Jul 18 2023
One of my favourite experiences at 1st Claremont is seeing how it can involve the whole family and span multiple generations. Last term we saw that happen on at least two occasions: When Ella was invested as a Meerkat, her dad Nick presented her scarf – Nick has just rejoined as one of the Meerkat …
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Oct 19 2021
The value of scouting for our youth is not in direct experience and the memories it creates but in the life skills that those experiences impart – the benefits of which are only fully realised years later. Without an indepth understanding of how this works, it is easy to deride scouts as a anachronistic organisation …
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Mar 24 2021
I recently was able to attend the national Scout Legotla which happens every three years. As a Group in good standing we are entitled to send a delegate and because the Legotla was online, we managed to get two attendees. It was a worthwhile morning spent online and there were many interesting discussions and points …
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Nov 04 2020
1st Claremont is a mixed gender group. Girls were first admitted to scouts in the year 2000 and there are still quite a number of groups that are boys only (in Liesbeek District 2 out of 5 groups are boys only). The question of the boys only groups allowing girls in is a vexed one …
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Jun 18 2020
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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Sep 18 2019
It is a reflection of our times that there is considerable controversy over the amount of time a teenager spends in front of a screen. Numerous studies show that screen time for younger children should most definitely be limited. Emails, social media, sport on televisions and school work all conspire to place a child in …
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Jun 25 2019
Since the founding of scouts in 1908, scouts has been short of adult volunteers. Many Groups have closed due to the lack of adults. The shortage of adults has resulted in poor outcomes for both scouts generally and for the adults. One of these outcomes has been a failure of standards as they apply to …
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