Mar 20 2019
December 2018 ended with the Annual Scout Camp at Appleton: with 17 Scouts and 18 Scouters attending.
Activities included a walk to the Kramat and the Noon Gun.
Team games like volley ball and an amazing race
An outing to the Company Gardens and Camps Bay beach.
And lots and lots of eating!
Camp ended with a flag break – and bonded scouts!
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Mar 20 2019
Sea Scout courses are very much foreign to most land scouts as we generally don’t stray to that side of things. However, this year I attended a senior Sea Scout course called Boatswain.
This course has two parts; to teach you how to repair any damages done to a boat and the other part of this course was making our bosun’s lanyard. I thoroughly enjoyed learning these new skills. While on this course we learnt how to fix a crack using fibre glass, to use general power tools, to sand down various items, to stitch and much more!
For those asking what exactly is a bosun’s lanyard, it’s a piece of rope that has been plaited, woven and tied to make different patterns throughout it. This results in a lanyard that (if you are in the sea scouts you attach your bosun’s call to it)
This is an example of a regular bosuns call. It is not only used by sea scouts but also be sea cadets and the navy for day to day announcements and calls. In scouting terms however, it is mostly used for ceremonial occassions.
Overall, like any other course this was a great opportunity to meet new scouts from different areas and build relationships with them. This all while still learning new and useful skills that will give you an edge in day to day activities.
This is in my opinion a very valuable course to attend for anyone interested in the sailing world.
Justin
Eagles Patrol Leader
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Mar 20 2019
My 1st Claremont Troop Camp started on the 15th December 2018.
We packed all our equipment for the camp, and then started our journey to Appleton Scout Base on Signal Hill.
At Appleton we were divided into patrols. We hiked down Signal Hill to the noon gun. The navy officer gave us a bit of history about the noon gun. It was really amazing to watch and be part of this.
The next day we played games. We hiked through Bo-Kaap and to the gardens. We took a My-City bus to Camps Bay beach, where we played some games and swam. We took a My-City bus up to Appleton.
We made meals and learned how to look for animal tracks. We poured Plaster of Paris on to the track and let it dry. We built a dresser and a gateway.
The following day we had our own amazing race at base camp, patrols competing against each other. We were given clues to carry at the different bases. The winning patrol received some chocolates.
Time passed by so quickly and then it was time to pack up camp to journey home again.
The camp was really memorable and I learnt new things, it gave me the chance to interact with the members of our troop more.
Thank you David our troop scouter and his team for an amazing troop camp.
For more photographs of the Annual Camp, click here.
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Learning about other cultures and countries, creative expression through poetry and drawing, lighting fires and cooking food over burners made by the cubs themselves – these are just a few of the activities that make our cub group an exciting and fun filled space for all our members.
Cubs at Claremont 1st making flags and writing poems to learn about different cultures and to connect with cubs around the world.
After learning about cultural differences in our cub pack, the cubs wrote some poems and some general observations:
“I learnt about cultures at cubs. Who would have thought they were made out of mugs?”
Juliet
“Most of the people celebrate April fools day” Tristan
Cooking stokbrood over open flame and enjoying the fruit of our labour.
Boiling water over wax stoves.
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