Category: First Class

Avila’s First Class meal

On the 6th of June I ran my First Class Meal at the hall. It was very fun to cook this meal with patrol and it was very successful overall. The meal consisted of braaied chicken, salad, bread, and iced tea. We sang and danced to pop music pretty much the whole time we were …

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Emily’s Friendship Activity

For Emily’s friendship activity on the 30th of May we went to the aquarium with a patrol from 3rd Pinelands. We walked through the aquarium and looked at all the animals like the sharks and fish. We bought a bit of a snack from the (overly expensive) store inside by the scuba diving area. It …

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Avila’s First Class Hike

On the 16-17th of May, myself, Oliver V, Oliver R, and Saskia embarked on an adventure through the mountain ranges surrounding Montagu. The hike was a physically challenging route. The route on day 1 was clearly marked which made following the path very easy, while the route on day 2 was very flooded and difficult …

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Matthew’s Friendship Activity 

For Matthew’s Friendship Activity we went to 2nd Rondebosch to try and complete Sharpshooter interest. We split into two groups, the group I was with started shooting first, we each got ten shots and we had to aim (and shoot) at a target, the goal was to get 18 or something points. You had to …

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Julia’s First Class Community Service

For my community service, we spent the weekend of the 6th and 7th of December making soup to donate to the Haven Night Shelter in Wynberg.  Both days were spent chopping what felt like millions of butternuts and onions, with the occasional potato or carrot thrown in. There were many tears shed (thanks to the …

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Emily’s First Class Community Service

In my opinion Emily’s comm serve [at Oude Molen Eco Garden] was very eventful as we were busy constantly. On the first day we cleared a flower bed of wooden planks then we air rated the soil with pitchforks after doing that for an hour or two then we watered the soil and tilled it …

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Emily’s First Class Camp

We camped at glencairn for 2 nights. We had the whole campsite to ourselves. We decided that since the weather was good, why bother with tents? So we slept outside.  The food was good. We made bracelets and did advancement. Ariella slept in her outdoor shelter. We made s’mores using handmade solar ovens and attempted …

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Juliet’s First Class Camp

Juliet ran her first class camp from the 12th to the 14th of September at Miller’s Point campsite. The people who were on Juliet’s camp were Juliet, Axel, Christopher (me) and Aarya. When we got to the campsite it was very windy so we pitched camp and then we played card games for a while …

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