In accordance with with Covid 19 regulations, scouts have not been able to meet physically. This means that they have had to revert to online scouting. It is still a massive learning curve for everyone and there are a few difficulties that the scouts still have to figure out. Some of these difficulties include: connection …
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Jun 18 2020
Holly recounts the online Lockdown Trophy
The Lockdown Trophy competition was really fun! I liked how it was still in teams despite the difficulties during lockdown. I enjoyed designing the fortress on Lion’s Head with my team. I found the morse code activity quite difficult but enjoyed using Google maps to finish some of the tasks. I liked how well thought …
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Jun 18 2020
Cubs at home
Towards the end of the first term, as Covid 19 was just entering our consciousness, we had talked about the disease with the cubs, taught them how to wash their hands, and were handing out badges with salutes but no handshakes. As term ended in early March, we had no idea of the coming lockdown …
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Jun 18 2020
Reflections
In 1908 Baden-Powell founded scouts and based it on the principles stated in the Scout Promise and the Scout Law. In the intervening 110 years or so the principles embodied in the Promise and Law have remained constant, even if the wording has changed somewhat. 1st Claremont has seen the Spanish Flu, two World Wars, …
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Jun 18 2020
Alex on the Goosechase
About two weeks ago, 1st Claremont participated in a district competition run by the Rovers of 6th Rondebosch. There were a total of 10 patrols entered (5 from Claremont and 5 from Rondebosch). On the morning, all our scouts logged onto Discord and entered the team chats so that we could communicate. There were a …
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Jun 18 2020
Hike to Mahikeng Challenge
While we are not allowed to meet as a troop/pack/crew under Level 3 lockdown restrictions, scouting continues. With Level 3 comes the ability to get into the open but not as organised groups. With this in mind, Scouts SA encourages families to get out and get some exercise. With this in mind they have put …
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Jun 18 2020
Scout Troop Parent Survey
We will shortly be releasing our first version of a survey of scout parents. The object of the survey is to try and get a better feel as to the reality of our members’ lives as it affects their scouting. We feel that this is an important part of being able to gauge which activities …
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