JOTI/JOTA 2008
1st Eltham “Gellibrand” & 1st Chelsea Heights Cubscouts
J.O.T.A / J.O.T.I Weekend
18-19 October 2008
Jamboree-on-the-Internet
JOTI, Jamboree-on-the-Internet is the event on the third weekend of October when Scouts get together and gather in Cyberspace, a virtual Jamboree. JOTI in 2008 will be on the 17th - 19th October.
We will be starting from 10:00am on Saturday the 18th and will finish up Sunday 19th at 3:00pm.
What to bring?
At JOTI we spend the majority of the time with activities associated with computers and communication, however we do include a “treasure hunt” hike on the Saturday afternoon for approximately 1 – 2 hours (depending on which cub is navigating ?). Additionally, unless it is raining, all meals are eaten outside and the majority of the cubs choose to sleep outside in the tents.
Therefore, we need to ensure that the cubs have suitable clothing for the weather during the day as well as for when it gets colder at night.
JOTI Kit List
Sleeping bag
Sleeping mat or lilo (both for comfort and to help protect from the cold ground)
Blanket (most children’s sleeping bags are not sufficiently warm outside without a blanket)
Pillow
Warmer pyjamas than they would normally need in the house for the same weather
Beanie (to drag on when half asleep but getting cold at 5 am)
Socks
Change of clothes
Jumper
Toiletries
Suitable shoes for walking (sneakers are fine)
Book or game for a change of pace when they need it
No lollies or electronic toys/games please
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JOTI 2008 Notice
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Nillumbik District Reports and Awards night this Friday
How time flies when you’re having so much fun. This is just a reminder that this Friday is our District Reports and Awards night. I have asked Eltham 1st for the use of their hall. I hope that as many as possible can make it, not only for the meeting but also to have a look at their new extension.
It has been a big Scouting year so far and there is still three months to go. Come and be part of the night, together we can look back to see where we have come from and look at where we are going. We have so many great leaders in Nillumbik; it’s helped my first year as your DC relatively easy and for that I have a lot to thank.
The night will start with meet and great from 7.30pm and the formalities to begin at 8pm (this will give me time to get from the airport and to the hall, all being good).
The hall location is: Youth Road, Eltham. Melway Map Ref: 21 J 4
Look forward to see you all.
Please circulate this.
Cheers,
Greg Nash
District Commissioner
SCOUTS AUSTRALIA
VICTORIA BRANCH
Nillumbik
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The Leadership Course originally scheduled for SUN SEP 14th has been postponed until term 4.
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On your marks, get set, go!
Duty: Grey Six
Leader: Baggy
Boomerang Test:
8. Fitness (Pursuits and Interests & Responsibility for Self)
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Having a quick look in the Olympic Museum’s report about The Olympic symbols [PDF] we see that the Olympic Motto is “Citius, Altius, Fortius“, a Latin phrase meaning “Swifter, Higher, Stronger.“.
Our Scout motto is to “Be prepared“.
The Olympic Creed is
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
This creed could be summarised as “Do your best“, which should sound familiar.
This week we will do our best as we have our first night at the Gellibrand Olympics.
On your marks, get set, go!
Duty:Brown Six
Leader:Baggy
Boomerang Test: 8. Fitness (Pursuits and Interests & Responsilibity for Self)
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The Diamond Creek Town Fair is run by the Rotary Club and this year to recognise the 100 years of scouting in Australia the WHOLE FAIR is focussing on scouts in our District. This means 1st Eltham as one of the biggest groups needs to put on a good show.
Please support this if you can.
All Leaders, joeys, cubs, scouts, venturers and rovers are invited to march in full uniform in the Diamond Creek Town Fair Parade on Saturday 13th September. We will march as a group behind our 1st Eltham section flags.
What: Diamond Creek Town Fair and Parade
When: Saturday 13th September at 9.30 am ready for the march
Where to meet: in front of Curnows Tennis Shop, 17 Chute St Diamond Creek Melways Map 12 A6
Where to march: along the main street and returning to the Marngrook oval (Diamond Creek Reserve) where there will be many fun activities for the whole family (including our own 1st Eltham run maze…)
Where to meet your family after the march: at our activity base on the oval
Volunteer? Please let Jan Baddeley (Group Leader) know if you can stay at our activity base and help us run the activity for an hour anytime between 11.00 and 4.00….it’ll be fun. A great place to base yourself and meet up with your kids again.
