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Upton Shield: a photo essay

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Rachel is part of the Upton Shield team

1st Claremont at the 2019 Upton Shield

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Upton Training Hike: Jonkershoek Panorama

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Zoe tells us about the Upton Training Hike in the Jonkershoek Mountains

Although the Upton training hike in the Jonkershoek was long (18km in total) and particularly tiring, it was excellent fun. We did a lot of interesting bases to improve our skills and walked far to improve our endurance and, by the end, we were definitely ready for the shorter, actual Upton Shield. We had to …

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Camps, hikes, flight simulators: we did it all!

We had a packed second term at 1st Claremont Cubs. This term our cubs explored the environment through an evening hike in De Hel and a Saturday hike up Chapman’s Peak. They explored their five senses; held a cubs olympics; had fun in a flight simulator and made leather key ring decorations by hand. We …

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A morning hike up Chapman’s Peak and an evening walk in De Hel

An early April hike up Chapman’s Peak. A steep Saturday morning walk which was lots of fun for a whole range of our cubs, from 7 to 10 year olds … and even some of the parents! Before the evenings became too dark, the cubs went for an evening walk in De Hel in Constantia.

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A cub outing to Sakhikamva

The end of April saw the cubs visiting the Sakhikamva Foundation where they learned about aviation, had a spin in a flight simulator and built their own pencil robots.

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Cubs Sleepover at the Hall

In order to prepare our younger cubs for their first proper Cubs Camp later this year, we decided to hold a 1st Claremont Cubs sleepover at the hall. It was a packed, fun filled evening which ended with songs, skits and jokes around the campfire.

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