Geddington Scout Group

Photographer visits Scouts

Jack (Scouts) — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:03:31 +0000

Scouts working towards their Photographer Activity Badge had a visit last night from Wayne Neal, a local professional photographer.

We had already done some work identifying different types and styles of photography, but Wayne came in to give us some tips on how to take a ‘great’ photo.

This helped us get some good ideas for photos, which we had a go at in the village.

Keep an eye out towards the end of this term for when we will present the best of the photos we take over the Summer.

Here’s a few of the practice photos we took last night:

Activity: Build your own Telegraph Machine

Jack (Scouts) — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:51:59 +0000

Last term in Scouts, we built telegraph machines with which to practice our Morse Code. If you fancy having a go, this article will explain what you need to do.

If you need to enlarge a picture, just click on it!

Step 1. Requirements

You will need:

Some tape
Some electricity-conducting foil – a pie tin is ideal
A D-cell battery
Some single-core insulated wire (like telephone cable or speaker cable)
Scissors
A buzzer
Card
One elastic band

Step 2 – Make the battery case

Cut the foil as pictured and wrap the side parts around the tips of one of the pieces of card. This bit of card should be about 15cm long so that it wraps around three sides of the battery, with the foil touching the battery contacts.

Use the elastic band to hold it together.

Step 3 – Attach the battery and buzzer to the base

Use the tape to attach the batter and buzzer to the base. Draw on positive and negative symbols to show which way round the battery needs to go.

Attach the buzzer, again using the tape, and stick down the wires. Attach the black wire to the negative contact (see picture).

Step 4 – Make the Morse Code switch

Wrap the large piece of foil around a long thin piece of stiff card. Stick the other small piece of foil to the base and use the wire to connect it to the negative contact on the battery.

Finally, attach the red wire from the buzzer to the arm.

Step 5 – Give it a go!

Press down the arm until it touches the contact – this should complete the circuit and make the buzzer sound!

A homemade telegraph machine from Geddington Scouts on Vimeo.

Scouts get ready for a night away!

Jack (Scouts) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:34:03 +0000

Last week at Scouts we were getting prepared for our Expedition Challenge Hike by reminding ourselves how to pack rucksacks and use Trangia cookers.

When we hike (16-17 March) we will be carrying everything with us as we go, so it’s really important that we only take with us the very minimum required. With that in mind, here are our…

Top 3 tips for packing your rucksack:

Stuffing a jumper into your sleeping bag case makes a great pillow! Now you don’t need to bring a real one.
Use the side and top pockets of your rucksack to hold things you might need while walking – that way you won’t need to disturb the main part of your rucksack until you arrive at your destination.
Line the main compartment with a thick plastic bag (bin bag will do) to protect your kit from the rain.

You can download the fact sheet that we handed out at the meeting here.

We then got out our trusty Trangia cookers and cooked noodles and hot dogs – just to make sure we had remembered how! We will be taking the Trangias with us on the hike and will be expected to cook our own supper.

Next week is route planning practice where we will practice our skills with maps and compasses. We will also find out our teams for the hike!

Are you aged 6-25 years old?

Jack (Scouts) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:05:17 +0000

Would you like to be part of something amazing?

There are five sections you can join, depending on your age. The activities and opportunities vary but what is the same is that each will empower you to make friends, learn skills and try new things.

Find out more on this page.

Want to volunteer for Scouting?

Jack (Scouts) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:50:03 +0000

Would you like to be part of something amazing? Part of Scouting’s mission statement is…

To help young people achieve their full, physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as respected members of their local, national and international communities.

Take a look at our Adult Helpers page to see what roles are available at the moment, or contact our Group Scout Leader. Roles range from committee members to parent helpers and uniformed leaders, it doesn’t matter how much you do, every little helps!

New website goes live!

Jack (Scouts) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:14:19 +0000

Hopefully you have noticed that our site look totally different to the last time you were here? Well, we thought we could be doing a lot more online, so we’ve put some effort into getting this site up and running.

New features include:

Latest News from 1st Geddington – Each section will now post their latest events and activities here so you can all see what we’ve been up to!

Updated Programmes – Now you can always see the latest version of the programme, as soon as it is updated.

Scout badge progress – Scouts who are working towards their badges will be able to check their progress online and see what they should be working on next! *Coming soon!

More Leader Support – Leaders can now access more information and training through this site.

If you have any suggestions for the new site, please let us know as we want this to be useful to both Scouts and Parents alike.