For the main Smoke Signal post each quarter
Apr 04 2024
We all awoke to the birds shining and the sun tweeting. We could tell that it was going to be a tiring day. But nothing could prepare us for the horrors of the day! We started out by laying out the beams of the building as the mastermind of the plan sat behind his desk …
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Apr 04 2024
On the 21st of January, a brave few adventurous scouts, friends and parents of 1st Claremont set out on a quest of getting to Klassenkop without anyone dying. On the extremely dangerous journey up, the adventurers were met with many a challenge (e.g. Daniel’s choice of route and Daniel himself). Luckily everyone got up fine, …
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Apr 04 2024
This year for cub camp we went with 4th Claremont to Kogelberg farm hostel in Elgin. Senior Cubs went for 2 nights, and the junior cubs joined us for one night. Our theme was ‘Around the world in 80 days’ where we went from Cape Town to India to China to Mexico to London and back …
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Apr 04 2024
At the cub camp we were able to complete the cub traveller interest badge. This was a really challenging badge to do. The cubs were pushed right out of their comfort zone. Amongst the challenges was going on a “trip” of Cape Town using the MyCity bus routes. They had to plan the trip from …
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Apr 04 2024
The health and well-being of our members is vital if Scouting is to achieve its mission of developing well-rounded, skilled, confident, and active contributing citizens. Being in good physical and mental health enables personal growth and general well-being. In Scouting, it is the responsibility of all to take care and look after each other. Scouts …
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Apr 04 2024
This annual event brings cubs from across the Cape. Each pack brought an activity that other cubs could take part in, this could be a game, a craft, or a test of skill. 1st and 4th Claremont joined forces meet other cubs at this event which was hosted by 1st Monte Vista Scout Group. The …
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Apr 04 2024
This term the cubs were back at Newlands Forest but this time with a twist. Not only did we explore new routes we also split the party into Silver and Gold wolves. This allowed the older cubs to take a more challenging route (or so we thought – they motored through it!) and for them …
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Apr 04 2024
Do you know any good rope jokes? We spent a great deal of time both at Friday meetings and on camp working on some essential scouting skills. Namely knot tying and compass work. For survival, bushcraft, wilderness, camping, and hiking, knot tying is very import. It allows you to secure shelters, create traps, build tools, …
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