend an evening backwoods cooking. Try as many different types of fire as possible. E.g. BBQ, open fires etc.
CAMPING - Hold a night away where you try different styles of camping from other countries. E.g. Hammocks, Tepees, Cowboy camping etc.
SURVIVAL - Hold a survival weekend. Activities could be tracking/trailing, orienteering, backwoods cooking etc.
TRACK AND TRAIL - Hold a tracking/trailing evening. You could then build dens or bivis and sleep in them.
JUNE - WATER WISE
SWIMMING - Hold a sponsored swim for your chosen charity. Have a go at completing the staged Swimming Badges.
WATER GAMES - Hold a games evening outdoors involving water. e.g. water rockets, slippery slide, leaky tube, etc.
DUCK RACE - Hold a Duck Race with other sections in your Group.
WATER SAFETY - Learn about water safety and have an afternoon on the water canoeing, bell boating, rafting etc.