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Mini Achievement Badges
Our Mini Achievement Badges are ideal for our younger Members.
Birds
Recognise and colour the five most seen birds in the UK: House Sparrow, Starling, Blackbird, Bluetit, Chaffinch.
Camping - NEW!
Know the importance of having an adult with them.
Know when it is a suitable time of year to camp.
Know where it is safe to put up a tent.
Help put up and take down a tent.
Know it is important to close gates.
Fire safety & Basic first aid
Carriage Driving
Show and name five or six pieces of harness: breast collar, traces, pad, crupper, breeching, reins, blinkers. Show and name parts of a vehicle: swingletree, shafts, wheels and seat. Recognise different vehicles from photographs: 2 and 4 wheeled.
Farming
Identify five farm animals e.g pig. Match the animals to their housing e.g sty. Name their young e.g piglet. Name three prices of farm equipment. Make a basic model of a farm through a picture or visit.
Feed your Pony
Feed from a flat hand. Clean and fill a water bucket. Recognise Hay/Haylage, Chaff and Salt. A basic understanding that water and fibre are essential to the pony’s diet.
Fire Safety
Knowledge of possible causes of fires. Know what to do if you discover a fire. Recognise basic fire fighting equipment. Be aware of what you can do to prevent a fire.
Foot Care
Recognise and point to three parts of the foot. Know how and why to use a hoof pick and skip bucket. Know how and why to apply hoof oil. Know if pony is shod or unshod.
Grooming
Recognise and use: hoof pick (assisted), dandy brush, rubber curry comb, mane comb, water and brush.
Horse Clothing
Recognise and least two types of rug. Recognise at least two types of exercise boots. Recognise a tail bandage. Know how to fasten a rug. Have knowledge of how to measure a pony to fit a rug.
Mucking Out
Recognise and use manure scoops, skips, rubber gloves, yard brushes, wheelbarrows. Be able to skip out a stable safely when pony is tied up. Assist with sweeping and safe tool storage. Assist with picking up droppings in the paddock.
Pet Sense - NEW!
Be responsible for the daily care of a pet for one month. Explain how and when you feed and clean its home.
Take photographs for your pet during exercise, play and training, if appropriate.
Explain how you would recognise if your pet was unwell or injured and where you would get help and advice.
Points of the Pony
Show and name six points: ears, eyes, nostrils, mane, tail, hoof.
Poisonous Plants
Find and identify four poisonous plants e.g. Deadly Nightshade, Foxglove, Hemlock, Ragwort or Acorns. Draw, label and colour a picture of each or press and label samples.
Pony Behaviour
Recognise when a pony is angry, happy and sad. Understand how ponies live in the wild as part of a herd. Have knowledge of safety around a pony e.g where to stand, how to approach and reasons why.
Road Rider
Have knowledge of: Basic signals (left, right, thank you); Safety equipment (hi-viz, tack and boots); where to ride and what to take with (mobile phone, hoof pick). Syllabi for Bronze Awards 1,2 and 3 should be used.
Saddlery
Show and name: Bridle: reins, noseband; Saddle: stirrup, girth and pommel.
Working Dogs
Recognise at least four working dogs e.g Spaniel, Labrador, Terrier and Alsation. Have knowledge of what a working dog does (e.g Police, Guide or gun dog). Collect pictures or draw a working dog and say what they might do.
