The Bush Kiddz Ranger Programme focuses on six core skills areas that include safety, fire, nature, food and drink, navigation, and camp craft. These skills are taught through engaging activities such as bushcraft, wilderness, and survival skills, aiming to encourage, support, and inspire students. The programme emphasizes connecting with ancestral heritage, appreciating nature, and building resilience through challenge-based achievements.
Integrating bushcraft into school programs offers various advantages for students, such as enhancing problem-solving skills, promoting teamwork and collaboration, building resilience and self-confidence, fostering environmental awareness, improving physical and mental well-being, teaching essential life skills, and providing adventure and fun. These activities help students develop critical skills, connect with nature, and cultivate a love for the outdoors.
The Ranger skills challenges in the programme cover important areas such as safety, navigation, fire, food and drink, nature, and camp craft. Students will learn skills like basic first aid, navigation techniques, fire safety, foraging food, identifying plants and trees, and creating shelter. The challenges are designed to enhance students' knowledge, abilities, and self-sufficiency in outdoor settings.