Rather than a game to burn off energy tonight we moved a pile of left over pruning/ firewood to be accessible for collection. A scout suggested a chain rather than individuals walking back & forth. It worked really well, except optimal link spacing seemed hard to achieve in the dark – resulting in a little running back & forth for some individuals😊

The rest of the night was spent learning/ doing coding using Scratch. It was really interesting to see different conceptual approaches using the same ‘tools’. The youth enjoyed doing something they had chosen to do that interested them = modern youth lead scouting😅

With winter approaching it was becoming apparent just how shaded the deck was getting. So an old Coprosma (that was more ivy than tree) has made way for drying winter sun😅. A quick bleach and wash has returned the hall weatherboards to white (from shades of mouldy green grime). The inside was cleaned out, wiped down, vacuumed and polished. Thank you to the dozen or so whānau and their rangatahi that supported this activity👍🏽

We also have a new glazed front door being made (after receiving a grant from the Vogelmorn Community Trust👍🏽👍🏽). Watch this space!

Scouts suggested activities, voted and chose the activities for next term. Then we recreated our small teams and they chose which activities they wanted to organise and run. Youth leading – adults supporting.

We also farewelled another Kaiārahi which has left us short – please volunteer to support us so we can keep going!

A visit to Kilbirnie Community Policing Centre was enthusiastically embraced by our rangatahi. Two constables showed us around and answered rather too many questions about tazers (which interestingly neither had ever used). I wonder which youth will find themselves back there?🤔🤭

Tonight was completely organised and run by the two rangatahi in the foreground. Youth leading – adults supporting👍🏽