The photo selected this week - Helping the Clowns - Cub Scouts get in on the act at the Celebration Party to mark 90 years of Cub Scouts. Photo by Lynn Smith more
On Sunday 24th September after a very wet start to the day the sun shone as over 700 Cub Scouts from across Berkshire gathered at Chalfont Heights to celebrate 90 years of Cubbing with an activity day. The day started at 10.00hrs with a County Grand Howl led by John Shortland and Flag Break. The Cubs then tried their hands at climbing, abseiling, archery, rifle shooting, go carts, circus skills, inflatable table top football, basket ball, jousting and sumo wrestling. They were able to ride around the site on Stevenage Scouts train stopping of at the Bird man with his owl and falcon that the cubs could hold, and also visit the hands on farm animals and have a go at the craft based activities.
The sun continued to shine all day, and after a picnic lunch the Cubs were entertained by two clowns from Circus Scene who persuaded a cub and a leader to help in the show, before the activity bases opened for another session of fun before a final County Grand Howl led by John Shortland and on to the fleet of coaches for home.
We had a lot of help from Explorer Scouts, Adult Leaders and Fellowships across Berkshire and without their help the day would not have been such a great success a BIG THANK YOU to them all. more
The 49th Jamboree-On-The-Air (JOTA) / Jamboree-On-The-Internet (JOTI) will be held over the weekend of 21st and 22nd October 2006. Two great international Scouting activities to get your Colony/Pack/Troop/Unit/Network involved in. Why not setup some links ready for celebrating 2007 and get more international Scouting in your programme?
What is the Jamboree-On-The-Air? The JOTA is an annual event in which about 500,000 Scouts and Guides all over the world make contacts with each other by means of amateur radio. Short-wave radio signals carry their voices to virtually any corner of the world. It's the sheer excitement of having a live conversation with a fellow Scout or Guide in some other place in the world that attracts so many youngsters to this event. JOTA is a real Jamboree during which Scouting experiences are exchanged and ideas are shared. It’s a unique opportunity for each individual Scout to get the real feeling of belonging to a worldwide movement. more
What is the Jamboree-On-The-Internet? Similarly to the JOTA, the Jamboree-On-The-Internet connects Scouts using Internet techniques. The JOTI is held on the same weekend as the Jamboree-On-the-Air. Units can choose to take part in either one event or both. Worldwide The JOTA and JOTI are worldwide events. During the weekend, units may participate for 48 hours or any part thereof, from Saturday 00:00hrs until Sunday 24:00hrs local time. more
Pegasus Explorer Scouts were amongst the trophy winners at the Scout Shoot 2006 at Bisley last month. Explorer Scout David Horn was Winner of the Clay Pigeon competition with Callum Jackson placed second in the same competition. Don Lofthouse was the overall winner of Scoutshoot 2006 and as top OAP was the Winner of Greybeard. Callum Jackson and David Horn were two of the five people who scored a maximum 10 out of 10 on the clay pigeon section. All five were called back for a high pressure shoot out. The result couldn’t have been better for Pegasus with David coming first and Callum second. Other totable achievements included Trevor Jackson who scored a maximum (100 out of 100) at 25metre small bore and Karina Lang who hit 4 clays in her first visit to Scout Shoot.
The County Management Team meets twice a year to review strategic matters for Scouting across Berkshire. The Autumn meeting will take place at the end of October and will be attended by District Commissioners, the Training Team, and the County-wide Support team. The autumn meeting will focus on the action plans developed by each District and the County-wide sectional teams. Contact your District Commissioner for more details or if you would like to offer input to you District Plan.
Following on the from the highly successful Administrators Workshop held last year, this years events will be held on 4 November 2006 in Wokingham. If you are a Group Chair, Group Secretary, Group Treasurer, District Chair, District Secretary or District Treasurer this Workshop is a must do event for you - get the date in your diary now! Book your place now - email your details to Michael Nightingale
New Activity Badge Requirements October 2006 sees an update the Activity Badge requirements, with a selection of new badges for Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts and Explorer Scouts. more
October 2006
7 Adult Training Module
24 Managing Adults
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8 Adult Training Module
10 First Aid (
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9 Adult Training Module
20 Administration (Managers)
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10 Adult Training Module
3a Tools for the Job (Sectional) (
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10 Child Protection Workshop (Wokingham)
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11 Adult Training Module
25a Assessing Learning (
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12 Child Protection Workshop (Maidenhead)
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14–15 Regional CC s
15 Young Leaders Activity (Longridge)
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18 Adult Training Module
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19 Child Protection Workshop (Windsor and Eton)
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20–22 Jamboree Unit training weekend (Rushalls Farm)
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21 Adult Training Module
19 International
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21–22 Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) (World-wide)
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21–22 Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI) (World-wide)
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23 Adult Training
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25 Adult Training Module
3a Tools for the Job (Sectional) (
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28–29 County Management Team
29 Jamboree Unit - first aid course (1st Binfield Scout HQ)
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November 2006
1 Adult Training Module
23 Safety for Managers and Supporters
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25b Assessing Learning (
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2 Adult Training Module
11 Administration (Section) (
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3 WINGS2009 Planning Team
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4 Administrator Workshop (Wokingham)
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The Cub Activity Day held last month to mark 90 years of Cub Scouts was a great success with both Cub Scouts and their Leaders. This is a BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who made it possible. If you have any photos of the event or indeed any other Scouting event it would be great to post on the website - send them to photo@berkshirescouts.org.uk
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