Distress Signals Challenge...

A big Well Done to the lads in the Yellow Six... they scored 19 points in the Distress Signals Challenge... the boys in Blue Six were a close second.

Your high scoring ideas included:

6 short blasts on a whistle every minute (the reply is 3 short blasts)
SOS (. . . - - - . . .)
Flares
Smoke signals
Calling 999 or 112 (they're free!!)
Flags

Other signals include:

Standing like the letter "Y" for the helicopter
Flashing the sunlight or a spotlight with a mirror
Sets of 3 things in the shape of triangles (like fires, or piles of stones)

We learnt about ways of getting help on Friday... on the theme of Adventure... and we learnt about OS map symbols... did some map reading... tied lots of reef knots... and learnt what to carry in our rucksacs for a day expedition.