The advent of lockdown not only impacted the activities of scouts and cubs but also severely impacted the plans of the committee. For months, the hall was entirely closed to activities and of course this included our tenants who suddenly found themselves without the means of earning a living or engaging in their chosen activities. …
Category: Smoke Signals
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Jun 18 2020
Reflections
In 1908 Baden-Powell founded scouts and based it on the principles stated in the Scout Promise and the Scout Law. In the intervening 110 years or so the principles embodied in the Promise and Law have remained constant, even if the wording has changed somewhat. 1st Claremont has seen the Spanish Flu, two World Wars, …
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Apr 08 2020
Smoke Signals 2020: Edition 1
We started 2020 with a full calendar and great plans, and ended the term in lock down! Quite a change, bringing with it both challenges and opportunities for our scouts and cubs. 1st Claremont is in the remarkable position of having 4 of our senior scouts hoping to become Springbok scouts, and many of our …
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Dec 12 2019
Cub Camp 2019: Explore Africa
The theme for our camp this year was “explore Africa”. The camp followed the trail of the first ever London to Cape Town flight. On the way we learned about cultural differences and various games and musical instruments from across the continent. Our cubs also built instruments, solar ovens, and simple games, and learned about …
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Dec 12 2019
Cubs on the move
In the last term of 2019 our cubs had a very busy schedule. We had an overnight hike for our senior cubs, the 4th term cub camp, and completed our national challenge on the Sustainable Development goals. This term we focused on education. We made busy bags for young learners, discovering the work of “Learning …
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Sep 18 2019
Smoke Signals – Third Edition 2019
Welcome to the third edition of Smoke Signals in 2019. Instead of a list of contents, you can skim this post and click on the articles that interest you. A different way to find content that interests you. This year five of our senior scouts, along with 45 000 other scouts from around the world, attended …
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