Welcome back, we hope that you all had a very good Christmas and are now refreshed and ready for the year ahead.  It is with great regret that we bid farewell to Peter Woolridge who has now left his current role within Scouts.  However, it is with great pleasure that we are able to welcome him as the new Quartermaster and member of the committee.  We also officially welcome two new assistant Scout leaders, Jenn Vernau and Lisa Vokes.

With our expanded leadership team we are hoping to be able to provide an even better experience for the scouts.  Part of this is recognising our weak areas and trying to tackle them.  We felt the first, and by far the worst, was the number of nights we had to re-schedule at short notice.  This has been addressed by the hard work of Jo Philips who has been supporting the troop for the last term in an organisational capacity - the record low number of event cancelations witnessed last term was due to her exceptional hard work! 

We feel the second area we must address is our lack of Badge awards.  To help us tackle this Jenn has kindly agreed to take responsibility for this aspect and co-ordinate the planning and logging of badge work.  It should, however, be recognised, that scout level badges take a lot of work to achieve so we are hoping to be able to award our first badges come the end of the summer term.  These are the two first areas that we are working to improve, if there are others that you feel we need to address please feel free to contact us with your recommendations.

To help us maximise your child’s scouting experience, there are also two areas that we feel we could greatly benefit from additional support from the parents:

1.       Uniform. The uniform fulfils two roles; firstly it provides hard wearing practical clothes that wont mater if they get dirty or damaged and secondly it is a uniform which is part of the scout heritage and an integral part of Scouting.  Full uniform (consisting of blue activity trousers, a green scout shirt and a red and black scarf with woggle) should be worn to all nights unless stated.  Where full uniform is not required, the scout scarf should still be worn. 

2.     Troop night assistance There are a number of nights which are marked on the programme where additional support from parents is required to help the night run more smoothly and safely.  If you feel able to assist on any of these nights please contact us and we can then supply you with any additional information you may require.

Within the programme there are a couple of events were we require additional information back, this is to allow us to plan the nights better, if this could be e-mailed back as early as possible that would assist us greatly.

We hope that you enjoy the term.

Skip.

Spring Term 2008 Programme

Monday 14/01/08: Games Night

Based at the Scout Hut, Games and Patrol Formation.

Monday 21/01/08: Burns Night Preparation

Calling all Scots, it’s that time of year again, Burns night is approaching fast and it’s time to kick the southies into shape with a good eightsome reel.

Monday 28/01/08: Burns Night

Burns Night is here.  Haggis, neaps and tatties and a ceilidh to boot.  To fit in all of this we are starting at the earlier time of 5:30 where we will be joined by the Cubs.

Monday 04/02/08: Gingerbread Night

We will be in the Scout Hut making, baking and decorating gingerbread.

  Monday 11/02/08: Fire lighting and backwards cooking

Having got in touch with our artistic sides the week before, here is a chance to get back to our roots with firelighting. Non Uniform Parental Help Requested.

 

Half Term

 

 Monday 25/02/08: Wide Games

Wide games will take place at the Golden Valley and Scouts are to assemble at the Beacon Hill Carpark.  Non Uniform (but dress appropriately for an evening outside in February!). Parental Help Requested.

Monday 03/03/08: Turner prize

Here is a chance for the Scouts to express themselves through the medium of Art.  Scouts to bring any items which may assist their competition entry.

Monday 10/03/08: treat night

This is pending confirmation and more information will issued once the booking is confirmed.

Monday 17/03/08: Indian Culture Night

This will be a night of Indian Culture, including food, dress and music.  There will be a prize for anyone who can bring their Tiffin.

 

Bank Holiday Monday No Scouts

 

Monday 31/03/08: Bike Ride with Rezurgence

This will be on Ludshott Common at the earlier time of 6:30 to 8:00 Scouts are to assemble within the carpark at Ludshott. If scouts do not have a bike or have problems transporting their bike then can you please contact us AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

We hope that you find this programme exciting and interesting.  During the summer term there will be two camps and a number of exciting outdoor activities so during the spring term much of our programme is based at the hut.

 

If you have any queries please feel free to contact Skip (Dan):

Email: dan@milesmiles.co.uk

Tel: 07751 914607