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Welcome
to Badgers!
Hello, I’m Bertie Badger. Welcome to
Badgers and the St John family!
This is your very own Badger passport.
You will find out all about being a
Badger and you can write and draw
about all the
things you do.
You are going
to have loads
of fun being
a Badger!
Bertie
Contents
about
4 All
me
6 About
my Sett
St John
8 Being
12 The
a Badger
family
Welcome
Welcome
16 My
18 My
Paw Award
Ceremony
Badger
20 My
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uniform
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About my
Badger subjects
My Silver
Paw Award
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My Gold
Paw Award
Being a Follow-me
Badger
About my
Paw Awards
My Bronze
Paw Award
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My special
achievements
on to
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Cadets
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Making a 999
or 112 call
My Super
Badge Award
My Moving-on
Ceremony
My drawing of me at Badgers
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All about me
My name
My date of birth
The date that I first came to Badgers was
Day
Month
Year
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Some of my friends in my Sett are
My Badger buddy is
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About my Sett
My Badger Sett is called
and meets on
My Badger Sett leader is called
My Badger Sett leader’s telephone number is
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Super Badger Award
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Being a Badger
Badgers is especially for young people
aged between 5 and 10 years old.
Usually, they meet together every
week in a Badger Sett.
At Badgers you will have loads of fun. You get
to wear a uniform, play games, do crafts, learn
lots of new things, make new friends and
become a Badger first aider.
Being a Badger is all about taking part and
working for the Super Badger Award. This is
the highest award a Badger can get.
You have to collect
before you get it!
12 Badger subjects
Did you know Badgers started in
1987 to celebrate 100 years of
St John Ambulance!
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You will also get to have a say
about lots of things at Badgers.
You will help:
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Write your Sett rules
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Think of activities and games you would like
to do
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Say what you like the best
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Plan your Moving-on Ceremony.
Vote for the Badger subject you would like
to do next
Say what you didn’t like as much
Choose special guests at your
Welcome Ceremony
When you are about 9 years old you will get to
become a Follow-me Badger. This means you will
help out at your Badger Sett.
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Badgers
5-10 years old
When you are a Badger you become part of the
St John family.
Cadets
10-17 years old
Cadets started in 1922, so they have been around a lot
longer than Badgers! They get the chance to use their
first aid skills to help the public at pop concerts and
football matches.
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The St John
family
Adults
Your Badger leaders are adult members of St John
Ambulance! Adults do lots of other work for St John
Ambulance and meet at adult units. Some are first
aiders and some drive an ambulance. They all help
other people.
Some Cadets also help out at
Badger Setts.
If you have any Badger helpers
in your Sett, ask them if they go
to Cadets as well!
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LINKS
These are people in St John Ambulance who are at
college or university.
Fellowship
A group of people who help St John. Some used to
be members of St John Ambulance.
St John worldwide
You can find St John Ambulance in over 40 countries
around the world! There is a St John Eye Hospital in
Jerusalem.
St John Eye Hospital,
Jerusalem
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The Order of St John
The Order of St John
St John Ambulance is part of The Order of St John.
The Order is very old and started over 900 years ago!
St John‘s Gate
St John’s Gate is a museum all about St John. You
find it at St John’s Lane in London. You can visit the
museum and go on a tour to the crypt! You can also
find out more on the St John Ambulance website at
sja.org.uk
Badgers in New Zealand are called
Penguins and in Sri Lanka they are
called Kittens.
St John’s Gate
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Ask your Badger leader to put a stamp
in every box to show you have done
absolutely everything!
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My Badger Sett
Date
My Badger leaders
Date
My Badger uniform
Date
My Badger badges
Date
Activity
Date
Activity
Date
Game
Date
Game
Date
My Badger promise
Date
My Welcome
Paw Award
This is your special welcome
to Badgers!
You will have a Badger buddy to help you find out all
you need to know about Badgers. You will find out
all about:
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your Badger Sett
your Badger leaders
your Badger uniform
your Badger badges
playing two games
doing two activities
saying your Badger promise!
My Badger promise
Here is the promise you make when you join Badgers.
