The Silver Boomerang

Tests 1-7 are mandatory

Test 1 - Health and First Aid (Responsibility for self)

Personal Health Explain how to keep your feet in good condition and why.
Discuss why sleep is important.
Discuss the importance of a balanced diet.
Prepare a healthy lunch for an outing.

Basic First Aid Check and replenish or put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you.
Show how to treat a bleeding nose.
Show how to treat stings and insect bites common to your region.

Infections Show an understanding of how germs and head lice can pass to people by contact, and how to prevent this.

Adult Help Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents.
Pass a message, including an address, from one adult to another.
Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.

Test 2 - Safety (Responsibility for self)

Buddy System Define the buddy system and explain its benefits.

Home Discuss the causes of accidents around the home and garden, including in sheds and around swimming pools.

Road Discuss the safety aspects of travelling in cars, buses and trains.

Water Demonstrate an understanding of the dangers of swimming in:
swimming pools
rivers and lakes
sea
dams
Identify safe areas for swimming.

Bush Explain what to do to make sure you don't get lost in the bush and what to do if something goes wrong.
Demonstrate three ways of making distress signals.

Fire Discuss the ways that fire can start in the home and in the bush.
Show what to do if you are in a fire at home.

Personal Discuss what to do if you do not feel safe somewhere.

Test 3 - Ropes (Outdoor Scouting)

Tying knots Tie a sheet bend.
Tie a clove hitch.
Tie a reef knot.

Use of knots Discuss how and when to use these knots.

Care of ropes Name the parts of a rope.

* More info on ropes can be found on our ropes page.

Test 4 - Outdoor Scouting (Outdoor Scouting)

Compass and Navigation Demonstrate an understanding of how many degrees there are in a compass and the eight principal points.
Use a compass to follow a trail, which includes at least six compass points.

Maps and Hiking Use a road map to work out the distances between two towns named by a Leader.
Demonstrate five trail signs.

Fire Lighting Discuss ways that fires can start in the home and the bush.

Outdoor Cooking On a fire you prepare and light, cook a meal such as sausages or food in a foil pouch.

Test 5 - Our Cub Scout Traditions (Scouting Aims and Principles)

The Jungle Books Tell one of the stories in The Jungle Books that does not have Mowgli in it.
Explain the significance of Baloo and Bagheera in Mowgli's life.

Scouting History Find out when Scouting started in your local Group
Find out and explain the meaning of your scarf and District/Region badge.

Test 6 - Symbols of Australia (Growing Awareness of Local Community)

Flags Describe the flag of your State or Territory and show an understanding of the components of it.

Emblems Describe the emblem of your State or Territory and show an understanding of what it means.

Flora and Fauna Name and describe the flora and fauna emblems of your State or Territory.

Test 7 - Promise and Law (Values of Scouting)

Duty to Your God Find out three things about your beliefs and explain them to your Leader

Promise and Law Talk to your Leader about how you have tried to put your Promise and Law into practice in everything you have done.

Service Do a good turn for your Cub Pack or Scout Group and tell your Leader about it.

Silver Boomerang

Choose any 3 from Tests 8-14 (when added to Tests 1-7, you'll have finished 10 tests to complete your Boomerang)

Test 8 - Fitness (Pursuits and Interests & Responsibility for Self)

Ball Skills Throw a ball a distance of 10 metres to someone else and catch it on return five times.
Hit a ball with either a bat or racquet five times.

Athletic Skills Perform a standing broad jump as far as you can.

Strength and Stamina Skip 20 times forwards and 10 times backwards

Test 9 - People and Cultures (Growing Awareness of Wider World)

Indigenous Australians Explain some of the customs, traditions and crafts of the traditional owners of your area.

International Cultures Learn to say "Hello", "Goodbye", "Please" and "Thank You" in a language other than your own, preferably from a native speaker of the language.

Scouting Take part in a Pack Council
Take part in an activity with another Pack or one organised by District, Region or Branch.

Test 10 - Scientific Discovery (The World Around us)

Cub Scouts will be required to do any two of the following

Biology Observe how an animal, bird, reptile or insect develops and behaves.
Report on your findings.

