Several wheelbarrow loads of plants were given to us by the WCC Plant Nurseries to plant in a section of Prince of Wales Park that the Scout group has been working on for the past two years.

Last Sunday Grant (a Cub Kaiārahi) chose the worst day he could find (⛈ hail & heavy showers of rain ⛈) to get them planted.

Tonight we had our eyeballs exercised by watching 125 CCTV camera’s recording various pieces of Wellington urban landscape – all at once! The Scouts had plenty of questions and hopefully have been reflecting on the positives and negatives surveillance plays in keeping our streets safe!?

The night was capped off by a short walk through the historic Bolton St cemetery where we stopped to hear some of the stories relating to those buried there.

Tonight we invested seven youth; five had come up from Cubs. And we had a couple of potential new Adult Kaiārahi joining us too! We can never have too many adult helpers… 😉

Body armour was big at Keas tonight and so was the mess at the end of the session! Great fun was had by all. The swing remains ever popular.

Last weekend (20-22 May), four of our more experienced youth attended a youth leadership course held at Brookfield Camp in Wainuiomata. Scouts from around the lower north island region came together to learn about working in teams and team leadership.

Newly learnt skills are put to the test in a series of practical activities designed to test skills (like explanation, demonstration, communication, review etc.) and to just generally reinforce what is required (when working together in a team) to achieve a common goal.

A bonus was they got to meet two members of the Scouts Aotearoa Board including the National Commissioner who overseas the programme and is responsible for inspiring and motivating volunteers, as well as representing their interests at the governance level in all policy-related discussions.