Scouts are with the group for three years and get the opportunity to cover a large range of activities while covering many of the key badges. Some of our scouts come up from the Cub scout pack whilst others join directly, We aim to cater for those that have started some of their badges in cubs and those that have not. The programme is split into three terms; the first two are based at our home at Bancroft’s school and the third term is based entirely on the water at Fairlop Waters.
A typical weekly schedule during Autumn and Winter looks like:
| Autumn Term |
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| Welcome back to existing scouts. Games and start of year scout forum |
New scouts and parents evening. Games and land based activities |
| Wide games offsite at Gilwell Park in the dark |
| Laser quest |
| Pioneering activity – building weaving machines, trebuchets |
| Half term |
| Climbing / archery at the Gilwell climbing centre |
| Swimming badges in the pool |
| Chef’s badge part one – preparation |
| Chef’s badge part two – cooking on fires and trangia gas burners |
| Christmas party |
| Spring Term |
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| Games and mid-year forum |
| Water games and tent activities |
| Water games and tent activities |
| Swimming badges in the pool |
| Chef badge part 1 – preparation |
| Half term |
| Chef badge part 2 – cooking |
| Indoor games and outdoor activity preparations |
| On the water skills – how to capsize in a Kayak; rigging sailing boats; knots, nautical skills, navigation, water safety, recovery in water. In the pool and on land, split into thee activity groups |
| On the water skills |
| On the water skills |
Summer Term
In the summer term we are based at Fairlop Waters where we split the scouts into groups to gain experience in Paddling, Sailing and Pulling. Depending on their previous experience and time with us they work towards their level 2 and level 3 staged activity badges.