Badger Hill Scout Group
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General Information about Scouts Scouts, or the Scout Troop as it is formally known, were one of the first two sections (with Cubs) when Pulloxhill Scout Group started, and indeed was the age group that Baden-Powell had when he first started Scouts in 1907. The Scout Promise:On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to God and to the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout Law. The Scout Laws:
The Scout section is what the public generally know as "Scouts", i.e boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 14. The upper age limit has reduced from 16 which it was for many years, with the 14-18 year olds now moving into an Explorer Scout section. In their last few months in the Scout troop before reaching age 14, Scouts will be invited to suitable Explorer Scout meetings and activities both to get an idea of what Explorers is about and how it operates, and also to meet the leaders and existing Explorer Scouts in order to make the transfer as seamless as possible. Scouts have the full range of Scouting activities available, with a restriction on a few activities for which the minimum age is 14. In Badger Hill we try to cover as many activities as possible during the year, and our programme is largely based on what the Scouts themselves want to do, as long as we can stay within the rules and bring everyone back in one piece, leaders included. We have a pretty good safety record and it's worth noting that many of the government regulations introduced in recent years to cover adventurous activities are based on rules that Scouts have operated internally for many years. The Scout uniform is: (Compulsory items in normal type, Optional in italics)
We currently run two Scout troops, Hunter Troop meets at the Maulden HQ from 1915-2100 on Mondays and Avian Troop meets at the same time on Fridays during state school term time, unless otherwise arranged beforehand. Scouts do tend to do more activities away from the HQ, so it pays to read the newsletters, and keep an eye on this site..........................Scouts please note.......... The Scout troops also run specific events for their older Scouts, Patrol leaders and Assistant Patrol Leaders, which are geared more to the interests and abilities of older boys and girls, and are usually based on suggestions from them. This is a lead-in to Explorer Scouts, and recognises that it is not easy to organise a programme that 10 year olds can cope with whilst not boring a 14 year old, and similarly arrange something that a 14 year old will enjoy doing whilst keeping the casualty rate under control with the 10 year olds. There is always a camp in the school summer holidays, which all Scouts are strongly urged to attend. A large part of the requirements for the Challenge awards and several proficiency badges, can only realistically be done at camp and it is in the Scout's interests to come if at all possible. Camps in recent years have been in the Lake District, Cornwall, Norfolk, Northumberland, Devon, South Wales, the Forest of Dean, North Wales, and on Grand Union Canal boats, so we do get around a bit. There are also other weekend events run during the year, such as Bike Weekends and Canoe expeditions, in addition to evening or daytime visits to climbing walls and artificial caving complexes, and trips to London. As far as we can, the programme is based on the Patrol Leaders getting feedback from their patrol members about likes/dislikes/wants/don't wants, and then discussing this at a Patrol Leaders meeting to produce the "Balanced Programme" that the Scout Association requires us to do. Equipment is more complicated for Scouts than for Beavers and Cubs because of the greater range of activities covered. There is a separate Kit List section on this site which will give an idea of what may be wanted, and the equipment suppliers section of the Group Guide will indicate where you can get it. We do operate a "second-user" stock of things like shirts and boots which are invariably out-grown long before they are worn-out, so do ask the Scout Leaders. Similarly, if you have run out of children to pass things down to, we would be glad to have anything we can re-use elsewhere. Click here to download a note of the information we need from you if you want to join us Scout Section BadgesScouts can gain many badges during their time in Scouts of various types, including some "staged" ones such as swimming and musician which recognise ongoing improvement and can be continued from one section to another. Rather than duplicate information about the badges on this website, for full details of all of them please go to: http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/badges/scout-index.htm which is the official web site of the UK Scout Association. The site contains an enormous amount of information about Scouting in the UK, together with links to other UK sites (like this one), and world-wide to the 148 countries where Scouting is active. The basic requirements for badges are also summarised in each Scout’s Record Book, which is provided for Scouts when they join the troop. In the course of our weekly meetings, Scouts will complete a number of badge requirements automatically but by far the fastest way to gain badges and awards is for Scouts to take part in our other camps and trips. We cannot stress strongly enough that Scouts should come to summer camp if at all possible, as there are numerous items in all of the awards which realistically can only be done at camp.
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