Olympic Challenge: Our Sporting Adventure

We won this national competition!

During the Spring and Summer terms we got ourselves ready for the Olympics by taking part in the 2012 Cub Scouts Olympic Challenge: Faster ... Stronger ... Bigger ... Better! Scroll down to the medal table to see what we completed and when. You can read reports of our events by clicking on the medal or the word "started" on the right hand side of the table.

Our Team

Out team is called The Jacala Crocodiles and we won the competition! We completed all of the challenges and then submitted our video to beat fourteen other teams! A special mention goes to Laurence Phillips and Jonathan Forse who completed every single one of the 49 challenges and also to Matthew Forse and Patrick Hussain-Keenan who completed all but one of them.

General resources

These can be downloaded and printed - I am very happy for other Packs to use anything they find helpful - and if you want the word versions so you can edit them please just email me.

Badge work

Cubs who take part in all of the meetings and activities during these two terms will be able to earn loads of badges:

Challenges: Outdoor, Promise, Creative, Fitness, plus sections of Community and Global
Activity: Artist, Camper, Cyclist, Entertainer, Global Conservation, Local Knowledge, Naturalist, Water Activities and World Faiths
Staged badges: +5 nights away; +2 hikes away

There will also be medals awarded to those Cubs who participate in the most activities overall!

