Jocelyn Peucker
An exciting New Year begins …
Turning up early to the first night of the year, slightly filled with this apprehension of not knowing how many youth members will show up, sweeping the floor and tidying up the hall ready for hopeful Scout night can be quite unnerving.
Ten minutes before the start time … no kids. Two minutes before the start time, and all of a sudden Cub Scouts and Scouts turn up. The silent hall becomes an insane hub of noise, and it’s a fantastic feeling to know that this year, we do have an active ‘Scout Group’.
For those that are new, we had extreme low numbers at this time last year, and both the 1st Portarlington Scout Group Leaders and the District commissioners were not looking at an exciting future. I’m very happy to announce that this outlook has changed.
Thank you Julieanne (Cub Scouts) and Damien (Scouts)
All accreditation goes to Julieanne and Damien for the growth of the Scout Group over the past year. Both of these two leaders have managed the youth sections to the point that it has encouraged other youth members to join.
I’d also like to let you all know that at the end of last year, Julieanne was awarded with the Certificate of Merit for Recognition of Good Service from the Chief Scout of Australia. Congratulations Julieanne!
Jocelyn Peucker
Leader in Charge (LIC)
Egyptian Theme Camp
Riddle of the Sphinx – 2005
Egyptian Theme Camp
Cub Scout Pack Camp
This is another of my favourite camps that I’ve had the ability to organise with the help from other Leaders. Thanks to the efforts from the Leaders of 1st/2nd Ocean Grove and Leopold Cub Scout Packs, this camp ended up being successful – with all the youths mummifying toy koala bears (wrapping them in white gauze), and placing them in a hand-made sarcophagus.
The youth’s also were able to make a four sided pyramid complete with a covering of white sand.
The download file for this camp includes:
- Parent Information
- Camp Program
- Equipment Lists
- Hieroglyphs used
- Descriptions of Gods
- Menus
- Egypt Gods Hike activity
- And more
Hardly Ferocious 1000
Hardly Ferocious 1000 – 2004
Cub Scout Pack Camp
The idea of this camp came from an old Scout magazine (sorry, but I can’t remember exactly which magazine). The camp was highly enjoyable, and everything ran well. It ended up being a combined event of Portarlington, Hamlyn Heights and Leopold Cub Scouts, Scouts and Leaders.
This file below includes:
- Parent Info
- Camp Program
- Garage (kitchen) Roster
- Novelty Driving Event
- Reliability Trials (bases)
- Menus
- And more
District 10 Year Old Camp
District 10 Year Old Camp – 2002
The efforts of this file have to be credited to both Cub Scout and Scout Leaders of the Geelong Peninsula district. The camp was about 6 months after the 2002 Cuboree and youth members did declare this district camp as “The best camp ever! Even better than the Cuboree”.
This below file includes … well … everything:
- Camp Information, Kit List and Permission form for Parents
- Camp Program
- Base Roster
- Patrol List
- Tests Covered
- Menu
- Base Descriptions
- Games & Activities
- Equipment List
- Scout’s Own
- Songs
- Songbook Cover
- Patrol Member Lists
- Iron on pictures for Scarves
- Leader Roles
- Introduction for 10 year olds
- Menu instructions for patrols
- Patrol Signs
- Patrol booklet
- And more