Sean Edwards

Sean was previously the DESC, as well as being a past Jamboree Leader and Scout Leader. He is also a County Climbing/Abseiling Instructor, D of E Assessor and District Rifle Shooting instructor. He has completed all of the Duke of Edinburgh awards and Queen Scout Award.

Shackleton ESU – Mountain Activity Camp 2023

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From Thursday 6th April to Sunday 9th April, Shackleton ESU held our Mountain Activity Camp in the Peak District. After departing Crawley at 10am, we travelled up to Gradbach Scout Campsite where we pitched our base camp before eating dinner and preparing the activity days ahead. On Friday after waking up and eating breakfast we headed to Windgather Rocks where we spent the day in glorious sunshine doing single pitch top rope climbing. We also set up a speed climb to see how quickly they could scale a simple climb with times between 8 seconds and 16 seconds. After a …

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Expedition Training

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On Monday we rotated around 4 expedition training bases covering: We also did some programme planning for next term and finalized details for our mountain activity camp next week.

Monopoly Run Live 2023

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On Saturday 4th March, 24 Explorers set out to London for Shackleton’s first attempt at the monopoly run. Fuelled by much coffee, sweets and fast food, the Explorers competed against 7000 other scouts to try and be crowned champion. Many steps were walked in a day and the Explorers all looked very worn out by the end of the day! All of our teams were involved in Game 35 and the results were as follows: Game – 35 Game Position Overall Position Team Scout Group Bank Balance 1 201 Fluffy Sheeps Shackleton ESU £3992 2 246 Blackberries Shackleton ESU £3561 3 …

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Warhammer Part 2 / Hungry Hippos

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Tonight we continued with our second Warhammer evening learning how to play the game as beginners. We also played a life sized version of hungry hippos before discussing the final arrangements for this weekends monopoly run.

Pancake Cooking Competition

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Last week, the explorers competed to be named the best pancake chef. With a minimal budget, they had to plan and purchase a topping which would be voted most highly by the other teams. The results were varied and scores ranged from 1 to 9 (out of 10) – some teams certainly need more practise!

Chief Scout & D of E Awards

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Congratulations to all the young people who were presented with D of E bronze & Silver awards and Chief Scout Diamond and Platinum Award certificates by Superintendent Alex Geldart of West Sussex Police. Shackleton had a full house at the last awards – lets keep this up in the future!

Badminton

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On Monday, Shackleton Explorers visited Hazelwick for a game of Badminton. Everyone had fun but not sure we have any future competitive stars in the unit based on their performance during the evening!

Chief Scout Gold and Platinum Awards

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On Monday 23rd Jan, Shackleton had a good meeting on mental health and identity. All of the leaders were incredibly proud of how engaged and mature the young people were during the informative evening. We also invested 2 new members to join the unit, welcome Mirjam and Ben. We also had the pleasure of presenting 3 chief scout gold awards and a chief scout platinum award. The CSA Gold is the highest award a Scout can earn. To complete it, you need to complete all nine of the Challenge Awards, plus six Activity badges. The CSA Platinum award is the next …

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Spring 2023 Programme

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A new year means a new programme which is available below! See you all in the new year! Programme Date Activity Location Other Details 09/01/2023 Trading Post 4th Worth Full Uniform 16/01/2023 Hunted TBC Outdoor Clothing 23/01/2023 Mental Health Awareness / Identity 4th Worth Full Uniform 30/01/2023 Badminton Oriel School Sportswear 06/02/2023 Warhammer Part 1 / Games 4th Worth Full Uniform 13/02/2023 NO MEETING NO MEETING NO MEETING 20/02/2023 Pancakes 4th Worth Full Uniform 27/02/2023 Warhammer Part 2 / Games 4th Worth Full Uniform 06/03/2023 Crossbows / Tomahawk Throwing 4th Worth Full Uniform 13/03/2023 Crossbows / Tomahawk Throwing 4th Worth …

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Lazer Tag

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Tonight Shackleton Explorers celebrated the end of term with a trip to Lazer World where they battled out 3 different games. Red 10 was frequently the best scoring player so I expect there may have been some cheating going on! Time for a relaxing Christmas break, we will see you all in the new year.

Phil’s Cooking Challenge

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This evening, the explorers took part in a cooking challenge to create the best tomato soup and toasted cheese sandwich. As easy it should have been, after multiple fire alarms, much burnt toast, each team presented their creation. The results were variable but at least it was all edible!

Young people first: Safeguarding and Safety in Scouting

Wherever we go and whatever we do, we put young people’s safety and wellbeing first. Here's how.