Medal table

Challenge The name of the challenge	Details What does the challenge involve?	Date When will we be completing it?	Badge links What does it go towards?	Complete When did we gain the medal?	Event report Click the medal or word to link to the event report
Event Hunt	Find out about all the different Olympic Events	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12		11/03/12
Build a Friend	Make a Cub and turn it into a good friend	Joint meeting: 17/05/12		17/05/12
Fly the Flag	Design a team flag and fly it	Camp: 18-20/05/12	Creative Challenge	18/05/12
Blindfold Walk	Use team work to get everyone around the course safely	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Outdoor Challenge	11/03/12
We like ...	Find out what Cubs from different Packs like	Joint meeting: 17/05/12		17/05/12
Food for Thought	Try out some foods from different countries	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12		11/03/12
Introducing the Aliens	Describe yourself and your planet to visiting aliens	Meeting: 19/04/12		19/04/12
The Great Egg Relay	An egg and spoon race but with raw eggs	Meeting: 12/01/12		12/01/12
Staying on the Ball	Doing your best while playing catch	Meeting: 05/01/12		05/01/12
International Greetings	Learn how people greet each other in different countries	Joint meeting: 17/05/12		17/05/12
Courage Mime	Perform a mime which shows how you are courageous	Meeting: 05/01/12	Promise Challenge	05/01/12
Inspired Collage	Make a collage about someone who inspires you	Camp: 18-20/05/12	Promise Challenge	19/05/12
What's my Goal?	Set yourself a goal and then work hard to achieve it	Meeting: 05/01/12		05/01/12
Pond Dipping	Find lots of different animals and other life	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Naturalist Outdoor Challenge	11/03/12
Pioneering	Build something cool using poles and ropes	Youlbury day: 26/02/12	Creative Challenge Outdoor Challenge	26/02/12
The Name Game	A getting to know you game with another Pack	Joint meeting: 17/05/12		17/05/12
Alphabetical Scavenger Hunt	Find something beginning with every letter of the alphabet	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Outdoor Challenge	11/03/12
Walk the Marathon	Don't worry - we can share the distance between us!	Meeting: 26/01/12 Hike: 14/04/12	Hikes Away Map Reader Navigator	14/04/12
Soap Trophy	Carve a trophy and then award it to someone	Camp: 18-20/05/12	Creative Challenge	19/05/12
Life Cycles	Learn about the life cycles of different animals	Meeting: 22/03/12	Naturalist	22/03/12
Blessings	Think about all the things that make you happy	Meetings: 12/01/12 19/01/12		19/01/12
Tin-can Telephones	Send messages the old fashioned way	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Outdoor Challenge	11/03/12
Map Your World	Create a 3-D map of our local area	Meeting: 21/06/12	Local Knowledge	22/06/12
In the Community	Find out about the good deeds of someone in the community	Fire Station: 24/05/12	Local Knowledge Community Challenge Promise Challenge	24/05/12
My Sistine Chapel	Create a mini Sistine Chapel ceiling	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Artist	11/03/12
Mini Parachutes	Compete to build the most effective parachute	Camp: 18-20/05/12		19/05/12
Faith Visit	Find out about and visit a place of worship	Meeting: 28/06/12	Community Challenge World Faiths Promise Challenge	28/06/12
Pictures in Pictures	Create and find pictures hidden inside pictures	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Artist	11/03/12
The Real Abolitionists	Find out about the abolition of slavery	Meetings: 02/02/12 09/02/12	Promise Challenge	09/02/12
Time Travelling Sportathon	Compete in events from the first Olympic Games	Camp: 18-20/05/12	Fitness Challenge	20/05/12
Athletic Visit	Visit a local sporting club or event	Outing: 26/03/12 Meeting: 29/03/12	Fitness Challenge	26/03/12
Citius - Faster	Build and race wooden boats - how fast will they go?	Camp: 18-20/05/12	Creative Challenge	19/05/12
Altius - Higher	Take part in a Cub Scout's own at the highest local point	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Promise Challenge Camper	11/03/12
Fortius - Stronger	Work with Scouts to put on a very special event	Meetings: 10/05/12 31/05/12 07/06/12 Afternoon: 09/06/12	Entertainer	09/06/12
Trading Post	Work as a team to complete tasks and earn medals	Meeting: 08/03/12	Creative Challenge	08/03/12
Feast or Famine Banquet	Find out about some of the inequalities in the world	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Global Challenge	11/03/12
Pyramid Fires	Build and light a pyramid fire - and toast some marshmallows!	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Outdoor Challenge	11/03/12
Make a Splash	Try out a water activity you've never done before	Meeting: 13/09/12	Outdoor Challenge Water Activities Fitness Challenge	13/09/12
Climbing Marathon	Climb as high as you can - see how high we can go as a Pack	Youlbury day: 26/02/12	Outdoor Challenge Fitness Challenge	26/02/12
Wildlife Documentary	Create your very own wildlife documentary	Meetings: 19/04/12 26/04/12 03/05/12	Global Conservation	03/05/12
Communication Wide Game	A wide game where messages are passed by different means	Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Camper Outdoor Challenge	11/03/12
Water, Water Everywhere	Think about how to save water and try to limit yourself	Meetings: 23/02/12 01/03/12 Sleepover: 10-11/03/12	Global Challenge	11/03/12
The Greatest Show on Earth	Learn about and then try out some Olympic events	Meetings: 12/01/12 26/01/12 Outings: 22/04/12 06/05/12	Fitness Challenge	06/05/12
10 Mile Bike Trip	Take part in a 10 mile bike ride and earn the cyclist badge	Meetings: 26/01/12 14/06/12 Bike Ride: 16/06/12	Fitness Challenge	16/06/12
Friendship Camp	Camp with another Pack and get to know them	Joint meetings: 17/05/12 19/07/12 Camp: 18-20/05/12	Nights Away +2	20/05/12
Every Cub Swim a Mile	Don't worry - you don't have to do it all at once!	Meeting: 26/01/12 Swimming trip: 12/04/12	Fitness Challenge	26/01/12
Adopt Part of Your Community	Tackle a community project and really make a difference	Meetings: 22/03/12 26/04/12 Whole day: 29/04/12	Promise Challenge Global Conservation	27/05/12
Community Heroes Award Night	Invite our local heroes to a special award ceremony	Meetings: 23/02/12 01/03/12 10/05/12 14/06/12 Evening: 12/07/12	Artist Promise Challenge	12/07/12
Equality Games	Think about the obstacles some people have to overcome	Meeting: 20/09/12	Fitness Challenge	20/09/12