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Junior Ranger Key Principles

• Delivered by Scottish Countryside Rangers in

conjunction with local partners

• Welcomes all young people aged 11-18 to take

part in enjoyable, inspirational and relevant

• utdoor learning experiences
• Provides opportunities to develop transferable

understanding, experience and skills of the Ranger profession

• Junior Ranger Award is integral part of the

activities, though not compulsory

How?

SCRA toolkit, Project brief

Who? Acorn Club leavers, word of mouth, Facebook,

Friends of Eglinton

Where to start?

When? Sundays, once a month, 1.00-4.00pm, three

hours to allow time for practical tasks

Where? Eglinton Country Park, and localities

throughout North Ayrshire

Buy PPE, Kelly kettle, notebooks, hoodies with Junior

Ranger logo

Varied Programme of activities

• Follows SCRA key principles of Junior Ranger

Programme

• Allows Junior Ranger Award competencies to be

achieved

But also:

• Fulfils Council strategic priorities
• Completes tasks from Ranger Service Action Plan
• Curriculum for Excellence: Four Capacities, Health &

Wellbeing

• Links to other awards: Duke of Edinburgh, John Muir

etc

Early stages

A – Know your site:

A1 – Develop knowledge of key features of your site

A – Know your site:

A2 – Conduct a site survey (Identification & recording)

B – Care for your site:

B1 – Carry out a practical task (Management techniques & tools)

C – Care for visitors:

C1 – Local Access Issues; Scottish Outdoor Access Code

C – Care for visitors:

C2 – Use of Basic Navigation Skills

C – Care for visitors:

C3 – Emergency Situation, including First Aid

D – Events and Interpretation

D1 – Assist in Ranger activity/event/display for public

E – Working With Others

E1 – Positive working relationships with others

E – Working With Others

E1 – Positive working relationships with others

Junior Ranger Award

Recording the evidence

Feedback

Junior Rangers

“I have enjoyed learning about the environment and how to use tools. I like helping Eglinton Park because I love to come here often” “I have enjoyed the team building and practical tasks for example the bird

• feeders. I enjoyed that as it taught me

new skills and allowed me to meet the group” “I enjoy coming to Junior Rangers as it is a good way to wind down and spend time away from technology” “I liked the group work and working with people I wouldn’t usually work

• with. I loved the biscuit choice – more

Hobnobs!”

Parents/carers

“I think (know) A gets great enjoyment out

• f coming along to Rangers, plus she

learns lots about the richness of the

• utdoors, loads of practical skills, and it

makes her think actively why we should care for it and appreciate it. Plus she gets the good of being out in all weathers! “Provides safe environment to learn and develop social skills and confidence as well as educating about nature” “From my perspective, the Junior Ranger programme is invaluable. Teaching and learning new skills & experiences. It has been a fantastic way of getting B out and involved in the community” “Activities varied and interesting”

Volunteer feedback

“I loved to see the impact we made in just one afternoon” “Really productive day with lots of enthusiasm and job satisfaction” “Was great to work as a team clearing areas of the pond”

• I started in October 2016
• I wanted an understanding
• f what being a ranger is

like.

• To be involved with my local

community.

• To gain practical

experience.

• To have fun.

About me

The award from my perspective

• Beneficial
• Manageable
• Enjoyable

Skills I’ve gained

• Surveying
• Species Identification
• Navigation
• First Aid
• Birdhouse Making
• Pony-Catching
• Communication
• Team Working/ Leading
• Decision Making
• Planning and Organising
• Problem Solving

Example Activity- Habitat Management

B1.1 – Practical Management Techniques What did we have to do? Why we did we do it? What was the result?

Next Steps

• Modern Apprentice
• Assist with Junior

Rangers

• Leadership award