The Jewish Lad's & Girl's Brigade

Skills

Once you've decided what you want to do, you need to find an adult who needs to know what you're aiming to achieve, can help you through your section and sign your Record Book at the end of it to prove you did it.  This is your Assessor and, for your Physical section, this is likely to be the person who's running the activity you do, for example your sports coach, dance teacher or gym instructor.  If you choose to do an activity on your own, why not ask your Leader to be your Assessor?

With the help of your Assessor, agree a time frame and set yourself some goals to aim for – just make sure they're going to challenge you.  You could choose to aim for a standard or award set by the sport or activity's governing body.  Then check your choice and goals with your Leader, get their approval and agree when to catch up with them whilst you're doing your activity.  As soon as this is done, it's time to get active!

Once you've chosen your skill you'll need to decide how long you're going to do it for and set yourself some objectives – what you want to get out of doing it.  You'll then need to find someone who will agree to be your Assessor – they need to have some knowledge of the skill you're doing so they can help you along the way and agree at the end that you've met your goals.

As soon as you have all this in place just check with your Leader before you start – this enables us to establish whether you've 'ticked' all the boxes needed to progress towards achieving your Award and that you’ve set yourself enough of a challenge.  They'll also make sure what you've chosen counts for the Skills section, for example, dance is physical but dance appreciation is a skill.