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Oct 06 2025
Lauras camp was a banger. The day started off with us not being able to get to the campsite due to some dire flooding of the river (RIP Lucy’s license plate). We continued the first day with some campsite construction and some yummy food. We did a short knowledge relay with knots and skills. We …
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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 06 2025
The aim of Joel’s project was to make a big tower. There were many people, lots of delicious snacks and cake, and lots of pioneering, it took us a while to finish the structure and then we had to haul it up, it took lots parents and help but we got it up and almost …
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Oct 05 2025
Term 3 this year was, as usual, one of our busier terms (I’m sure you are all tired of reading/hearing this statement or an iteration of this statement by now, but it is simply just true.. The term started before the term even began with both Laura and Joel running their community services and Laura …
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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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Jul 25 2025
The theme for Scouts SA in 2025 is “Heritage”, and this issue of Smoke Signals (PDF) focuses on the families and adult leaders who form such an important part of building the group’s heritage. Please visit the photo album featuring Daniel le Jeune who has stepped down as Troop Scouter. He leaves a legacy of …
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Jul 25 2025
1942 – 2025 John Webb, a Scout, leader, parent and supporter of 1st Claremont, passed away in May at the age of 83. He was involved in 1st Claremont for most of his life, first as a Scout, then as a Scouter, parent, grandparent and supporter. This is my tribute to my father’s 70 years …
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Jul 25 2025
Daniel le Jeune, our Troop Scouter from 2022 to 2025, stepped during Term Two. Daniel was a Springbok Scout at 1st Claremont, then an Assistant Troop Scouter, and then took over the Troop when David Knight stepped down as Troop Scouter. It’s hard to put into words how much Daniel contributed to the Troop in …
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