1st Newsletter Apr 2016
32 nd Scout Troop Chingford
Hello and welcome to the new monthly Scouts newsletter. I have shamelessly stolen the
idea from the cubs section as I know how useful it is to know what activities are coming up.
I have recently taken over as Scout Leader after a number of years of helping out as a
parent and in case some of you don’t know me, I am a father of 4 children (1 in explorers,
1 in scouts, 1 in cubs and 1 about to start beavers) and also have had previous experience
of working with young people when I used to work for PGL holiday company and ran a
number of children’s activity holidays for Asthma UK.
Although I have some experience, I am still learning the ropes as a Scout Leader so
please bear with me. What we aim to do is to bring a bit more structure, discipline and fun
activities to the scout meetings but it will take a bit of time. If you have any questions,
comments or suggestions please let me know at apladbury@btinternet.com or speak to
me or any of the other leaders, Terry, Andy , Lauren and Maricris.
Core programme activities:
As part of the year’s core programme we will be looking to complete a number of the scout
badges. Thee are a number of the badges that scouts can complete outside of the scout
meeting and your support in helping the scouts complete these badges would be helpful.
Some of the badges scouts could complete are Artist, Chef, Entertainer, Physical
Recreation, Astronomer and many others.
As well as the individual badges we will also be looking to complete some group badges
over the next few weeks including teamwork, electronics and cycling.
As well as the badges we will also be doing the following activities over the next few weeks
1. Shooting and climbing at Gilwell Park
2. Orienteering
3. Swimming
4. Wide games on the plains
5. Patrol challenges
As part of the patrol challenges we will be keeping a record of each patrol’s achievements
with rewards for the hardest working patrol.
Parent helpers
Although we have a strong team of 5 leaders as we have such a large group we will
usually need at least one parent helper each week. I hope to set up a parent rota and
hope that you will be able to volunteer at least once during the year..
Group rules
We have three simple rules for the Scout Pack
1. Honour the opening and closing ceremony – this includes wearing the uniform
2. Respect the leaders and each other
3. Take part in the activities.
We also operate a three strike rule, if a scout needs to be spoken to 3 times or more in
one evening, they will be asked to not attend the following week’s meeting. Part of being a
Scout is to be a positive member of the local community in and out of scouts and we hope
by complying by the group rules we will help the scouts do this.
We have also asked the scouts to draft rules for the leaders and I will share these in the
newsletter next month.
External events
Programme activities coming up
Survival Camp 29 April – 2 May
Fun activity day 29 May
Water activity day 11 June
32nd Scouts AGM 19 July
Jamboree 30 July – 6 August
Night hike and sleepover - tbc
Danemead Fun Camp 23-25 September
Full details on our website http://www.32ndchingfordscoutgroup.co.uk/home
Any questions or issues please have a word with a leader.
Generic scouting information is obtainable from:
https://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources
32nd Scout Troop Chingford
07561 532551