Oct 06 2025
“MAN OVERBOARD!!!” was something we were yelling over the treacherous waters of Zandvlei. On the 13th and 14th of July a few scouts from 1st Claremont learned the basics of sailing with me in 1st Bergvliet’s Saldanha – the main type of sailing craft that all sea scouts use and race in. Unfortunately no one …
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Oct 06 2025
Hello my name is Reza Teunissen. I am 13 years old. I am part of the kestrels patrol and Laura is my patrol leader. I attended Laura’s springbok community service at The trinity children’s centre where Laura’s uncle Andrew assisted in Mitchell’s plain. For most of the duration. I helped with digging trenches, painting walls, …
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Oct 06 2025
For Joel’s springbok advancement, we (As Swifts) visited the Wynberg firestation. When we arrived, we were greeted by a fire Marshall. At first we learned about what firefighters did. We learned what outfits they wore for different types of fires. (They wear light and thin clothes for bushfires because they might be working for several …
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Oct 06 2025
Our Meerkats took to the streets on Saturday 13 September to tackle a bare verge outside the International School of Cape Town. Under the Action Task of the Meerkat National Challenge, they had to “Find a place in or near you that needs greening. Plant and nourish indigenous greenery for a term.” Parent Kirsty Gilmour …
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Oct 06 2025
1st Claremont entered four teams for orienteering this year which was held at a wine farm near Franschoek. The four teams were: Orienteering is running around following a map to look for checkpoints and involves running through bushes, streams, and up over hills. It’s generally very fun. The aim of it is to find control …
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Oct 06 2025
On the 22 August 1 st Claremont Cubs held our annual Pack sleepover and it wasonce again a huge hit! This is an important event on our calendar as many of ourCubs have either never slept in a tent before or have never slept away from theirparents before. We pitched our Scout bell tents inside …
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Oct 06 2025
For my first class community service we went to the Christine Revell Children’s Home. This is a home for children ages 0-6, the children here are placed here under court order. We went on 2 days to the home, on both days Christopher and Axel went with Group C, which is children ages 4-6. They …
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Oct 02 2025
We had a lot of fun at Joel’s comm serve at the Oudeom Molen food garden. In the week that we spent there we built a water feature, some birdhouses, we painted some signs for the garden, we constructed a chicken coop, we painted the shed, we moved piles of bark and had a lot …
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