At little later this time, but worth the wait! One of the biggest and best attended group camps in manys a year: fire eating, trampolining, ball games, obstacle course, kayaking, rafting….
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The last day of the Brooklyn School survival skills elective saw the whole group navigate their way to Central park, rescue a wounded team member, keep everyone dry in a bivvy, then rescue a group that had got trapped on the wrong side of a “river”
Earning personal achievement badges and working towards section Bronze, Silver and Gold awards is an important part of scouting. A combination of individual and group effort is needed – along with a good dose of planning.
Fortunately, you aren’t on your own! Both the cubs and scouts have comprehensive booklets to provide inspiration, motivation and set the achievement targets.
Pick them up on our downloads page, or go directly to the Scout Awards scheme manual or the Cubs Awards scheme manual.
A big Bravo to the cubs for collecting a massive load of rubbish from around the Hall, community centre, garden and school. This activity counts towards the Community Service element of the cub award scheme.
True to the virtual, participate anywhere, nature of a Jamboree on the Internet, Brooklyn cubs and scouts participated from 3 locations! A small group went of to Masterton, and two home events were held in Brooklyn.
Lyn (Scout Alaigne’s mum) writes:
The “InBrooklyn” JOTI event – 5 scouts and one cub crowded around 3 computers which had been set up for accessing the 2012 JOTI chat rooms and TeamSpeak. For over three hours they thoroughly enjoyed “chatting” (typing) and talking with kids from Netherlands, Portugal, Venezuala, Ecuador,Croatia,Canada, the US, England, Scotland, Australia, Antigua & Barbuda, and others (including other Brooklyn Scouts on camp in Masterton!)
One memorableexchange was with a group in the Netherlands – in Dutch. Our bi-lingua scout had to correct their impression that New Zealand was close to Zeeland in the Netherlands (arguably it is, because that’s where our name came from) but he told them in no uncertain terms (in Dutch) that we are on the other side of the world!
Some took a break from tapping on computer keys and attempted some 2012 JOTI challenges and tasks. We also tried actually talking (using TeamSpeak) which resulted in many laughs, as voice quality and response times made discussion a little difficult, but our cub member made the best job of having a “real” conversation with some Aussies.
The rest thoroughly enjoyed typing responses furiously and finding out about the likes and dislikes of scouts all over the world. 🙂
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