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Jul 24 2025
Term 2 began with a bang with a program on water safety and also with Kontiki happening that same weekend (please read Brent’s Kon-Tiki article!) Declan van Pallander and Declan Johnson completed their Leaping Wolves and moved up to scouts. We are very proud of them and wish them well on their scouting journey! Our …
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Jul 24 2025
Cubs Kon-Tiki 2025 was a fantastic event with the largest showing of groups (32 different cub packs participated!) The 1st Claremont Cubs did not disappoint and came together to challenge the other packs across the games with some great teamwork in assisting each other through lots of shouting advice and sharing their separate tricks of …
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Jul 24 2025
Our family recently went on holiday to Abingdon, Oxfordshire in England to visit family. As we would be there for a month we decided to make contact with the local Scouting group. The Scouting structure is slightly different in the UK with Squirrels age 4-5, Beavers age 6-8, Cubs 8-10.5 and Scouts 10.5-14 so we …
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Jul 17 2025
Kestrels Advancement Day We arrived at Laura’s house at around 9:00 – apart from Simon, he was still asleep – and started what would become a very very very productive day. We started off chill. A few advancement tasks here and there and then we made tea and it was like everyone was asleep and …
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Jul 17 2025
On the 4th of May, twelve junior scouts from 1st Claremont embarked on an exhilarating hike to Hawequas. The troop, known for their strong performance in Upton, was eager to maintain their reputation. After a period of consecutive first-place finishes, they had narrowly missed the top spot the previous year, and came 2nd. The day …
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Jul 17 2025
As part of the Bug Hunter badge, our Meerkats made worm farms. They were fascinated by the talk given by Rikki (Karen Hewson) and then set about storing the wriggling animals in padding. Playing Beetle was all part of the fun. Ella gave an excellent talk on her favourite bug – the Ladybug. Thanks to …
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Jul 16 2025
My Discoverer Hike was more of a patrol adventure up the West Coast. We met at my house in the morning and set off to the !Khwa ttu Nature Reserve near Yzerfontein. We were dropped there and explored the San Heritage Museum. The museum was super interactive and interesting, and I’m really glad we could …
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Jul 16 2025
Being on raft was an amazing experience. It was sooo fun, we were the first raft out (there seemed to be some misunderstandings as to where we had to be 😅) and so we got to watch all the other rafts coming out onto the vlei, while we watched, Oliver played music (meme music – …
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