THEME: Buddy Badge North Rocks visit us
SUBTHEME: Join in Jamboree Japan
5:50: COMING IN ACTIVITY:
Make a Japanese flag: Red circle glued onto white paper and attach a skewer.
Paint:
6:00: OPENING CEREMONY: Japanese Traditional Greeting
In Japan, people greet each other by bowing. A bow ranges from a small nod of the head to a long, 90 degree bend at the waist. If the greeting takes place on tatami floor, people get on their knees in order to bow. When bowing to someone of higher social status, a deeper, longer bow indicates respect. Conversely, a small head nod is casual and informal. It is also common to bow to express thanks, to apologize, to make a request or to ask someone a favour.
Joeys all bow to each other.
6:05: Game: Travelling to Japan. Where is Japan? – Look at map of the world. Discuss ways of getting there.
Submarine
Planes
Boat
Hot air balloon
Divide the room into 4 sectors using chalk. The Joeys will move around the hall according to the method of transport indicated by the Leader. When a leader yells “Stop Over!” each Joey must freeze. Leader calls out one of the forms of transport and if the Joey is in that sector of the Hall they sit out for the next turn. Repeat.
6:10: Game: Japanese Stuck in the mud
This game is the same as stuck in the mud. One or two Joeys are in and must tip other Joeys. If a Joey is tipped they stand on the spot. To free a stuck Joey another Joey must come up and say ‘Kon‐itchiwa’ [Hello in Japanese] and the stuck Joey must respond with ‘Ari‐ga‐to [Thank you].. If they say these words correctly the stuck Joey becomes free and re‐joins the game.
6:15 :Game: Samurai Circle: Joeys in pairs even sized. Circle on the floor. Joeys numbered 1 to 10. Leader calls number. Those two Joeys hold onto one leg, other hand behind their back and try to push the other out of the circle
6:20: ACTIVITIES: Joeys break into 4 Groups:
1. Messages of Peace Flags: A Spirit of Unity
World Scout Jamborees are an opportunity to promote peace in our world. It aims to get as many scouts together as possible and raise awareness of issues affecting everyone of us and to show us that no matter where we come from we are not that different from one another. This activity aims to get Joeys to think about others and
spread the message of peace around the world. In japan, approximately 34% of the population is Buddhist and one of the traditions that Buddhists have is the raising of prayer flags.
Prayer flags are small ( about 20cm square) colourful pieces of cloth that have prayers or good wishes written on them. They are then strung together and hung in areas where the wind can blow through them and carry their messages around the world.
Each Joey is given a piece of cloth and they write their best wishes for someone else on it. It could be a message to a loved one or friend, or even wishes for a good jamboree. Staple all of the squares together and hang up somewhere where the wind can catch it.
Make two squares each so that North Rocks and Carlingford each have a set.
2. Make a Red Daruma Doll on a CD and write what they wish for on the back. Colour one eye.
Daruma dolls are meant to help wishes come true! These roly-poly dolls are usually red and always have a moustache and beard. The eyes are left white. While you make a wish you colour in the left eye of the doll, then put it on display in your house until your wish comes true. Then you can do the same with the other eye!
3. Joeys use black paint to make a tree trunk then using a soft drink bottle dipped in pink paint, create a cherry blossom tree.
4. Make Onigiri Rice Balls:
First you must make sticky rice. Use short-grained sushi rice and cook according to the directions. I like to add about 1/4 cup more water per cup of rice to make it stickier.
Place a couple tablespoons of the cooked rice in the centre of the plastic wrap.
Form the rice into balls, take the balls out of the wrap and roll them in cinnamon and sugar.
In Japan, when someone has a goal or task
they wish to complete, they purchase a red
Daruma doll that comes without pupils
painted on the eyes. At the beginning of
the task one pupil is coloured in, and upon
completion, the other pupil is painted.
My wish is......
......
In Japan, when someone has a goal or task
they wish to complete, they purchase a red
Daruma doll that comes without pupils
painted on the eyes. At the beginning of
the task one pupil is coloured in, and upon
completion, the other pupil is painted.
My wish is......
......
6:50: Story: The Two Frogs
6:55 CLOSING CEREMONY:
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED:
The Two Frogs.
Characters: Narrator, Kyoto frog, Osaka frog
Scene: Country Japan, 2 Leaders are on stage, one on either side of the stage, crouched down like frogs , looking around, doing what frogs do.
Narrator: This is a traditional story from Japan, it is called The Two Frogs.
Once upon a time there were two frogs. One frog lived in Osaka.
Osaka Frog: Waves Hello!
Narrator: And one frog liked in Kyoto.
Kyoto Frog: Waves Hello!
Narrator: These frogs lived so far apart in Japan that they never met. But one day each of the frogs had the same idea.
Kyoto Frog: I want to travel, I want to find out what the world looks like and what is over those mountains.
Osaka Frog: I want to travel too, I want to find out what the world looks like and what is over those mountains.
Narrator: So one morning they both said goodbye to their friends and families and headed off into the wide world, one from one end and the other from the other. The journey was more tiring than they expected, because they did not know much about travelling, and halfway between the two towns there was a mountain which had to be climbed. It took them a long time and a great many hops to reach the top, but there they were at last, and what was the surprise of each to see another frog before him!
Frogs hop around exploring, but not passing the centre line of the stage. Eventually the frogs get to the centre line and run into each other, look surprised.
Kyoto Frog: Hello there. I am travelling from Kyoto to Osaka, I want to find out what’s on the other side of this mountain.
Osaka Frog: Hello, I am travelling from Osaka to Kyoto. I want to find out what’s on the other side of this mountain too.
Kyoto Frog: That’s great! But I am so tired after that huge climb I wish there was a way I could see Osaka without having to travel all the way there.
Osaka Frog: Me to. Hey, I have an idea. If you can lift me up I will be able to see all the way to Kyoto from the top of this mountain.
Kyoto Frog: And if you lift me up I’ll be able to see all the way to Osaka. Then we won’t have to travel all that way!
Narrator: So each from lifted the other up to see down the other side of the mountain. But they forgot a very important thing about frogs. Unlike a lot of other animals frogs keep their eyes on the tops of their heads. So when they were lifted up their heads fell backwards.
Kyoto Frog: Being lifted up Osaka looks just like Kyoto.
Osaka Frog: Being lifted up And Kyoto looks just like Osaka.
Both frogs on the ground If Kyoto and Osaka are just like each other then we don’t need to travel all the way there. Thanks friend.
Kyoto Frog: No thank you friend.
Narrator: And the two frogs each headed back to their own towns never aware that because they had been lazy and not taken the full journey they had never really seen their final destination.