Meerkats meet in term times on Saturdays from 09h00-09h45. A parent accompanies a child to each meeting and is often involved in the activities. Like what you see? Want to join the Meerkats. Click here to see the current status of our Meerkat Den and add your name to our waiting list.
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The Meerkat Trail
The Meerkat trail over two years goes through Bronze, Silver and Gold Stars. To gain these, a Meerkat has to earn all 17 Challenge badges and eight of the 18 Interest badges. At 1st Claremont, we cover the Challenge badges in meetings. Badges are sewn on the Meerkat’s hat – stars on top, Challenge badges …
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Mar 24 2021
Smoke Signals 2021 – First Edition
It has been a tough couple of months what with the second wave of COVID hitting the country over Christmas. Even with all these issues, our cubs and scouts have been active as has the group. We are better prepared this year for COVID resurgence and so even if everything isn’t normal – a scout …
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Mar 24 2021
Meerkats at Keurbooom
On a sunny spring morning in November 2020, eight eager Meerkats with their fathers or mothers met at Keurboom Park for an adventure. They had a map and had to negotiate tricky bridges, count distances, and climb trees. On the way back they picked up unusual items they found. It was meant to be leaves …
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Mar 24 2021
Meerkats on Zoom
Our Meerkats started meeting this year on 6 February – on Zoom! Aided by their parents, we had four meetings, laying the foundation for their Scouting careers. We learnt about BP, how to sing Kumbaya, and played Scouting games that could be adapted for indoors. Following the Meerkat Trail over several meetings, the Meerkats danced …
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About Meerkats
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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Nov 04 2020
Meerkats gets going!
Meerkats is the newest branch of scouting in South Africa, aimed at children between 5 and 7. We registered our Meerkats branch early this year and were just about to kick it off without qualified scouters when …. you guessed it – COVID hit and everything went on hold. When we came out of lockdown, …
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