Sea Scouting Launch Their 100 Years Celebration in Style
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Official online magazine of Scouting Ireland May 2012 Camp North East a Roaring Success Visit by the Chair Of the European Committee of WOSM Transformation Workshop kicks off Process Beaver Scout News,Cub Scout Corner,Rover Scout News and lots more.... Sea Scouting launch their 100 years Celebration in style. 1 Welcome to this month’s issue of Inside Out your monthly one stop shop for all that is happening in Scouting Ireland. This month we have extensive coverage of Camp North East, the Sea Scouting Centenary Launch and the transformation workshop, which took place recently. We also have news on upcoming events and coverage of many Group, County and National events. Also included this month is our regular features from the Beaver Scout ,Cub Scout and Rover Scout teamsRemember if you want to submit an article for next months issue then please forward them to Communications@ scouts.ie. Deadline for next months issue is 31st May. See you next month! In this issue... Sea Scout Launch 100 Years 3 Barcelona Marathon P.45 Camp North East 15 “There’s nothing like Cub Olympics 18 ‘Being Prepared’ is there, Castle Saunderson 27 for what might seem Rover Scouts 35 possible, even if it may Morroco 2012 39 not seem probable.” Dunshaughlin on RTE 52 - Lord Baden-Powell Founder of Scouting 2 The Sea Scout Centenary 3 Sea Scout Centenary The Sea Scout Centenary 1912-2012 was launched on Saturday 14th April 2012 in Croke Park,Dublin. Over 600 Sea Scouts,Venture,Rovers and their leaders traveled from all over Ireland to take part in a full day of events. Scouts started arriving from 11.00hrs. onwards by foot,bus ,train,coach and even we noticed a passing barge along the Royal Canal.Who came in the barge? Sea scout groups from outside Dublin twinned with local troops for the weekend and enjoyed joint activities. From the moment scouts arrived they were treated to light refreshments and a place on the Cusack stand to join in the true scout spirit . Guests started to arrive.The Chief Scout was welcomed by being piped aboard by members of 8th Port Dunlaoghaire Cusack Stand. Line by line the scouts Museum,Microsoft Games and a IPod Sea Scouts (Fodhla). A minutes arrived and were filtered around the shuffle. The Centenary Sea Scout silence was called for all past outside of the marked out shape on the Commemorative badge is now launched members of Sea Scouting and cobble lock bricks.The photographer and all scouts can earn the badge Scouting. Special remembrance for Sheldon Long is lifted forty foot into the by completing a joint activity. Further those who volunteered and went to sky and snaps the now famous shaped information from National Office sea during the two World Wars and photo. for all souls lost at sea. More Pictures of the event can be found Leaders and scouts got the chance to in Scouting Ireland Gallery here The formal part of the day began by meet the Chief Scout and exchange assembling all scouts and leaders greetings and ideas for the coming into the shape of the Scouts Fleur- years. A special raffle took place Dee-Lys in the courtyard of the with sponsored prizes from P&O Irish Ferries,Croke Park GAA 4 Building our Tree House a great plan, so off they headed into Over the last few months we have introduced you to the characters that represent One bright sunny morning a couple of days the woods with their wheelbarrow. the SPICES in the beaver scout section. In this article we have a short story after the Fox lodge retured from a camp Concobhar gave them lots of elf tools that shows a little of the characteristics of the Fox Lodge and also to show the they gathered together after breakfast, and the children of the neighbouring principals of Plan Do and Review. The story also shows that beaver scouts are Moon suggested that they really should tribe also came to help. Star made capable of anything and that with teamwork and help from the Elders they can have a special place they could call their a special basket with a pully so the achieve anything. own. Somewhere where we can put stuff puppy from the crannóg could get in we gather on our adventures. “We could and out of the treehouse too. Fionn When going around the country on the provincial expeditions introducing the build a treehouse” said Spike. “What a painted a sign that said ‘Fox Lodge, all SPICE characters was seen as essential for the beaver programme to work. The good Idea” said Fionn “We could get the welcome’ and they hung it at the top of children from the neighbouring tribe to the ladder. help. They can show us all how to lash That evening when everything was staves together like they showed me on my finished they watched the sun go down beaver scouts will pick up the characters trip there”. “We’d have it built in no time” over the treetops. The beautiful sunset far quicker than the scouters. A couple said Star. reminded Casper of the magical Dodo of games have been developed to “Oh my goodness” said Spike jumping up feather he still kept in his memory bag. help with SPICE identification, these and down with excitement, “Do you think Just before they were about to tuck are explained later on. We also have the Elders will let us?” “There’s only one into all the goodies the Elders had put together a list of Frequently Asked way to find out” said Zena. “Let’s go and brought them, Spike asked the others Questions, that should answer most ask!” Zena and Fionn headed off to find if they could teach the new children of the common problem issues but the Elders as the rest of the lodge began the scout sign and their Beaver if you still have a question email drawing plans for making the tree house. promise and law. “What a wonderful [email protected]. Shortly after Fionn and Zena arrived back idea” said the rest of the Fox Lodge. pushing a wheelbarrow full to the top with So, they all faced the sunset and The next series of articles will staves and sisal. “The Elders gave us all recited it together. “This is lovely, and concentrate on the adventure skills so if this to help with our treehouse” said Fionn it was great fun to make” said Moon there is anything that your section has smiling. “Yes, and they reminded us of smiling and Spike said “we are learned done or that you would like to see please that clearing we saw in the forest when something new and worked together let me know at beaverscouts@scouts. we were in the hot air balloon” said Zena, as a team”. ie . Pictures of groups participating in “we could build it near that, and there’s Fionn called everyone together and adventure skills would also be welcome. a stream there too if we need water”. thanked everyone for all their hard “That’s perfect” said Star “it’s just past work and looked forward to many more Stephen Halpin Concobhars’ cave, and I wanted to ask adventures with his friends... some Programme Commissioner Beaver him if we could borrow some of his elf tools of the Fox Lodge were getting ready Scouts they are so much easier to use than the for more adventures in the Lands of Elders ones”. They all agreed that this was Adventure. 55 FREQUently ASKED QUESTIONS 4. When do you present 6. Can a beaver scout When they have completed each 1. How many learning challenge they can mark it off as the Investiture badge ? progress from one completed in that stage. stage to the next within objectives are beaver The investiture badge is awarded after Example : Forces of Nature – Ropes the beaver scout has completed all the the scouting year? scouts to cover in a and Fibres. requirements of the investiture badge. year ? Yes. It is a personal journey and some Challenges It is an important badge and should be will move quicker than others. When a Firstly, it is not a calendar year; it will take Bree – What sort of ropes are there and given out within an investiture ceremony. beaver scout has a full set of stamps for approximately a year to complete a stage when do we use them. that stage then they should progress to in the beaver programme. The three Ruarc – Learn 3 knots. Reef knot , Clove the next stage. stages are Bree, Ruarc and Conn. Hitch and bowline. 5. When do you present Conn – Teach a knot to the others in your the Bree, Ruarc and 7. Why is the Map The beaver scouts should hit on aspects lodge. of all 36 learning objectives. It was never Conn Badges ? different from the Map intended to be a box ticking exercise. When they complete the challenge as a Bree , they may experience a new skill, These badges are stage badges and as depicted in the book If the beaver scouts are selecting when completing it as a Ruarc they will show what stage a beaver scout is at. ? challenges from a wide selection of learn that skill and when completing the The stage badges are awarded when the challenge as a Conn they may teach that pages and using the different characters six SPICES on the map for that stage This was a printing error and will be skill to others. they will hit most of the learning have been stamped.