Crewboree 2008

Date: 6^th – 8^th June 2008

The ‘Crewboree’ is an event run every year by Hesley Wood, and this year we will be attending once again.  The camp is aimed at Scouts, Guides, Explorers and Rangers – i.e. no pesky Beavers or Cubs!

Rough Programme

Friday – Arrive after tea, pitch tents, search for missing pegs etc, followed by a karaoke and disco run by Hesley staff.

Saturday – full of activities provided by the site, such as climbing, abseiling, archery, zip line, assault course, bouldering wall, orienteering, inflatables, buggies etc.  In the evening there will be an ‘Aussie’ themed disco, with prizes for the best fancy dress!

Sunday - a day of competitions and challenges, with prizes up for grabs.

 

This camp is normally brilliant, as all the activities available would normally cost a fortune, but we are able to run this camp for just £30 (that’s £20 for Hesley, £10 for food) – or if you pay your £10 deposit by the 10^th of April then it will be only £28, as we receive a £2 early booking discount. The fee includes all the activities, camp fees, food etc – everything but for a small amount of spending money!

St. George’s Day Camp- 25^th – 27^th April

This years St. George’s Day Promise renewal will be during a campfire at Hesley Wood on Saturday 26^th April.  The Cubs, Scouts and Explorer sections have decided to make a camp out of this event, with activities for each section. The Beavers will be up at Hesley for Saturday afternoon and evening.

If you have not already done so you will soon be receiving 2 copies of the new ‘Conditions of Membership’ for your section, plus a copy of the new ‘Group Disciplinary Procedure’.

You or your parent/carer MUST sign both copies of the Conditions of Membership, and return one copy to your Leader.

These two documents will give you a clear idea about what’s expected of you as a member of Grenoside Scout Group, and what you can expect from your Leaders.

No Scouts this Friday, as the Leaders are taking a well deserved night off.

Instead there will be a session of outdoor cooking Friday lunchtime, from 11am to 2pm. Turn up, get a fire going for your group, then start cooking! We’ll supply the food; you supply yourselves in suitable clothing (weather wise and you will stink of smoke).

Of course if the weather does its usual Easter trick and it’s absolutely pouring down then we’ll have to migrate indoors, and we’ll use the camping stoves instead.

As you may know, St. George is the patron saint of Scouting, as well as England. Baden-Powell chose him as he felt that the Saint George of legend set a good example of faith, courage and perseverance. St George's day is kept on the 23rd April and most Scouts throughout the country will hold some form of celebration on the nearest Sunday. At these events all members renew their promise, from the youngest Beaver to the oldest Leader (not Kit this time!).

This year we will be joining the rest of our District for a camp fire at Hesley Wood, on Saturday 26^th April.

As a bonus, there are additional activities for all sections.

Beavers: Activity sessions Saturday afternoon, camp fire, then go home.

Cubs: Saturday; take part in District Activity Competition, camp fire, then camp out for night.

Scouts: Camp for weekend. Saturday; work towards Outdoor Challenge Badge, Camp fire, then take part in District Night Hike. Sunday; backwoods cooking.

Leaders: Work hard all weekend, arrive home Sunday afternoon tired but happy, knowing they contributed towards making life a little bit better for a lot of people!

Thanks to everyone who attended the Christmas Fayre – we hope you had a great time. Unfortunately the strong winds meant we couldn’t put up the marquee outside, so we were even more cramped than usual inside!

We did, however, raise around £700 for Group funds – a fantastic amount.

A special thanks is due to all the Leaders and helpers who gave up their time to help run the event.

I've just added some more photos - this time they're early ones, from the turn of the century!

See if you can spot some of the current Leaders looking really, really young...

International Evening

An evening at Hesley Wood, to hear about the exploits of Don District’s Scouts and Explorers at this year’s Jamboree and in Italy, and of our plans for future International events.

• Report from the members of the Jamboree Contingent, on their experiences at Hylands Park for the Centenary year Jamboree.
• Report from the Explorers trip to Italy in the summer, including the delights of a night spent in a stationary coach when it wasn’t allowed through the Mont Blanc tunnel…
• Our plans for the future; a trip to Iceland in 2008, Europe in 2009 or North America in 2010? The next international Jamboree in Sweden in 2011.

The evening will be held in the Howard Walker building, and is open to everyone – Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Leaders, Committee members, families and friends etc.

The evening starts at 7:30pm, please wear full uniform.

Italy 2007 Reunion

Yes we’ve finally found a date for it!  The parent’s evening/report back when we can spend the evening reminiscing on what a great time we had, the stupid comments we made, that fantastic coach we had etc…

When?

Friday 16^th November at 7:30 pm. Please wear your Italy shirt and International Necker.

Where?

Grenoside Scout HQ, Salt Box Lane, Grenoside.

Please feel free to bring along anyone who may be interested in our exploits, we should be finished by 8:30pm.

Bring along any photos you have, hopefully you will receive a CD containing all the photos the Leaders took, plus the ones from the rafting…

Oops! There were a couple of errors in the edition of ‘Hut Gossip’ that was sent out to the Cubs and Beavers. These have been corrected in the copy you can download below.

If you want to know where to put your badges on your uniform, then please look in the General Information folder in the'files' section below.

Christmas Carol Service - Friday 7th December

Our annual Carol service will be held in St. Marks Church at 7:30pm on Friday 7^th December. Everyone welcome, members past and present, parents, grandparents, brother, sisters, uncles and aunties – or even if you’re just interested in what we’re doing! Refreshments will be served afterwards in the Church Hall.

Christmas Fair

This year’s Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 24^th of November, starting at 10:30 am.  There will be the lots of Christmas goodies for sale, as well as activities for the children, and of course Father Christmas will be present in his Grotto.

Stalls include bottle tombola, cake sales, toys, cards, wrapping paper, gifts, ‘Hama’ bead badges and decorating biscuits for Christmas. Refreshments will be available, including our famous bacon sandwiches - mmmm!

Donations of bottles, cakes and mince pies would be greatly appreciated.

We have just published a 'Data Protection and Photographic policy'. It can also be downloaded from the 'Files' section below. Please make sure you return your form by the 31st of October.

 

Welcome to the website for the Grenoside Scout Group. Once we're up and running you'll find all sorts of information and photos on here.

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