Cheetah Syllabus (8 year olds)
The work for the Cheetah Progress Badge will take about a year to complete and on occasion there is homework to be done! Listed below are all the items the cubs cover during the year, and items in bold are homework that will be given to the cubs at some point during the year. Not all items have homework.
We will usually cover most of the material at a cub meeting, and then send them off with an information sheet to fill in and bring back the following week (or longer) where necessary. At Cheetah level, cubs will usually finish whatever they are given during the pack meeting.
Craft projects and creative items that are not finished during a pack meeting need to finished at home and brought back the following week too.
If you child is older than 8, but joined cubs while 8, and does not yet have the Cheetah badge, feel free to print off any of the worksheets for progress items that he/she has not yet done, and send the completed info sheets to a pack meeting with your cub.
If you would like an update on what your child still has to do for any of the progress badges, please feel free to contact me, and I will email a list of outstanding items for the badges.
Living with Nature
- Choose a living creature and find out what you can about it. OR Describe the uses of trees. Take care of a tree for one month.
- Make a poster to tell others about the Outdoor Code.
Growing Things
- Make and use compost from unwanted vegetation - if you don't want to make a regular compost heap, why not try a wormery instead? Riverside Nursery have wormeries, and sell the right kind of worms separately if you want to make your own wormery.
- Explain the importance of using mulch and use it when preparing your seed bed.
- Prepare a seed bed and plant flower seeds OR Grow flowers in a container from seeds or bulbs
Compass and Mapping
- Know the eight major points of the compass.
- Follow a simple trail of eight to ten moves to put your knowledge into practice.
- Draw a simple map of your home or meeting place showing the different rooms and door ways.
Fires and Cooking
- Lay and light a fire and cook a simple meal.
Entertaining
- Participate in traditional dancing or rhythmic body exercises.
Knotting
- Make and use the following knots:
Cubs can practice and learn any and all of the knots from their cub trails, or from the Pro Plan Charts linked, and then show a Scouter that they can do the knots at a Cub Meeting. Cubs should also practice the knots regularly once they have learnt them. If you don't practice them, you forget them!
Sensations
- Play TWO different Kim’s games using TWO of the five senses and succeed in identifying seven out of ten objects, sounds or tastes in each one.
Helping Ourselves and Others
- Do at least one good turn everyday at school and tell a Scouter what you did. - Use this sheet to help you remember what your good turns were - at the end of a week you may have forgotten what your good turns at the beginning of the week were!
- Demonstrate how to keep your shoes clean and explain what to do when they are wet.
Feats of Skill
- Climb a tree or rope to a height of three metres.
- Do TWO of the following: headstand, handstand, cartwheel, star jumps, leap frog over a Cub your own size.
Time
- Show a Scouter you can tell the time accurately to the nearest five minutes using a watch or clock.
Be Creative
- Make a useful article from odds and ends.
Safety
- Be aware of possible dangers at your home, school or pack meeting place.
First Aid
- Show how to treat burns, scalds, insect bites and stings, and how to remove splinters.
- Make a simple emergency kit and know how to use it.
Conservation
- Name three natural resources which are important to conserve. Show a Pack Scouter how you can help to conserve them.
People and Places
- Meet or visit someone who lives or works in your area and tell your Six about it.
- Make and serve a hot drink.
Flags and Countries
- Know all the parts of the flag.
- Learn the words of the national anthem and sing it together with other Cubs.
- Draw and colour the South African flag correctly.
Communications
- Know how to make a telephone call and relay a message politely and correctly.
- Greet others in four out of the eleven official languages.
Trails
- Take part in a scavenger hunt.
Stranger Danger
- Know and understand the importance of saying “NO” to any adult who wants to do something that makes you feel uncomfortable.
Healthy Living
- Show that you understand why you should keep your body, hands, nails and teeth clean.
Recycling
- Reuse three different items that you would normally throw away.
The Jungle Book
- Participate in a jungle dance.
Faith
- Find a prayer and read it at a Pack meeting or other Cubbing activity.
Promise and Law
- Show that you are keeping your Promise and Law and explain different ways that you show appreciation of the love of God.