I, (say your name), promise to be a good
Badger and try to do my very best in
absolutely everything I do
When you get your Welcome Paw
you will be a proper Badger!
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My Welcome Ceremony
It was held at
My special guest was
My favourite game was
What I remember about my Welcome
Ceremony
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My Welcome
Ceremony
This is the last part of your Welcome
Paw Award.
This is when your Badger leader and
your new Badger friends welcome you
to the Badger Sett.
You will say the Badger promise and be given your
Welcome Paw badge and certificate. You also get to
choose a special person to give you your Welcome
Paw Award!
There is so much to do!
Don’t worry! Your Badger buddy
and your Badger leaders will help
you find out everything you need
to know.
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Your uniform
Baseball cap
White polo shirt
Black or grey trousers
Black or grey skirt
Black shoes
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Black jumper
My Badger
uniform
Your Badger uniform makes sure
everyone can tell you are a Badger!
You will wear your uniform at special Badger
events, including competitions and when
you are given badges and certificates.
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Front
2a
2b
3a
4a
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For further information on how to
wear your badges, please refer to
the latest edition of Looking Smart.
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Where do I put
my badges?
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Follow-me Badger markings
2a
Badger subject badges
2b
Welcome, Bronze, Silver, Gold Paw
Awards, Super Badger Award
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Badger breast badge
3a
Badger first aider strip
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Brave Badger badge
4a
County emblem (optional)
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Badger subject badges (achieved
after Super Badger Award)
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National competition winners badge
You will learn all about these
badges in this Passport!
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Badger subjects
Bronze Paw Award
Badger subjects
Silver Paw Award
Badger subjects
Gold Paw Award
Badger subjects
Super Badger Award
About my Paw
Awards
The biggest part of being a Badger
is taking part in the Super Badger
Award.
You need to take part in 12
subject badges to get it!
After every three badges you do, you will
also be given a Paw Award! First you will get
your Bronze Paw Award, then your Silver Paw
Award, then your Gold Paw Award and finally
your Super Badger Award.
You will have lots of fun getting
your awards!
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Games just
for fun!
Being
a referee
Games to
play together
Games to play
on your own
Going on
Making
a
caterpillar
Kendal
trail
Mint cake
Following
tracks
Bleeding
Making an
emergency call
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Finding your
pulse and
breathing rates
Camping
indoors and
sleepovers
Campfire
songs/
sketches
How to put
up a tent
Different
games and
their rules
What
a wound
looks like
Looking at
bones
What is in a
first aid kit?
Treating
burns
What is shock?
About my
Badger subjects
Together with your Badger Sett you
can choose from 15 Badger subjects.
Take a look!
Looking after
animals
Visits from
people who
care for us
Helping
grandma!
Make a book
Caring for
younger children
Looking after
ourselves
What is it like
Making
to be blind? secret codes
Say ’Hello’
in 10 different
languages
Create a newsletter
for your Sett
Learning Sign
Language
These are just a few ideas of what
you can choose to do for each
badge.
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Masks
Make a kite
Be an artist
Art you
can eat
Print a design
on a t-shirt
Share a hobby
Saving energy
Make your
own recycled
paper
Sundials
Volcanoes
Make rock
bugs
Magic tricks
Singing the
Badger song
Put on a Sett play
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The Country
Code
Making a musical
instrument
Being a clown
Making puppets
Telling jokes
About my
Badger subjects
You will be able to help choose the
activities you would like to do with
your friends and leaders in
the Sett.
Pretending to live in
another country
Games from different
How our world
countries and cultures
Badgers around
works
the world
Keeping fit
Brushing
your teeth
Why we
need water
Make a healthy meal
Medicines
Find out about doctors
and dentists
When you have finished each
Badger subject you will get a
badge for your uniform and a
certificate.
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Plan a party
How to wash
your hands
properly
Friendship
flowers
How to make a cup
of tea
Making ‘witches brew’
and ‘bubble and fizz’
Celebrate different
festivals
and their foods
Eating with
chopsticks
Family trees
Be a good
neighbour
What I would
like to be
Celebrations
and festivals
Emergency services
Safety on
the water
Stranger danger
Meeting the police
Green Cross
Code
Road sign bingo
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Make your own
traffic lights
St John Knights
What St John
means to me
What makes
St John special?