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… The vast interior of Lord Kelvin’s barn was awash with activity - a sort of carnival of strange debris: of coiled copper and tubs of bubbling fluids and rubber-wrapped cable thick as a man’s wrist hanging from overhead joists like jungle creepers. A vast globular device shuddered beneath laboring welders and riveters square in the center of the floor, and Lord Kelvin himself, talking through his beard and clad in a white smock and leibnitz cap, pointed and shouted and squinted with a calculating eye at the dread machine that piece by piece took shape in the lamplight. …
– James P Blaylock,
Lord Kelvin’s Machine
Tonight we put on our lab coats, don our safety glasses and practice our evil chuckles.
- State the safety precautions you should take when you are working on an experiment [Scientist lv1, lv2]
After making our laboratory safe we will will proceed with the experiments, which will contain a few of the following:
- Make a simple compass [Bronze 4]
- Perform an experiment that shows how oxygen can be used up [Bronze 10]
- Perform an experiment that shows the difference between gas, liquid and solid states [Silver 10]
- Explain how volcanoes erupt and earthquakes occur. Show an experiment that illustrates one of these [Silver 10]
- Show how rain is formed [Silver 10]
- Perform an experiment that shows a chemical reaction. Explain what has happened [Gold 10, Scientist lv1]
- Demonstrate how sound moves through air, water or a solid object [Gold 10]
- Perform an experiment that shows a magnetic field [Scientist lv1]
- Perform an experiment that makes an electric circuit. Explain the steps and describe what happened and why [Scientist lv2]
- Things that go boom!
Duty:Black
Leader:Akela
Boomerang Test: 10. Scientific Discovery
Achievement Badge: Scientist
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Fathers’ Day at Bunnings Eltham
Most Father’s do not need a good excuse to visit Bunnings and this week we are offering an extremely good excuse as we head into Bunnings for our Father’s day craft work. Remember Cubs, make sure you keep an eye on your Father as we don’t want to go searching for parents in the Power tool section; by the way Aklea *needs* to go searching in the power tool isle, honestly …
Who: 1st Eltham Gellibrand pack
Where: Bunnings Eltham
Cnr Bridge & Susan Streets Eltham
When: 7:00 til 8:30 28th August 2008
What: Bring your Dad (You are making something for Father’s Day)
DUTY:TAWNY
LEADER:AKELA
Boomerang Test: Bronze 13. Handcraft
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Come dance and join in the fun & games
at 1st Eltham’s District Joeys & Cubs
Under the Sea Disco Party!
There will be heaps of fun!!!
- Great games,
- Dancing,
- Groovy Music,
- Flashing Disco Lights,
- Snacks & Drinks,
- Flashing Novelty Gifts,
- Singing,
- Prizes & more!
DON`T MISS IT !!
WHERE – 1st Eltham Scout Hall, Youth Rd, Eltham
WHEN - Friday August 22nd
TIME - 6.15pm – 9.00pm
COST - $7.00
2008 DISCO NOTICE
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Nillumbik district Billy cart derby 2008
This years theme is ‘The environment’
Cubs:
Gold coin donation per cub (money raised this year will go to a local environmental cause)
Scarves to be worn, no uniform.
No Helmet, no Participation
BYO Lunch - Sausage sizzle, tea, coffee, soup and cold drinks available
Cost:
A cost of $5 per cart, payable on the day to cover the cost of prizes etc
Each Cub to prepare a protest placard on any environmental theme they like. Doesn’t have to be serious.. for instance “Save Akelas” would be quite acceptable!
Decorating Billy carts and costumes are optional.
Enviro Carts 2008
When:
Sunday August 24th
Assembly at 10:30 am
Inspection 11:00 am
Speed Challenge 11:30
Scavenger Hunt 12:00
Lunch 12:15 (BYO but Lower Plenty will be running a sausage sizzle with Soup, Tea and Coffee)
Events 12:45
Presentation 3:30
Pick up time 4:00 pm (parents)
Location:-
Ferguson’s Paddock, Hurstbridge, Melways Reference 185 K7
Fergusons paddock in behind the tennis courts. When coming from Diamond creek, turn left at Haley’s Gully rd and then immediately right passed the toilets to the Tennis courts. There will be signs to assist people to find the place.
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