Scouts Award Scheme
The Scout Section is about planning your own success, developing leadership in small teams, and having fun throughout your journey. Scouting provides adventurous, challenging, and fun opportunities for you. Outdoor activities such as camping, hiking expeditions, water activities, and other adventures are still very much at the heart of Scouting.
Your Team Leader and Youth Leadership Team will play a significant part throughout your time in Scouts; they will pass on tips and tricks and give you opportunities to lead. We hope you enjoy your time in this Section and take up any opportunities that come your way! The Scout achievement pathways help you to plan your Scouting experiences around lots of different activities.
While badges are fun to earn, it’s important to remember that they recognise your progression—they aren’t the goal itself. Having fun and taking part in activities is the most important part!
⚜️ Membership Badge
Before you are invested into Scouts, you will need to complete your Membership Badge. Your Kaiārahi and other Scouts will help you with this.
There are three main parts to this:- Introduction to Scouting
- Introduction to Scouts
- Safe From Harm
Bronze, Silver, and Gold Awards
The Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards recognise your personal progression through the programme. To complete these awards, you will need to Participate in, Assist with, and Lead a number of activities from each of the core programme Areas, ending with a personal reflection.
Bronze Award
Silver Award
Gold Award
👑 Chief Scout’s Rimu Award
The highest award you can earn as a Scout is the Chief Scout’s Rimu Award. This is the Capstone Award for the Scout section.
The Adventure Skills
The Adventure Skills are your direct pathway to adventure. They are designed to help you gain the hands-on skills you need to participate in, assist with, and lead adventurous experiences.
These strands move with you throughout your entire Scouting journey. Instead of being attached to a single section, you can complete any level of an Adventure Skill at any age, provided you have successfully met the previous levels. Each skill features 9 progressive levels with a set of competencies to build on the level before it. Currently, there are 7 core Adventure Skills:
Tramping
Emergency
Air Activities
Boating
Camping
Vertical
Water Safety
🎯 Note: To complete your Chief Scout’s Rimu Award, you will need to complete 10 total Adventure Skills progressions during your time in Scouts. A progression is gaining a new level in a Skill. It’s up to you if you want your progressions to be across a lot of different Skills, or mostly in just a few of them! Record achievements inside your Adventure Skills Handbook or digitally via Mahi Tahi.
Better World Framework
Better World helps you live out your Scout Promise directly by contributing to your community, country, and world. You can complete a Better World project with your Scout Section, by yourself, or with another group.
2. Act: Participate in, Assist with, or Lead a project that helps with the issue you’ve been learning about. Remember to Plan, Do, Review every part of your project!
3. Share: Share what you have done with others, and let them know how they can get involved.
Oceans
Climate Change
Conservation
Sustainable
Peace Ed
Global Citizen
Community
Equity
📖 Note: You can find specific programme requirements and resources in the Better World Handbook, or in the member resources portion of the SCOUTS New Zealand website.