The eight-pointed
cross — making eight-pointed
biscuits
Animal
masks
The St John
story
Sea creatures
Animal menus
Create an animal
of the future!
Growing plants
Dinosaurs
Don’t forget to get your Badger
passport stamped to show which
Badger subjects you have done.
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Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
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My Bronze
Paw Award
I really enjoyed
Next, I would like to do
I was given my Bronze Paw on
Well
Well done!
done!
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Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
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My Silver
Paw Award
I really enjoyed
Next, I would like to do
I was given my Silver Paw on
Well done!
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Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
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My Gold
Paw Award
I really enjoyed
Next, I would like to do
I was given my Gold Paw on
Well
Well done!
done!
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Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
Badger subject
I started on
I finished on
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My Super
Badger Award
I really enjoyed
Next, I would like to do
I was given my Super Badger
Award on
Well done!
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Being a Followme Badger!
When you are about 9 years old,
your Badger leader will ask you to
help out at your Sett.
Being a Follow-me Badger is a very
important job. You will do things
like helping new Badgers find out
what being a Badger is all about.
It will also help you get ready for
moving on to Cadets.
You will still be able to take part in the Badger
subjects and work for your Super Badger Award,
but as you are an older Badger many younger
Badgers will want your help and advice.
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The Follow-me Badger markings
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How do I get to be a Follow-me
Badger?
Your Badger Sett leader will help you choose six
‘taster’ activities to try out for about 12 weeks.
The tasters are the sorts of jobs your Badger
leader will ask you to do to help out in your
Badger Sett. When you complete all six tasters,
you will be a Follow-me Badger! You can then
wear your Follow-me Badger markings on your
uniform.
Make sure you stamp your Badger
passport so you know how many
tasters you have done.
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Taster 1
I completed this on
Taster 2
I completed this on
Taster 3
I completed this on
Taster 4
I completed this on
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Follow-me
Badger tasters
Taster 5
I completed this on
Taster 6
I completed this on
I was given my Follow-me Badger markings on
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Run a raffle
Help raise
funds
Lead a game
Make a drink
Tidy up
Tuck shop
Bring‘n’ buy
Jobs I could do
to help my Sett
Waste
disposal
Set up
equipment
Make up
a new game
Look after
visitors
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Being a Followme Badger!
Lead drill
Now you are a Follow-me Badger your
Badger leader will ask you to help out
regularly at your Badger Sett.
You might want to do the same thing
every week for a while, or you might
swap jobs with your other Follow-me
Badger friends.
You will get a ‘Thank you’ certificate for trying your
best at each job.
Be a Badger
Buddy
Lead a small
group
Help others
learn
first aid
Drinks
monitor
Help a new
Badger
Don’t forget to write down all the
jobs you do on the next pages.
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Job
I started on
I finished on
Job
I started on
I finished on
Job
I started on
I finished on
Job
I started on
I finished on
Job
I started on
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I finished on
My Follow-me
Badger jobs
Job
I started on
I finished on
Job
I started on
I finished on
Job
I started on
I finished on
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My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
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My special
achievements
Being a Badger is all about trying
to do your very best in absolutely
everything you do!
Make sure you make keep a record of any special
achievements you get. You might take part in
Badger competitions, be voted Badger of the week
or year, or even do an extra Badger subject because
you have finished your Super Badger Award.
My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
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My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
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My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
My special achievement was
This happened on
Well
Well done!
done!
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The Cadet Membership Award is just like the
Welcome Paw Award you did when you joined
Badgers. This time you will find out all about
Cadets! And because you are a Badger, two of
your Badger subjects will count towards your
Grand Prior Award — which is the very highest
award a Cadet can get!
It will help you find out more about St John
Ambulance and its history, how to wear your
Cadet uniform and lots of information about
Cadets. There are six parts:
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Introduction to first aid
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What to wear and when — finding out about
how to wear the Cadet uniform
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Cadet life — finding out about what a Cadet
does and going on duty
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The future for you — finding out about
all the exciting things you can
do as a Cadet
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Principles of
moving and
handling
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Things to keep
you safe
Our organisation (then and now) — finding out
about the St John story, finding out about the
Cadet Code of Chivalry and St John Ambulance
today in your area
Moving-on
to Cadets
When you are about 10 years old you will
probably have finished your Super Badger
Award and be ready for your next
challenge — Cadets!