Chemistry Perform an experiment that shows the difference between gas, liquid and solid states.

Geology Explain how volcanoes erupt and earthquakes occur.
Show an experiment that illustrates one of these.

Physics Show you understand the weather forecast.
Show how rain is formed.

Estimation Estimate the following:
the distance from your Scout Hall door to the road
the distance from one end of the Hall to the other
the height of a flagpole or tree.
Check how accurately you have estimated by measuring these.

Test 11 - The Natural Environment (The World Around us)

Recycling Explain how you can recycle household waste.
Make a system for recycling organic waste from your house, e.g. a worm farm, compost heap.

Pollution Help to clean up litter in your local area.
Discuss some of the effects of pollution on our rivers, lakes and seas.
Show how you and your family can help to reduce water pollution.

Habitat Destruction On a bush walk find examples of five things that have damaged the environment, e.g. litter and pollution, salinity, erosion and man-made damage.

Test 12 - Self Expression (Creativity)

Cub Scouts will be required to do any two of the following

Performing Arts Organise and perform in a mime, skit or play with other members of your Pack.

Visual Arts Create a painting, drawing or three dimensional piece and have it ready to display.

Creative Writing Write a poem or a short story, which may be fictional, or a report of an event.

Music Play two pieces on a musical instrument or sing two songs for the Pack.

Test 13 - Handcraft (Creativity)

Make something using a craft method which is new to you.
Show the tools you used and explain how to care for them.

Test 14 - Your Community (Growing Awareness of Local Community)

Home Demonstrate that you know how to do cleaning around the home such as vacuuming, sweeping, washing up and cleaning the bathroom.
Do some minor repairs to clothes and around the house.

Local Community Find out how your town or suburb name originated.
Where is the nearest:
Police Station?
Ambulance Station?
Hospital?

Local Organisations Name three essential service organisations that provide for your community and explain what they do.

This Boomerang can also be found on pages 31-45 of your yellow Australian Cub Scout Record Book. (Thank you to Rosanna Cub Scouts - www.rosannacubs.org for making this page available to us. )

*Tests 1-7 are mandatory*
Test 1 - Health and First Aid (Responsibility for self)
Personal Health	Explain how to keep your feet in good condition and why. Discuss why sleep is important. Discuss the importance of a balanced diet. Prepare a healthy lunch for an outing.
Basic First Aid	Check and replenish or put together a simple first aid kit and take it on bushwalks and outings with you. Show how to treat a bleeding nose. Show how to treat stings and insect bites common to your region.
Infections	Show an understanding of how germs and head lice can pass to people by contact, and how to prevent this.
Adult Help	Explain why you need adult help in case of accidents. Pass a message, including an address, from one adult to another. Explain how to use a mobile phone and a public phone and discuss the steps you would take to make an emergency call.
Test 2 - Safety (Responsibility for self)
Buddy System	Define the buddy system and explain its benefits.
Home	Discuss the causes of accidents around the home and garden, including in sheds and around swimming pools.
Road	Discuss the safety aspects of travelling in cars, buses and trains.
Water	Demonstrate an understanding of the dangers of swimming in: swimming pools rivers and lakes sea dams Identify safe areas for swimming.
Bush	Explain what to do to make sure you don't get lost in the bush and what to do if something goes wrong. Demonstrate three ways of making distress signals.
Fire	Discuss the ways that fire can start in the home and in the bush. Show what to do if you are in a fire at home.
Personal	Discuss what to do if you do not feel safe somewhere.
Test 3 - Ropes (Outdoor Scouting)
Tying knots	Tie a sheet bend. Tie a clove hitch. Tie a reef knot.
Use of knots	Discuss how and when to use these knots.
Care of ropes	Name the parts of a rope.
* More info on ropes can be found on our ropes page. Test 4 - Outdoor Scouting (Outdoor Scouting)
Compass and Navigation	Demonstrate an understanding of how many degrees there are in a compass and the eight principal points. Use a compass to follow a trail, which includes at least six compass points.
Maps and Hiking	Use a road map to work out the distances between two towns named by a Leader. Demonstrate five trail signs.
Fire Lighting	Discuss ways that fires can start in the home and the bush.
Outdoor Cooking	On a fire you prepare and light, cook a meal such as sausages or food in a foil pouch.
Test 5 - Our Cub Scout Traditions (Scouting Aims and Principles)
The Jungle Books	Tell one of the stories in The Jungle Books that does not have Mowgli in it. Explain the significance of Baloo and Bagheera in Mowgli's life.
Scouting History	Find out when Scouting started in your local Group Find out and explain the meaning of your scarf and District/Region badge.
Test 6 - Symbols of Australia (Growing Awareness of Local Community)
Flags	Describe the flag of your State or Territory and show an understanding of the components of it.
Emblems	Describe the emblem of your State or Territory and show an understanding of what it means.
Flora and Fauna	Name and describe the flora and fauna emblems of your State or Territory.
Test 7 - Promise and Law (Values of Scouting)
Duty to Your God	Find out three things about your beliefs and explain them to your Leader
Promise and Law	Talk to your Leader about how you have tried to put your Promise and Law into practice in everything you have done.
Service	Do a good turn for your Cub Pack or Scout Group and tell your Leader about it.

