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Sunnyfield Scouts Port Stephens

Tue 1st October, 2024  –  Tue 17th December, 2024

Sunnyfield Scouts is a program designed to help make learning essential life skills an enjoyable experience. Earn badges as you master skills like numeracy skills, cooking, laundry, bed-making, and travel training.

Tuesdays 3pm to 7pm

01 Oct 2024

Week 1: Water and Sun Safety

Today, we’ll learn how to be safe while swimming at the beach and as summer is around the corner, we’ll also learn about sun safety, water safety at the beach and pool, and some basic first aid that can be useful in on our day out.

Activity Cost

$

08 Oct 2024

Week 2: Housekeeping

We will continue to learn how to keep our space tidy and develop our cleaning skills. Learn how to mop, clean toilets and showers, windows and disinfect to protect ourselves from germs, and more. We will also refresh our skills in washing, ironing, and folding laundry.

Activity Cost

$

15 Oct 2024

Week 3: Health and Wellbeing

This week, we will learn about our health and wellbeing and the many ways we can look after ourselves. We will cover diet and nutrition and how to make healthy choices, exercise, mental health, and develop healthy habits we can practice in our everyday lives.

Activity Cost

$

22 Oct 2024

Week 4: Money Handling and Budgeting for Groceries

Using what we learned last week, we will choose a healthy recipe to cook next week. Research ingredients we need and budget plan to know how much money we will need.

Activity Cost

$

29 Oct 2024

Week 5: Cooking Skills

Let’s develop our kitchen skills. Today, we will choose a recipe, make a shopping list, budget and shop ingredients before cooking our chosen meal. While we cook, we will also delve in to food hygiene and practice kitchen safety.

Activity Cost

$

05 Nov 2024

Week 6: Emergency Preparedness

Learn to be prepared for emergencies, so that we know how to stay calm and be safe. We will learn to read and understand evacuation plans and maps, identify safe places, and what to do in various emergencies.

Activity Cost

$

12 Nov 2024

Week 7: Communication Skills

Being able to advocate for ourselves is an important skill. Today, we will learn about communication, being able to communicate with others, using our words and body language to express ourselves and our needs, and set boundaries. We will also practice active listening skills so that we can understand others in return.

Activity Cost

$

19 Nov 2024

Week 8: Travel Training

Let’s learn how to find and read public transport timetables and use Trip Planner. Use these skills to plan and complete an outing on local public transport. Please bring your topped up Opal Card so we can practice tapping on and off.

Activity Cost

$

26 Nov 2024

Week 9: Problem Solving

Let’s develop our problem solving and teamwork skills. Roleplay several scenarios and work together to find solutions. We will develop our independence, cooperation and compromise skills, and our ability to cope with change.

Activity Cost

$

03 Dec 2024

Week 10: First Aid

It is important to regularly refresh our memory of first aid. This week we will revise our first aid skills and knowledge from last term as while also learning some new first aid.

Activity Cost

$

10 Dec 2024

Week 11: Recap Week

Didn’t earn all your badges the first time? This week we will revisit any tasks you did not complete to help refresh your skills.

Activity Cost

$

17 Dec 2024

Week 12: Graduation and Badge Ceremony

Activity Cost

$

Port Stephens Hub
Cnr Victoria Parade & Dixon Drive
Nelson Bay, NSW 2315 Australia
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Phone:
1300588688
Age Group
Adults 18+
Region
Hunter Region
Event Information
Transport Available, Activity Costs, Wheelchair Friendly, Social Group, Community Access
When
Weekdays (Monday – Friday)
Program Type
Social Groups
Suburb Hunter Region
Port Stephens

Contact Organiser

Name:
Lisa Barrett
Position:
Service Manager
Phone:
+61433862438
Email:
l.barrett@sunnyfield.org.au
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