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Date |
Activity |
Comments |
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9 Sept 97 |
Games Evening |
Allows the new beavers to get to know the rest of the pack. |
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16 Sept 97 |
Fire Lighting |
Neede for one of the awards, always good fun. Often finished with marshmallows or bananas being cooked. |
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23 Sept 97 |
Games Evening and Fire drill |
Games chosen and run by the sixers. |
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30 Sept 97 |
Road Safety badge and traffic signs game |
Walked round village explaining road safety includingcrossings, waling without paths and car passenger safety. Had to produce a poster for next week. |
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7 Oct 97 |
First aid and pioneering |
Basic first aid as required for various awards. Then basic pioneering. |
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14 Oct 97 |
SCIENTIST BADGE. Plant a bean, pulse rate and exercise and wind powered vehicles |
First part of the Scientist badge. We often do a badge with the whole pack and then they come to us if they want to do extras. |
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21 Oct 97 |
SCIENTIST BADGE Circuit building, electro magenets and string telephones |
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28 Oct 97 |
HALF TERM |
We don’t meet in school holidays |
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4 Nov 97 |
Chess evening + finish scientist badge |
Chess evenings are always good fun. Normally played as a tornament with draughts available for those that can’t play chess. |
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11 Nov 97 |
Games evening |
Games chosen by sixers |
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18 Nov 97 |
Children in need / Romania at Heart |
For AA and ACA countries and cultures. |
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25 Nov 97 |
Visit to or from local police / fire men |
AA and ACA Your Community. Increasingly difficult to organise now. |
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2 Dec 97 |
Salt Dough gifts for Christmas |
Covers Creativitty for AA / ACA. |
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9 / 16 Dec 97 |
Finish decorating salt dough gifts |
Windmills school concert always falls on a Tuesday and takes away 90% of the pack so we cancel that night. |
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6 Jan 98 |
Games Evening / Sixers council |
Sixers council is a way of the boys giving feedback to you about what they like / dislike. Hasn’t been used for a while but is a good idea. |
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13 Jan 98 |
County Code + make tracking training aid |
For Cub Scout Award. |
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20 Jan 98 |
Games evening + tracking training aid + country code poster |
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27 Jan 98 |
Swimming |
Allows boys to gain their Swimmers badges. (Mike Buss is swimming instructor.) We now either go to the Triangle for a “fun” night or to the Dolphin for badges as we can’t get in the competition pool at the Triangle. |
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3 Feb 98 |
Knots – Make your own knotting board |
Required for some of the awards. Only need to know the basics. |
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10 Feb 98 |
Pioneering |
Teaching the basics. Often tripods. |
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17 Feb 98 |
Half Term |
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24 Feb 98 |
First Aid |
Bandages + basics |
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3 Mar 98 |
First aid incident |
Mock up incident for the boys to assess and deal with |
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10 Mar 98 |
Quiz evening |
Sixers asked the week before to prepare questions on a given topic. |
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17 Mar 98 |
Traking in woods |
Paired training for all. Part of CSA |
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24 Mar 98 |
Tracking |
Further training |
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31 Mar 98 |
Tracking tested |
I can’t believe we spent 3 weeks on this. We now to it in 1 or 2. |
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21 April 98 |
Home safety + siers council |
Part of home safety badge + various awards. |
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28 April 98 |
Road safety + rounders in Adastra park |
Test road safety on way to park. |
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5 May 98 |
Tent pitching |
In field behind HQ |
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12 May 98 |
Hike planning with older boys. Stranger danger for all |
Hike planning is required for on of the awards ( I think it’s ACA) |
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19 May 98 |
Hike |
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26 Mar 98 |
Half Term |
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2 June 98 |
Countries and Cultres (based on World Cup) International food + games. Make flags. Each six given a country and wears national football strip). |
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9 June 98 |
Looking After yourself. |
Keep fit + sports games. (Kevin Russell will often help.) |
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16 June 98 |
Fire lighting – Camp safety |
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23 June 98 |
Rock pooling at Rottingdean + beach safety |
A great night out if the tides are right. |
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30 June 98 |
Bandaging + stretcher making |
Teaches first aid + square lashings |
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7 July 98 |
Swimming and water safety |
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14 July 98 |
Wide game in Butchers wood |
Team games normally involving getting from one place to another without being caught or finding leaders in the woods. |
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21 July 98 |
Joint meeting with Trackers |
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8 Sept 98 |
Introduce new boys, camp fire stunts, sixers council |
Camp fire stunts for Entertainers badge. |
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15 Sept 98 |
Joint campfire with Trackers |
Hot dogs + use stunts practiced last week. |
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22 Sept 98 |
Local knowledge |
AA Community |
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29 Sept 98 |
Making “musical” instrument |
Use yoghurt pots etc as part of entertainers badge. |
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6 Oct 98 |
Knots and lashins + pioneering |
