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Outdoor Scouting: Trail Signs

Posted in Badge, Cubs, tagged , , on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

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 where they will [...]

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compass is as compass does?

Posted in Badge, tagged , , on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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 the graduated markings [...]

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Cuboree 2008 – Pack 405 – Notes 1

Posted in Cuboree, Pack405, Planning, tagged , on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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

Posted in 2008, Cub Scout Program on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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

Posted in resources, theme on February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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 THE [...]

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wrapped up in cotton wool?

Posted in Activity, Adventurous Activities, ideas on February 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »

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, [...]

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

Posted in Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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)

Posted in ideas, theme, tagged , , , , , on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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 looks [...]

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