Outdoor Scouting: Trail Signs

SILVER 4. – Outdoor Scouting * Demonstrate five trail signs GOLD 4. – Outdoor Scouting * Using at least five different trail signs, make a track for the rest of the Pack to follow Scout trail signs are made on the ground, close to the right-hand side of the road. They should never be made [...]

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compass is as compass does?

BRONZE 4 – Outdoor Scouting * Discuss how a compass works and show you know the the four principal points. * Make a simple compass. A compass rose is a figure displaying the orientation of the cardinal directions, north, south, east and west on a map or nautical chart. It is also the term for [...]

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Cuboree 2008 – Pack 405 – Notes 1

1. Leader’s email list for Pack 405 Leader’s email list for Pack 405. Let me know if you wish to update your email address. —list sent in email—

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District Activities in 2008

Some Nillumbik District dates for the diary in 2008 are … 29th Feb/22nd Mar, Pre-Cuboree Camp 10th May, SAT, Jamboree of The Trail (Bike Ride) 31 May/1st Jun – Sixer/Seconder training course 26th Jun, THU, Rollerskating 25th Jul, FRI, Joey + Cub Disco 22nd AUG, FRI, Joey + Cub Disco 24th Aug, Billy Carts – [...]

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Boy Scouts America (BSA) monthly program themes

Boy Scouts America (BSA) use monthly program themes for Cub Scouting, and currently have the themes listed from SEP 2007 to AUG 2011! Having these set themes it means that you can get quite a few different resources based on that months theme – newsletters, ideas, games, podcasts, badges, … DECEMBER 2007 – CELEBRATIONS AROUND [...]

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wrapped up in cotton wool?

Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our new wave of overprotected kids — and spells out 5 (and really, he’s got 6) dangerous things you should let your kids do. Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them [...]

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A different view: a Tag Cloud for Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Using TagCrowd to view the Jungle book story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi as a Tag Cloud of the top 50 words … a good way of seeing if you have the main drift of a story?

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Chinese New Year theme (2008)

In the Western calendar the start of Chinese New Year falls on February 7, 2008 – The Year of the Rat. Generally at this time of the year we have a Chinese New Year program, due to the crowded program this term we are not having one this year which is a shame because it [...]

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