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Dec 12 2019
A group of 1st Claremont scouts had the privilege of hiking in Orange Kloof in October this year. A restricted area, accessible only with a permit, Orange Kloof is a secluded valley carpeted with indigenous forest at the back of Table Mountain. The scouts hiked up the valley past the Woodhead and Apostle tunnels, past …
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Dec 12 2019
A brief hike up the jeep track, a meander along the top of the mountain, an evening in the Scout hut, and walk down Nursery Ravine in the morning: this is our senior cubs overnight hike. Despite the heat of the Saturday sun, our cubs thoroughly enjoyed the hike and learned about safety in the …
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Dec 12 2019
The theme for our camp this year was “explore Africa”. The camp followed the trail of the first ever London to Cape Town flight. On the way we learned about cultural differences and various games and musical instruments from across the continent. Our cubs also built instruments, solar ovens, and simple games, and learned about …
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Dec 12 2019
In the last term of 2019 our cubs had a very busy schedule. We had an overnight hike for our senior cubs, the 4th term cub camp, and completed our national challenge on the Sustainable Development goals. This term we focused on education. We made busy bags for young learners, discovering the work of “Learning …
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Dec 12 2019
Learning is a vital part of development. It enables us to grow from naive young children into well rounded and experienced adults. Schools do a good job at educating young people on facts, methods and formulae, but they also have a responsibility to keep their learners safe. It is this responsibility, necessary as it is, …
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Dec 12 2019
This is one of my favourite fun competitions. If you enjoy a lot of running and you are competitive, orienteering is perfect for you!This particular orienteering was at Century City in the roads outside Intaka Island. The competition started with falling in with a partner, mine was Zoe, and then there was a quick briefing …
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Dec 12 2019
My name is Jula, I’m sure many of you have already met me in the scout shop, at the troop meetings and events or at the group camp fire. I am 19 years old and since 12 years a scout in Germany but now also a scout in South Africa! In August I started my …
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