Author: JHTabor
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Rope Throwing
Part of the gold award scheme is throwing a rescue rope 10 metres to within 1 meter of a struggling person. While not the best indoor activity, it was a good opportunity for scouts to try their hand at throwing a rope. We gave it a go last Monday night. We set up two types…
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Kelburn Mid-Winter Tramp
The mid winter tramp has become a bit of Kelburn tradition. A well timed weather window allowed fifteen scouts, one vetnurer (from Endeavour Venturers) and two scout leaders to tramp into the Orongaorongas for an overnight at Raukawa Lodge.
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Jamboree on the Trail
2017 Jamboree on the Trail Six scouts braved a brisk southerly to complete the City to Sea trail from Central Park in Brooklyn to Island Bay. The scouts did a great job and took the whole event in stride. We pushed off at 1:30pm and finished (by Isaac’s watch) at 4:42pm. Total distance covered was…
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Environmental Service Project
Thanks to awesome parent help, we spent the morning helping Zealandia clean the picnic benches. We got a Tour of the sanctuary and got to see some rare wildlife.
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ANZAC Day preparation
To celebrate ANZAC day we are spending a night in the Lawson Scout Hall before heading down to the dawn ceremony. We had the kids iron their shirts and scarves, they even shined their shoes (see below). We did a bit of marching practice to help them get ready for the dawn parade. We took…
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Term 1 Patrol Leaders Challenge
The patrol leader created a cooking challenge for term 1. The challenge boiled down to bring $5.00 run to the dairy and get groceries for a meal. Here is some of what they came up with.
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Overnight on Matiu/Somes Island
The senior scouts are planning the explorers challenge and senior tramp this weekend. Watching the sun set and getting ready to chase tuatara.
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Mudslide Day
The Zone Mudslide day is a go! That right you can your scouts (be it kea, cubs, or scouts) for the great near summer past time of sliding down a giant water slide or mud slide. Bring your Togs, wetsuit and boogie board and have heaps of fun sliding down a 50 metre water slide. When: Saturday…
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Cub Welcome Back
Kia ora Cub parents, Welcome to 2017, we hope everyone has had an awesome summer! *Please email back to let us know you are getting this! In Cub news: We have started using an amazing system that lets us handle all of our administration online. Part of this system means that parents can also see various…
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2017 Scout Welcome back
Welcome to the 2017 Scouting year. Scouts will be starting on Monday 13, February 2017. As a reminder, our Standard meeting time is 6:30pm at the Kelburn Scout Hall. We are trying to make better use of the Online Scout Manager tool. Uniform: As a reminder, the Silver Scout shirt with black shorts is our…