Meerkats is the first section of Scouting in South Africa. At 1st Claremont, we take boys and girls aged five and six in a Den of maximum size 16. Meerkats follow a trail of outdoor oriented activities and earn badges on their individual achievement. To encourage team spirit, Meerkats are organized into Burrows of four, …
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Rovers is the fourth and final component of Scouts South Africa’s youth programme (following on from Meerkats, Cubs and Scouts), specifically designed for young adults who have not yet reached their 30th birthday. The purpose of Rovers is to provide encouragement for the self-training of young adults in Citizenship and Service, encourage members to pursue …
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Nov 04 2020
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. …
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There must be a cover page. Log your hike using traditional compass logging techniques. There should be no more than 15 compass points logged and no less than 10. Your log should include in a grid format: the compass direction you are travelling in; The distance you have travelled (rounded to the nearest 100m); comments …
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Jun 18 2020
Cubs and scouts took part in the worldwide City Nature Challenge this year using the iNaturalist app to observe and identify plants, birds, animals and insects between 24-27th April. This year was a challenge with a difference – lockdown meant there were no trips up Table Mountain, and everything had to be done from home. …
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Jun 18 2020
by Julia for her Leaping Wolf badge Cyberbullying is when children use online technology to hurt, embarrass and annoy other kids. It is done purposefully and goes on for a long time. Before the internet, bullying mostly happened in person.Children were bullied at school, break and at the bus stop.But once they got home the …
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Jun 18 2020
With the advent of Covid 19, the hall was closed to tenants on the instructions of the City of Cape Town. To date, the hall remains closed to all users. The consequence of this was that we lost one of major streams of income (rental from our tenants). It is fortunate that the Group is …
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