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13 Oct 98 |
Games evening |
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20 Oct 98 |
C.S.A. Country Code A.A. Stars and Planets A.C.A. Weather |
Split boys depending which award they are currently working towards to target certain areas. |
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27 Oct 98 |
Half term |
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3 Nov 98 |
C.S.A. first aid. A.A. Equipment for expedition. A.C.A. First aid incidents Sixers council |
Splitting to allow different levels to be taught to different ages. |
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10 Nov 98 |
Visit from doctor about solvent abuse, dinking + smoking. |
Health and fitness badge |
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17 Nov 98 |
Games evening |
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24 Nov 98 |
Visit sports / fitness center |
Shown round the different areas and given tips on sports safety |
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1 Dec 98 |
Food, nutrition and labelling |
Health and fitness badge |
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8 Dec 98 |
Healthy menus + food hygene |
Health and fitness badge |
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15 Dec 98 |
Windmills concert |
No meeting. |
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5 Jan 99 |
Keep fit + reef knot |
Finish Health and Fitness badge. Start of a knotting capaign where we do 10 minutes a week on the basic knots. |
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12 Jan 99 |
Compass points and bearings + reef knot relay |
Compass work is needed for Awards. Reef know relay is like a relay race only they have to tie a reef knot before handing over. |
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19 Jan 99 |
Games evening + Good turn diaries for CSA boys. Clove hitch |
Talk about good turns to younger boys. Ive out sheets to be filled in by next week. |
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26 Jan 99 |
Map symbols + grid refs (AA and ACA boys). CSA boys doing Country code. Clove hitch relay |
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2 Feb 99 |
Swimming |
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9 Feb 99 |
Test clove hitch + reef knot. Square lashings for simple pioneering. |
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16 Feb 99 |
Half Term |
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23 Feb 99 |
Fire fighting and fire safety. Fire drill |
An ex parent tests fire exteinguishers and has given demonstrations for us. |
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2 March 99 |
Flags and national anthem Sheet bends |
AA Countries and culteres |
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9 March 99 |
Life cycles |
Science and nature (they do this in school so not much use.) |
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16 Mar 99 |
Craft – leather work |
District used to know people who would come and let the boys have a go. May still have contacts. |
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23 Mar 99 |
Craft – T – Shirt printing |
Cubs design and make stencils and paint on a T Shirt. (I have instructions for screen printing but they are un tested.) |
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30 Mar 99 |
Craft – salt dough |
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20 Apr 99 |
Leather work |
(Possibly postponed from 16 Mar. Unlikely to have been done twice that close together.) |
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27 Apr 99 |
Teach traking signs |
Part of CSA |
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4 May 99 |
Lay and follow trails |
In Butchers wood. |
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11 May 99 |
Swimming |
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18 May 99 |
CSA Country code AA + ACA Maps _ route planning |
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25 May 99 |
Hike |
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8 June 99 |
First aid |
Different activities for different awards. |
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15 June 99 |
Fire lighting and cooking |
Part of the awards. Normally one fire per six. |
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22 June 99 |
Community help project |
Stream cleaning between HQ and field |
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29 June 99 |
Keep fit evening |
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6 July 99 |
Knots, lashings & camp gadgets |
Useful for when they go on camp. |
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13 July 99 |
Tent pitching |
Gives all boys a chance to practice before camp. For those not going the only way to practice it. |
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20 July 99 |
Wide game |
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7 Sept 99 |
Games evening |
Introduce new boys and gets them used to the pack. |
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14 Sept 99 |
Shelter building |
Practices knots and lashings. Normally two A frams joined by ridge pole covered in a ground sheet. |
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21 Sept 99 |
Road safety |
For awards and / or badge |
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28 Sept 99 |
Bike night |
Bike safety + maintenance. Phil Goering or Brian Spencer may help. |
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5 Oct 99 |
Cooking evening |
Made and cooked pasta. |
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12 Oct 99 |
Games evening |
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19 Oct 99 |
Chess evening |
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2 Nov 99 |
Football evening |
May have gone to Triangle and hired hall. |
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9 Nov 99 |
Swimming |
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15 Nov 99 |
Football at Traingle |
Joint meeting with Trackers on Mon night |
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23 Nov 99 |
First aid. Scout Family |
Scout family badges are gained alongside Awards. Most are done in the normal course but for ACA they need a talk about Scouts. If we have a Scout on service then they do it else it falls to me. |
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1 Dec 99 |
Carol Serive |
District Carol service on Wednesday so no meeting on Tuesday |
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7 Dec 99 |
Cooking |
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11 Jan 00 |
First aid. |
Had people in from Red Cross. Louise Taylor may have contacts. |
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18 Jan 00 |
World faith evening |
Countries and cultires for (I think) AA. Found someone to come in an speak about life as a Muslim. |
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25 Jan 00 |
