Spring Term 2012 is here…

Dear Scouts and Parents

Welcome back to Scouts for the Spring term. Please send an email or write your names on the activities lists pinned up on the scout notice board if you want to take part in our special events. Our most important date this year is our Admiralty Inspection on Wednesday 18 April, the week after the Easter holidays. We will be staging our Celebrity Dinner on that evening and have to ask all our Scouts to make a special effort to be there. The renewal of our recognition depends on it! We do want to retain the privileges we have as part of the recognition scheme - the annual camp on HMS Bristol, Plymouth swimming gala, football tournament and grants towards the purchase of boating equipment.

If you have friends who would like to join Scouts, please bring them along. We have vacancies as a number of troop members have gone up to Explorers.

Regards Karin

Please see the Calendar (Main Side Bar) for specific dates.

Dates for 2012 parascending courses are

March, 3,4,17,18

April 21,22

June 3,16,17,30

July 1

September 22,23

October 6,7,20,21

Course fee is £39 per person

Added 15 January 2012

For Sale at Cost Price:

Navy Blue Scout Baseball Caps for ALL Members With the 56 P&H Navy recognition number

- £5

For Sale at Cost Price:

Scout Hand Book

- £8

Giving information on how to gain challenge and activity badges - a good read!

Fundraising

Sunday Teas during the summer months served from the HQ in our scoutfield, Douglas House Meadow

Dear Parents

Selling Sunday Teas last year raised £1,492 , well worth the effort parents and Scouts put into it. Parents, usually two families turn up at 14.00 on Sundays, open up the premises and sell cakes and liquid refreshments, going home at 17.00. The whole family can turn out, children and dogs playing in the field.

Would you please indicate which week or month your family would be available for teas.

Thank you for your co-operation

Our main activity during the summer months is boating: on Friday evenings we arrive promptly at 18h00 for Scouts in our full uniform, then get dressed for boating on the Thames. After some fun on the river we go home at 21h00. We are still going boating in September - weather permitting.

Troop meetings are on Fridays from 18h00 until 20h15 in Douglas House Meadow, our scout field. The age range for Scouts is from 10 1/2 to 14 1/2.

In addition to the weekly meetings, mainly during termtime, we also have special events and boating activities during weekends. During the winter months we do boat maintenance.

Parents are welcome to join in, especially with the boating activities.

If you would like to read more about previous meetings, go to Trips or look at Previous Meetings.

Towing the skiff … !