When you and some of your Badger friends are ready
to move on, you can find out more about what Cadets
do and start working towards the Cadet Membership
Award. While you are doing the Cadet Membership
Award you will be very busy. You will go to meetings
at your Badger Sett and your Cadet unit.
You can record your visits on
the next page.
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I visited my new Cadet unit on
Visit 1
Visit 6
Visit 2
Visit 7
Visit 3
Visit 8
Visit 4
Visit 9
Visit 5
Visit 10
My Cadet buddy is
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My visits
to Cadets
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Because this is your Moving-on Ceremony
you get to help plan it! Some of the things you
will need to think of are shown below.
When
The date your Moving-on ceremony will happen.
Where
This will probably be at your Badger Sett, but if
it is summer you might want to hold it outside!
Who to invite
You will probably want to invite your family
and friends. Your Badger leader will help you
decide who to invite from your Cadet unit.
Don’t forget to send out invitations!
What will happen
You will probably have lots of ideas for
entertaining your guests! It might be a first aid
demonstration, a games night, a play, activities
from your favourite Badger subjects, songs...
the list is endless!
The ceremony
You will be asked to say a few words about
what you enjoyed about Badgers. Don’t panic —
there are some ideas on the next page
to help you!
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My Moving-on
Ceremony
This is a special ceremony to recognise
everything you have achieved as
a Badger.
Before you can join Cadets, you
and your Badger friends who
are also moving on will want to
say goodbye and thank you to
everyone in your Badger Sett.
This is your Moving-on
Ceremony.
Don’t worry about a thing!
Your Badger leaders and your
other Badger friends who are
moving on will all help with
ideas.
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What I will say at the ceremony
My favourite Badger subject was
It was because
My proudest moment at Badgers was
It was my proudest moment because
My best memory of Badgers will be
This is because
The two subjects I want to count towards my Grand
Prior Award in Cadets are
Badger subject
I am choosing this because
Badger subject
I am choosing this because
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My Moving-on
Ceremony
It was held on
at
Special guests were (my family and friends)
Special guests were (from my Cadet unit)
The programme was
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Did you know?
Badger families live underground in a Sett.
(That’s why you meet in a Badger Sett!)
Badgers favourite food is earthworms. They eat
about 200 every day! Yum yum!
Badgers live underground by day and come out
to look for food at night.
Badgers are black and white so they can hide
well in moonlight and shadows.
Badgers have small ears so they don’t get in the
way when they are digging tunnels!
Badgers are very bad at crossing roads because they
cannot see or hear very well. Perhaps they need to
learn their Green Cross Code!
Badgers scoop out toilets for themselves, so they
can keep their Sett clean.
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Making a 999
or 112 call
This is what you should do if there
is an accident or a fire.
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You can use any phone! When you dial
999 or 112 you do not have to pay for
the call
Dial 999 or 112
The operator will ask you if you need an
ambulance, the Fire Service or the police
Give the telephone number and address
of where you are
You will then be asked to describe what
has happened. Tell them everything you
can. Don’t worry if you don’t know the
answer. Just do your best
Help will soon
be on its way.
Remember
Never call 999 or 112 unless there is
a real emergency.
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Notes
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Badger working group
Denise Aldridge (Chair)
Tony Brewis
Mandy Cooper
Lynn Isherwood
Ann Lloyd
Sarah Merrick
Brenda Pigden
Simon Rose
Sarah Smith
Kent
Durham
Lincolnshire
Hampshire
Merseyside
Hampshire
Buckinghamshire
National Headquarters
Derbyshire
With help from
Stacey Major
Tracey Sweeney
Michelle Thompson
Buckinghamshire
Hertfordshire
London
First published in Great Britain 2004
Second impression May 2008
Third impression December 2010
© 2010 St John Ambulance
Registered charity no. 1077265/1
Permission is granted to St John Ambulance to copy these materials
for use within the organisation as required.
ISBN 0-900700-63-7