	Silver Boomerang
*Choose any 3 from Tests 8-14* (when added to Tests 1-7, you'll have finished 10 tests to complete your Boomerang)
Test 8 - Fitness (Pursuits and Interests & Responsibility for Self)
Ball Skills	Throw a ball a distance of 10 metres to someone else and catch it on return five times. Hit a ball with either a bat or racquet five times.
Athletic Skills	Perform a standing broad jump as far as you can.
Strength and Stamina	Skip 20 times forwards and 10 times backwards
Test 9 - People and Cultures (Growing Awareness of Wider World)
Indigenous Australians	Explain some of the customs, traditions and crafts of the traditional owners of your area.
International Cultures	Learn to say "Hello", "Goodbye", "Please" and "Thank You" in a language other than your own, preferably from a native speaker of the language.
Scouting	Take part in a Pack Council Take part in an activity with another Pack or one organised by District, Region or Branch.
Test 10 - Scientific Discovery (The World Around us)
Cub Scouts will be required to do any two of the following
Biology	Observe how an animal, bird, reptile or insect develops and behaves. Report on your findings.
Chemistry	Perform an experiment that shows the difference between gas, liquid and solid states.
Geology	Explain how volcanoes erupt and earthquakes occur. Show an experiment that illustrates one of these.
Physics	Show you understand the weather forecast. Show how rain is formed.
Estimation	Estimate the following: the distance from your Scout Hall door to the road the distance from one end of the Hall to the other the height of a flagpole or tree. Check how accurately you have estimated by measuring these.
Test 11 - The Natural Environment (The World Around us)
Recycling	Explain how you can recycle household waste. Make a system for recycling organic waste from your house, e.g. a worm farm, compost heap.
Pollution	Help to clean up litter in your local area. Discuss some of the effects of pollution on our rivers, lakes and seas. Show how you and your family can help to reduce water pollution.
Habitat Destruction	On a bush walk find examples of five things that have damaged the environment, e.g. litter and pollution, salinity, erosion and man-made damage.
Test 12 - Self Expression (Creativity)
Cub Scouts will be required to do any two of the following
Performing Arts	Organise and perform in a mime, skit or play with other members of your Pack.
Visual Arts	Create a painting, drawing or three dimensional piece and have it ready to display.
Creative Writing	Write a poem or a short story, which may be fictional, or a report of an event.
Music	Play two pieces on a musical instrument or sing two songs for the Pack.
Test 13 - Handcraft (Creativity)
	Make something using a craft method which is new to you. Show the tools you used and explain how to care for them.
Test 14 - Your Community (Growing Awareness of Local Community)
Home	Demonstrate that you know how to do cleaning around the home such as vacuuming, sweeping, washing up and cleaning the bathroom. Do some minor repairs to clothes and around the house.
Local Community	Find out how your town or suburb name originated. Where is the nearest: Police Station? Ambulance Station? Hospital?
Local Organisations	Name three essential service organisations that provide for your community and explain what they do.