The Jungle Books – Part III

Part three of our look at boomerang test 5 – ‘Our Cub Scout Traditions’. This time we will look at the Gold Boomerang.
Gold Boomerang
For the gold level we have a single component;
1. Explain how the laws and teachings in the Jungle Book are part of your life and your Pack’s attitude.
This is a rather more [...]

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Scouting History – Part II

This post will look into the Silver Boomerang requirements;
1. Find out when Scouting started in your local Group
For 1st Eltham we are currently working on putting together our Group history, we currently do not have all the answers but we are slowly putting things together.
2. Find out and explain the meaning of your scarf and [...]

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Scouting History – Part I

For boomerang test 5 – ‘Our Cub Scout Traditions’ we need also need to have a look at the history of Scouting. We will start of in this post by looking at the Bronze Boomerang requirements;

1. Tell who founded Scouting and where and when it began
Who started Scouting?
The founder of Scouting Lord Baden–Powell (BP) of [...]

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The Jungle Books – Part II

Part two of our look at boomerang test 5 – ‘Our Cub Scout Traditions’. This time we will look at the Silver Boomerang.
Silver Boomerang
For the silver level we have two components;
1. Tell one of the stories in the Jungle book that does not have Mowgli in it
There a quite a few stories that do not [...]

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This Week 2006-Nov-02 : SPOOKS NIGHT!

That’s right, this week is our Spooks Night!

NO UNIFORM:
Come dressed as a Ghost & Ghoul & Spook or a Leader (now THAT’s Scary!)
Please note that this is an evening of games in the Hall, we do not go trick or treating.
A copy of the program is available via Google Docs.
 

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The Jungle Books – Part I

For boomerang test 5 – ‘Our Cub Scout Traditions’ we need to have a look at some of the stories in the Jungle Book.
Wood and Water, Wind and Tree,
Wisdom, Strength and Courtesy,
Jungle-favor go with thee!”
Why the Jungle Book?
When the Wolf Cub’s Handbook was published on December 2nd, 1916 Baden Powell’s new scheme [...]

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Our Penny Hike

Where did we get to on our ‘Penny Hike’?

A bit of a wander from the hall, out along Main Rd down to Edendale Farm. From Edendale Farm across to the Eltham North Adventure Playground out to Wattletree Rd and following the railway line back to the hall.  A pleasant night out & about.
(Map plotted [...]

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This Week 2006-Oct-26 : Penny Hike

This week we go ‘outdoors’ leaving the Hall behind us we head out on a  ‘Penny Hike’  around the local area. “What’s a Penny Hike?”, I hear you all asking.
A Penny Hike
We start off at the Hall hiking down Youth Road. Each time we reach a street corner or intersection we flip a coin (Penny) [...]

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JOTI 2006

Jamboree-on-the-Internet & Jamboree-on-the-Air
21st – 22nd October, 2006
Wow, what a busy weekend. After getting home at about 8pm on Friday to set things up I though i was in for trouble but the venue was up and basically ready by about 11:30pm.

 
Eltham JOTI JOTA Base
We went and [...]

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