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9<title>We teach Pioneering for youth groups, schools, scout and girl guide</title>
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13<meta name="description" content="Pioneering can be used in experience-based learning, and we will show you how to use knots, lashings, and spars, to build a number of pioneering constructions, we also do pioneering courses and team building in the outdoors. " />
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744        <div id="sys_region_1" class="zone_top" ><div id="I1" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:10px 15px 10px 15px;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I1_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><h2><font size="5"><font size="5">An introduction into Pioneering <font size="5">principles</font></font> <br></font></h2></div></div><div id="I2" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:10px 10px 0 10px;" class="Layout1_Default"><style>.column_I2 {width: 100%;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I2:after {content: "";display: table;clear: both;}.column_I2 .left {text-align: left;vertical-align: top;width: 37.02460850111857%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing:border-box;}.column_I2 .right {vertical-align: top;width: 62.97539149888143%;padding: 0;float: left;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;}</style><div class="column_I2 column_divider" ><div id="Left_I2" class="left" ><div id="I4" style="display:block;clear: both;text-align:left;margin:15px 10px 10px 10px;" class="Image_Default"><style>#I4_img {-moz-box-sizing: border-box;-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;box-sizing: border-box;width: 325px;border:none;max-width: 100%;height: auto;}</style><img id="I4_img" src="resources/pioneering%20monkey%20bridge.jpg"  /></div></div><div id="Right_I2" class="right" ><div id="I3" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:10px 10px 10px 10px;" class="Text_Default"><style>.old_text_widget img {max-width: 100%;height: auto;}.old_text_wdiget {margin: 0;padding: 0;overflow: hidden;color: ;font: ;background-color: ;}</style><div id="I3_sys_txt" class="sys_txt old_text_widget clear_fix"><h3>What is Pioneering <br><font size="2" face="Georgia"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><font size="2"><font size="2">Experience-based </font></font>learning?</span></span></span></span></font></h3><p>I<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">ts written that </span>Pioneers are people who go ahead to open
745up the way in the jungles or elsewhere for those coming after them, improving
746the way forward for those following. Frontiersmen, trappers,
747hunters, pioneers, explorers bushmen, and drovers are people ready to face
748dangers to help one another, are strong, plucky, observant, and will give up
749everything in order to get their work
750done to open up the way for those coming after. living of the land, they would
751go ahead opening up new frontiers, making maps, fording rivers, building
752bridges and cabins, climbing mountains, rafting rivers, and overcoming all
753manner of natural obstacles in order to make<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;
754</span>life easier for themselves and others following.</p><p><b>All this aside</b>,&nbsp; in its most basic form pioneering is using<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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758ropes, and wooden poles/spars, and some simple knots and lashings, to build different structures including simple items such as camp gadgets, and larger things including bridges, towers, etc.<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
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762mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"> </span>So why should I consider using pioneering when planning an outdoor activity? well the beauty of pioneering is it can be as simple or ambitious as you want it to be, and within reason it's suitable for all ages, and is both adventures and interesting, it also promotes dexterity, team work, and leadership everything you want in an <font size="2" face="Georgia"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">experience-based learning program</span></span></span></span></font>. Have I got you interested, or dose it sound too good to be true? Well read on. <br></p></div></div></div></div></div><div id="I5" style="display:block;clear: both;margin:30px 10px 30px 10px;" class="Horizontal_Line_Default">    <div style='border-bottom-width:3px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:#cccccc;font-size:0;padding:0;margin:0;height:0;line-height:0;'></div>
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825main consideration when starting a pioneering project is <font size="2">its</font> suitability in comparison to the
826ability of your students, remember its got to be sufficiently challenging and
827not to complicated<font size="2">.</font> <font size="2">O</font>ver complicating your subject can put people off for life,
828so give them a purpose to what they are doing, and keep it simple, otherwise it
829will become boring. To achieve this you can make what they are doing into a
830game, and perhaps you could have some way <font size="2">of</font> earning points to get the materials needed to build their
831structure. Or give them a challenge<font size="2">, perhaps&nbsp;</font> construct something to move an object, or
832to lift something, a good one is to have them build something to carry a
833container holding water without spilling it, and have competing teams, another one is to build a sedan
834chair to carry someone over an obstacle course, but remember to do a risk
835assessment first.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">&nbsp; Pioneering can open
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837together without a great deal of space, or equipment, all you have to do is make it equally challenging and interesting and the<font size="2"> fun</font> will <font size="2">follow<font size="2">.</font></font></span></font></p>
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840can do as a pioneering project<font size="2">.</font> <font size="2">Y</font>
840ou could start with something simple like miniature, model, or table
841top pioneering,&nbsp; this is a <font size="2">miniaturi<font size="2">z</font>ed</font> form o<font size="2">f pioneering that </font>can be done without much preparation<font size="2">.</font> <font size="2">M</font>aking models is a convenient way to plan something you intend to build fu<font size="2">l</font>l size, it <font size="2">requires all</font> the same <font size="2">principles</font> as full size pioneering<font size="2"> without <font size="2">lot<font size="2">'</font>s</font> </font>of <font size="2">equipment,</font> <font size="2">a</font>ll that is needed
842is some twine, and some sticks gathered from a suitable bush or tree close to
843where you meet<font size="2">.</font> This is good training because when you start to
844build full-size things, be it a bridge, or perhaps a trebuchet, <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>making a model<font size="2">&nbsp;</font> requiers all the same tech<font size="2">niques as a fu<font size="2">l</font>l size </font>project, and can be used to establish a<font size="2">n <font size="2">equipment</font> list, it</font> w<font size="2">i</font>ll also <font size="2">help</font> <font size="2">determine</font> the <font size="2">sequence</font> of construction<font size="2"> when it comes to making one</font> full size, but mo<font size="2">s</font>t of all it will enable you to establish if <font size="2">it's a </font>practical project to <font size="2"><font size="2">do</font>?</font></p>
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