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Description

Try this game to see just how hard it can be to sneak past a train and learn why you should never trespass on the railways.

https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/play-trespassing-train/

Resources

A torch

Instructions

Gather everyone together and ask if anyone knows what trespassing is.
Ask what people think about trespassing and if it’s okay. Explain that trespassing is never okay. It causes delays for those on the train but is extremely dangerous for those doing the trespassing, often resulting in serious injuries or death.
Explain that you’re going to play a game that’s all about trespassing on the railway lines. The game will show us just how hard trespassing is and how the train will always win in the end. Trains are silent until it is too late. You never know when a train might be coming or from which direction it might be coming from.
Ask everyone to make a circle.
Choose one person to be the train. They will stand in the middle of the circle with a torch.
When the person running the activity shouts ‘Go!’, everyone in the circle will start moving in a clockwise direction around the person in the middle.
The person in the middle can either stay still or they can also turn around in a circle. The torch should be pointing directly at the ground and, if they feel comfortable to, they can close their eyes or wear a blindfold.
As everyone’s moving in a circle, the person in the middle will shout ‘freeze’ at any moment they choose and lift the torch up.
Anyone who is in the light of the torch is out and should carefully step out of the circle.
Keep playing until there’s only a few players left, then let someone else be the train in the middle.

Tags

• Personal Safety

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• Personal Safety - Dangers