Y-Team
For 7 to 10 year olds
The Y-team is the second section of the Brigade, after the Martins. With children aged 7-10 years old, typically in school years 3, 4 and 5. After the Y-team, the children can move up into the JTC.
Y Team Activities
Aims – To meet the aims of the Y-team and the aims of the Church Lads’ and Church Girls’ Brigade. Brigade evenings should be structured and use some of the following methods:
- Christian Leadership
- Balanced Programme
- Awards
- Uniform
- Groups
- Worship
Within the balanced programme, groups should be organised to do badge work and non-badge work and where no one type of activity dominates over another.
Activities
Some activities that work well with members of the Y-team section at a typical Brigade company evening are:
- Arts and Crafts for all different occasions. (Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Remembrance Day, Harvest Festival, Bonfire Night, etc.)
- Indoor games such as, races, team games, hockey, football, basketball/netball, giant games, cricket.
- Outdoor games such as, hide and seek, cricket, rounders, football.
- Cooking
- Badge work
- Trips out such as, bowling, ice skating, going to the park, indoor climbing, swimming
Y Team Badges
The aims of the award scheme are:
- To add fun, interest, variety and balance to the programme.
- To give children something to aim for and to reward achievement.
- To encourage children to explore new things and try new activities
- To help develop a sense of cooperation and teamwork in the group.
The first badge the children will receive is their membership badge. To achieve this the members will explore The Brigade, its history and involvement with the local community. The membership badge looks like this:-
The Y-team has a wide variety of badges for members to achieve including cookery, camping, animal welfare and handicrafts. To gain a badge the member will need to complete all sessions associated with it.
Examples of badges that can be achieved:-
Badges are to be worn on the members uniform so they can be proud of what they have achieved. This can either be simply sewn on to dress uniform or on to a sweatshirt armband that can be worn over the sweatshirt of the casual uniform.
All the badge work schemes can be developed by the Y-team Leader to adapt to meet the needs and abilities of the company and members.
