1st Sittingbourne (S.A.) Scout Group

JOTT 2011: JAMBOREE ON THE TRAIL

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Sun, 15 May 2011 19:30:12 +0000

Saturday 14th May marked Sittingbourne & Milton Districts hike as part of the Jamboree on the Trail 2011.

1st Sittingbourne scouts took part, along with other local scout groups to walk the almost 13 Km between Canterbury East and Whitstable railway stations, mainly along the famous “Crab and Winkle Way”. En route we visited the Norman leper church of St Nicholas, where we received a very hospitable welcome and learnt about its fascinating history.

Our thanks go to Ron Glister of 10th Sittingbourne for all his hard work in planning the route and visit to St Nicholas’ and to everyone that took part and made it such an enjoyable day.

Please click on the above photo collage to enlarge.

RED NOSE DAY

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:00:08 +0000

On Wednesday 23rd. March the whole group took part in a talent night to raise funds for comic relief.

Many talents and skills were on show, including musical solo’s of cornet, piano,recorder,guitar and a harmonica. The beavers shown some football skills. Also on show were song and dance and a magic trick. Leaders also took part showing their other side.

In fact just look at the video;

Go to you tube and search for edited comic releif.wmv Note the spelling error it had been posted by gslgaryable. Not yet worked out how to set up link maybe for next video but please do try and watch.

Power Kiting

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:07:41 +0000

On Saturday the 26th March the Scouts were invited to transform from complete novices at power kiting, to competent pilots. The event was held by the Kent Scouts Air Activities team at Capstone Country Park in Gillingham Kent.

After a safety briefing and “how to fly” instruction it was straight on to the “smaller” 2.5M kites. The lack of wind proved a challenge to us novices to get these up, but with the excellent guidance from the instructors we were soon having a great time.

As the wind picked up, we moved on to the more powerful kites, these were a lot harder on the muscles, and even in the still fairly light winds, capable of dragging you along the ground. (Yes I did go over more than once!)

Some of us had the opportunity to try using the kites to pull us along in a buggy, and one of our Scouts was given the honour of flying the teams brand new sport kite which he described as “Epic”.

Having only ever flown” traditional” kites in the past I for one was truly impressed by pulling power of these wind powered beasties, and I’ll certainly be back for more!

If you’d like to know more about the Kent Scouts Air Activities team, look them up on their website at http://www.kentscouts.org.uk/pageview.php?menu_id=503 Paul Phillips. Scout Leader.

AFRICAN SHOW & TALK

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:51:35 +0000

The beaver colony listened and watched with intent as Major Karen Ramsay bought in some items to show and talk of her experiences spent in Africa.

Major Ramsay, along with her husband, Major David Ramsay had spent many years in the Zambian region of the continent bringing up a young family at the time. She talked of their work with the people and social care provided but also of the fun the family had, which showed with many of the items the beavers could look and touch, the most popular being the drum.

This talk went towards the beavers challenge awards covering global & friendship.

GROUP GROWS

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:16:33 +0000

The scout group continues in its growth with an increase of 4 members from last years census figures, which now gives the total membership of 30 for the group. This has seen a steady increase year on year during the 4 years of the re-birth of the group.

Two more beavers were invested into the colony on Wednesday 9th. March, bringing the colony total to a dozen.

On the same night, the cub pack did not want to be outdone, so they also invested 2 new members. This brings the pack count to a dozen cubs and with 2 new faces this week as well the pack is now the fastest growing section.

During the next term the sections will see some members moving onto the next stage of their scouting life, so it is good to see new faces, which only come along because of the fun their friends are having within the group and parents knowing that their children are being shown good values with excitement in a safe environment.

The Survivors!

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:48:26 +0000

"Bugs" introduces himself to the group.

Here are some comments from the Scouts that took part in our 24 hour survival camp last weekend.

“It was a great experience and I learnt lots of new skills like knife and axe work”

“….we cooked our own food and pudding, it was really nice…”

“When we made a shelter it was really stressful, but fun. We had to tie string between trees and put a sheet over it, but it’s not as easy as it seems!”

