Month: August 2023

Autumn Term Programme 2023

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A new term means a new programme which is now available on OSM or available below. Watch out for details about summer camp which will be released soon! Date Activity Location Other Details 04/09/2023 Paracord Woggles / Welcome Back 4th Worth Uniform 11/09/2023 Tomahawk Throwing / Pioneering Challenge 4th Worth Uniform 18/09/2023 Escape Room / Investitures 4th Worth Uniform 25/09/2023 Dance Evening & D of E Presentations 4th Worth Uniform – Parents Invited for D of E 02/10/2023 Ballista’s Pioneering Challenge 4th Worth Uniform 09/10/2023 National Police Helicopter Tour / Fencing Redhill & 4th Worth Details to follow 16/10/2023 National …

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Silver D of E Qualifier Weekend – 2023

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Congratulations to both of our groups who successfully completed their D of E expeditions in the New Forest this weekend. Walking around 60km over the 3 days, the teams also demonstrated teamwork, navigation skills and excellent camp craft. We had excellent weather and both teams actually looked like they were having fun most of the time!!! A few photos are below.

Summer Camp 2023 – Yorkshire

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This year 23 Explorers from Shackleton ventured to Yorkshire with Drake ESU for a joint summer camp. In total, we had over 50 people in our party! We set off in minibuses on Saturday 22nd July and on arrival at Thornthwaite Scout Camp, we setup our site and had a quiet evening on site and cooked our first dinner. On Sunday, we sent out our D of E Gold practise expedition. Others on site did some onsite activities including crate stacking, caving ladder and wobbly pole! On the Monday, we had a day trip into York before setting out on …

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End of Term BBQ

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As is tradition, we celebrated the end of the summer term with a BBQ and water games. At the start of the meeting, we allowed the Cubs to take on the Explorers in a game of musical hoops which quickly descended into the Cubs soaking the Explorers thoroughly with their water guns! We also played a few other water based games before much food was consumed cooked by the leadership team. We hope you all have a great summer and see you next term.

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