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Jul 25 2025
Daniel le Jeune, our Troop Scouter from 2022 to 2025, stepped during Term Two. Daniel was a Springbok Scout at 1st Claremont, then an Assistant Troop Scouter, and then took over the Troop when David Knight stepped down as Troop Scouter. It’s hard to put into words how much Daniel contributed to the Troop in …
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Jul 24 2025
Term 2 began with a bang with a program on water safety and also with Kontiki happening that same weekend (please read Brent’s Kon-Tiki article!) Declan van Pallander and Declan Johnson completed their Leaping Wolves and moved up to scouts. We are very proud of them and wish them well on their scouting journey! Our …
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Jul 24 2025
Cubs Kon-Tiki 2025 was a fantastic event with the largest showing of groups (32 different cub packs participated!) The 1st Claremont Cubs did not disappoint and came together to challenge the other packs across the games with some great teamwork in assisting each other through lots of shouting advice and sharing their separate tricks of …
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Jul 24 2025
Our family recently went on holiday to Abingdon, Oxfordshire in England to visit family. As we would be there for a month we decided to make contact with the local Scouting group. The Scouting structure is slightly different in the UK with Squirrels age 4-5, Beavers age 6-8, Cubs 8-10.5 and Scouts 10.5-14 so we …
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Jul 17 2025
As part of the Bug Hunter badge, our Meerkats made worm farms. They were fascinated by the talk given by Rikki (Karen Hewson) and then set about storing the wriggling animals in padding. Playing Beetle was all part of the fun. Ella gave an excellent talk on her favourite bug – the Ladybug. Thanks to …
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Jul 16 2025
In the second term, several parents got involved in our adult leader team in the Meerkat Den, Cub Pack and Scout Troop. Being an adult leader as a parent or grandparent is a fantastic way to be involved in your child’s activities and to help build the community at 1st Claremont. Njabulo Ndlovu – Meerkat …
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Jul 16 2025
On a chilly day in the month of May, over 30 Liesbeek Meerkats gathered to go on a hike with a difference. Geo-caching is not part of our ambit, but Fox from 1st Claremont explained it so well that everyone was excited. As we strolled along, we sang a song, until we came an appointed …
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Apr 09 2025
Help yourself to a generous dollop of highlights from the first term! You can read Smoke Signals Q1 2025 as a PDF, or scroll through our website to read the articles separately. The group as a whole (Meerkats, Cubs, Scouts, adult leaders and parents) started the year with a family campfire, preceded by our AGM …
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