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Beavers (Scouting)
Beavers are programmes associated with some Scout organisations, imitating some aspects of Scouts but for young children aged 5/6 to 7/8 who are too young to be Scouts and make the Scout Promise.
Beavers programmes had their origins 1963 and, since then, some scout organisations have developed Beavers or similar programmes by other names, often using an animal local to their region instead. However, many Scout organisations, such as some Traditional Scouting organisations, have never adopted programmes for younger children at all, typically on the grounds that this was not one of Robert Baden-Powell's original programmes and his warnings against too close identification with juvenile programmes.
Beavers and similar programmes usually involve:
In 1963, The Little Brothers, a programme for boys who were too young to be Wolf Cubs was set up in Northern Ireland by the 1st Dromore Scout Group. It spread to Belfast with seven groups two years later. The creation of a programme for children aged under eight was sparked by the launch of other younger sections in other youth organisations at the time, including the Anchors section of the Boys' Brigade, which some feared was partly causing a drop in numbers of Cubs experienced at the time. As the scheme expanded throughout the rest of the province, it was given the name of Beavers in 1966, having been a name considered by Robert Baden-Powell when The Boy Scouts Association created its Wolf Cubs.
A Canadian Beaver programme was designed and tested in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1971 by Harry McCartney, Alan Jones, and Gordon Hanna.[citation needed] and in 1972 it was expanded across the Scouts Canada organisation.[citation needed] It was formally made a programme of Scouts Canada in 1974.[citation needed]
This was followed by the Republic of Ireland in the same year. Beaver formally became a programme of the Scout Association of the United Kingdom in 1986. Beavers and programmes for similar ages spread to a few other Scout organisations around the world by the late 1980s.
The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association in Australia has a programme called Koalas, although some Groups do not operate Koalas as they were not part of Baden-Powell's concept. The programme serves 5 to 8-year-olds and is followed by Wolf Cubs. The Koalas programme uses a catchphrase and themes around "Koalas climb high" with participants reciting the phrase and mimicking the motions of a climbing Koala.
Scouts Australia has a programme called Joeys for 5 to 7-year-olds. A joey is an infant kangaroo. The Joeys' programme uses a catchphrase and themes around "Hop, Hop, Hop" such as Help Other People with participants reciting the phrase and mimicking the motions of a hopping joey kangaroo.
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Beavers (Scouting)
Beavers are programmes associated with some Scout organisations, imitating some aspects of Scouts but for young children aged 5/6 to 7/8 who are too young to be Scouts and make the Scout Promise.
Beavers programmes had their origins 1963 and, since then, some scout organisations have developed Beavers or similar programmes by other names, often using an animal local to their region instead. However, many Scout organisations, such as some Traditional Scouting organisations, have never adopted programmes for younger children at all, typically on the grounds that this was not one of Robert Baden-Powell's original programmes and his warnings against too close identification with juvenile programmes.
Beavers and similar programmes usually involve:
In 1963, The Little Brothers, a programme for boys who were too young to be Wolf Cubs was set up in Northern Ireland by the 1st Dromore Scout Group. It spread to Belfast with seven groups two years later. The creation of a programme for children aged under eight was sparked by the launch of other younger sections in other youth organisations at the time, including the Anchors section of the Boys' Brigade, which some feared was partly causing a drop in numbers of Cubs experienced at the time. As the scheme expanded throughout the rest of the province, it was given the name of Beavers in 1966, having been a name considered by Robert Baden-Powell when The Boy Scouts Association created its Wolf Cubs.
A Canadian Beaver programme was designed and tested in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1971 by Harry McCartney, Alan Jones, and Gordon Hanna.[citation needed] and in 1972 it was expanded across the Scouts Canada organisation.[citation needed] It was formally made a programme of Scouts Canada in 1974.[citation needed]
This was followed by the Republic of Ireland in the same year. Beaver formally became a programme of the Scout Association of the United Kingdom in 1986. Beavers and programmes for similar ages spread to a few other Scout organisations around the world by the late 1980s.
The Baden-Powell Scouts' Association in Australia has a programme called Koalas, although some Groups do not operate Koalas as they were not part of Baden-Powell's concept. The programme serves 5 to 8-year-olds and is followed by Wolf Cubs. The Koalas programme uses a catchphrase and themes around "Koalas climb high" with participants reciting the phrase and mimicking the motions of a climbing Koala.
Scouts Australia has a programme called Joeys for 5 to 7-year-olds. A joey is an infant kangaroo. The Joeys' programme uses a catchphrase and themes around "Hop, Hop, Hop" such as Help Other People with participants reciting the phrase and mimicking the motions of a hopping joey kangaroo.