“I loved sleeping in the shelter”

“It was muddy, but the food was nice and I loved the hot chocolate!”

“It was cold, wet and muddy, but that actually made it a better, more realistic experience………..it was great having an experienced survival expert (“Bugs”) and he showed us great ways of using natural resources for almost everything”

“It was very cold, very wet and the mud was like goo!”

“”Bugs” taught us knife and axe work, and how to make a lantern out of an old drinks can”

And finally, a comment from our Scout Leader

“This wasn’t just a learning experience for the Scouts, us adults came away a lot wiser as well, but for me the lasting memory will be that of the Scouts attitude. The wind and rain soon turned the camp site in to a mud bath and it really wasn’t an hospitable place to be. There was no natural shelter, but they all pulled together, listened to the instructor (Our thanks again for everything you did “Bugs”) and did what was needed. There were no complaints, even when things did not go exactly to plan. It was an absolute pleasure to be there with them and they should all be very proud of their achievements”

"I'm a Scout, get me out of here!"

"Mud, Mud, Glorious mud"

WINTER SURVIVAL CAMP

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:34:02 +0000

MUD GLORIOUS MUD

Six members of the troop, along with 2 leaders and a qualified instructor, took part in a 24 hours survival skills camp.

The participants met at Sittingbourne & Milton district campsite at 10.00am on Saturday 26th. February in the poring rain. With kit unloaded from cars the scouts walked across the site to the specially designated area for this type of camping.

First task was to build their shelters under instruction and be shown various methods and styles of shelters. Once this was done the warmth was required, thus fire lighting skills was instructed and it was not long before a good fire was blazing away. Though the rain kept coming spirits were not dampened with the scouts and leaders learning other survival skills such as knife handling, use of axes and some gadgets which can be made.

Cooking was done on trangia stoves and single army burners with a selection of bacon & beans, vegetable curry, chicken tika and corned beef up for tasting plus chocolate pudding for afters. With stomachs full and things washed up further skills were learned including the making of lanterns and woggle making.

As bedtime arrived some scouts selected to sleep indoors, but 2 opted to face the elements and survived the night as the temperature dropped to 3 degrees.

Breakfast was served in the warmth and comfort of the building before the break of camp.

THE BEDROOM

At the end of the 24 hours the scouts thanked the instructor and commented on how enjoyable the experiance had been and next time do this in the summer

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:45:46 +0000

The scout group made an early return after the Christmas break and took part in welcome back games to see in 2011, which looks like to be another year in growth for 1st. Sittingbourne (Salvation Army) scout group.

: Where are the leaders

At this time of year all groups fill in the census forms for the scout association and I am pleased to announce the group continues to grow in membership numbers, a consecutive trend I hope will continue.
Thank you to all the new parents for your support,please continue to log into the website and read your emails

GARY CHADWICK
(GSL)

WEDNESDAY NIGHT HIKE

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:14:52 +0000

If only they knew

The scout troop spent the normal meeting night outdoors on a local hike.

The scouts, along with 2 leaders, were dropped off at a mystery location and told to find their way to the District camp site. Once they had got the grid reference the scouts were on their way up the first footpath, which led them in to an orchard. Temptation was high to try a few apples but they resisted and managed to get lost in the orchard instead. Good skills in directional navigation came in to effect and they headed for the street lights, upon in more light regained their composure and redirected themselves on to the required route. The rain came down in a fine drizzle, but th scouts spirits were not dampened and on they marched/strolled/crawled to the meeting point.

"are we there yet"

A great time was had by all and some vital lessons learnt on the way.

CLIC SARGENT

Sittingbourne SA Scout Group — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:56:56 +0000

On Saturday 24^th. October the scout group are holding a football fun afternoon in aid of the CLIC Sargent children’s cancer charity.

It is to be held at the District camp site, Bexon Lane.

There will be a penalty shootout competition and a couple of silly football games including a mums & dads game.

There is no cost to this except for purchase of food & drinks but we do ask donations be placed in collection areas.

If you would like to find out more about this event or make a donation to this very worthwhile cause, please contact Gary Chadwick.

For more info’ on the work of CLIC Sargent please follow the link elswhere on this site.