First Aid Sketches |
Cubs act out a first aid incident. |
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1 Feb 00 |
Swimming |
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8 Feb 00 |
Collectors evening |
Cubs encouraged to bring in a collection and talk to pack about it. For collectors badge. |
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15 Feb 00 |
Games evening |
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29 Feb 00 |
World Faith Evening |
Probably 2nd part of countries and culteres. |
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7 March 00 |
Pancakes |
Cubs cook pancakes. Chance to talk about kitchen safety and hygene |
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14 Mar 00 |
Mapping |
Teaching the basics about maps. Split into different awards |
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21 Mar 00 |
Mapping (Testing) |
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28 Mar 00 |
Compass and Tracking |
Older boys using compass. CSA boys doing tracking |
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4 Apr 00 |
Tracking and Orienteering |
2nd week of above. Older boys follow orienteering course. |
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11 Apr 00 |
Easter Cards, Creativity |
For either AA or ACA |
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2 May 00 |
Tracking |
For CSA boys but all join in. |
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9 May 00 |
Compass course (Graham) |
Follow up from previous term. Younger boys get a chance to have a go. |
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16 May 00 |
Swimming |
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23 May 00 |
Good Food/ Bad Food |
Healthy eating. Produce posters at home for next week. |
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6 June 00 |
Fire lighting/Cooking |
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13 June 00 |
Hike |
Practical use of map and compass work from last term |
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20 June 00 |
Painting |
Crativity for AA / ACA. |
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27 June 00 |
Humanity at Heart |
Talk from a representative about their work. By all accounts a very good night, Can be use for an award. |
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4 July 00 |
Games |
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11 July 00 |
Tent Pitching |
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18 July 00 |
Wide Game |
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25 July 00 |
Sorting gear for camp NO CUBS, JUST LEADERS |
Allows us to sort through the kit we want to take on summer camp to check for breakages and to ensure there are no clashes with the Scouts. |
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12 Sept 00 |
Tracking |
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19 Sept 00 |
Swimming (Dolphin) |
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26 Sept 00 |
Tents, Bulbs, Hike prep and Good turn diary |
Tent ptiching to check that nothing was lost at summer camp. Panting bulbs for Science and Nature. Good Turn Diary given and explained to CSA boys. |
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3 Oct 00 |
Night hike |
Same as a normal hike but it was dark. Over fields to Ditchling and return via Oldlands mill. Cubs really enjoyed it. |
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10 Oct 00 |
Knotts & Lashings |
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17 Oct 00 |
Shelter building |
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24 Oct 00 |
Half Term |
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31 Oct 00 |
Halloween |
Joint meeting with Trackers. Fancy dress with party games. |
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7 Nov 00 |
Firelighting & Fireworks |
Firelighting in sixes outside the HQ then fireworks on bottom field. |
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14 Nov 00 |
Football at Triangle |
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21 Nov 00 |
Games night |
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28 Nov 00 |
Home Safety |
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5 Dec 00 |
Police Visit |
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12 Dec 00 |
Windmills Concert? |
No meeting |
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19 Dec 00 |
Christmas Party |
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9 Jan 01 |
Knotting boards |
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16 Jan 01 |
Games night |
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23 Jan 01 |
Flags and emblems |
Explain make up of Union flag. May have been combined with patron saints |
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30 Jan 01 |
Swimming |
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6 Feb 01 |
Police visit |
Group chairman’s brother is a dog handler. |
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13 Feb 01 |
Countries and cultures |
Speaker about Indian life. |
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20 Feb 01 |
Half Term |
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27 Feb 01 |
Highway code quiz |
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6 Mar 01 |
Map reader badge / country cde |
The map readers badge for the oldest 6 – 8 boys. The rest did other activities. |
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13 Mar 01 |
Map reader badge / first aid |
Very basic first aid for younger ones. Includes minor burns / nose bleeds / cut fingers |
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20 Mar 01 |
Map reader badge / grid refs |
Younger on’es did basic 4 fig grid refs. |
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27 Mar 01 |
Map reader badge / road safety |
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3 April 01 |
Bike Maintenance |
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24 Apr 01 |
Cylist badge, |
Early start |
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1 May 01 |
Tracking |
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5 June 01 |
Swimming |
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12 June 01 |
T-Shirt printing |
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19 June 01 |
First aid |
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26 June 01 |
Games evening |
Would have been beach combing but the tide was wrong. |
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3 Jult 01 |
Hike |
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10 July 01 |
Nick’s night |
Scout’s on service have to run a night. Pioneering to make a catapult for an egg, |
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17 July |
Games night + knots |
Would have been fires and cooking but raining hard. |
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24 July |
Family night |
Games for last night. |