Phil’s Cooking Challenge 5th December 2022 | By Sean Edwards 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!
Jamboree Led Evening 4th December 2022 (updated 4th December 2022) | By Sean Edwards Last Monday (28th), Joe, Tom and Leo who are off to Korea next year led the evening. They gave a short presentation about the jamboree, led a jamboree quiz, taught some basic phrases and led a couple of Korean themed games. All in all, a very educational evening!
Rifle Shooting / Tennis 11th November 2022 (updated 17th November 2022) | By Sean Edwards Over the last few weeks, we have split into 2 groups and alternated rifle shooting and Tennis/Chip Shop Hike. Well done to all the shooters who improved over there turns!
Indoor Caving 18th October 2022 (updated 18th October 2022) | By Sean Edwards On Monday 17th, we visited some indoor caving to see how our explorers could navigate through dark, tight spaces! After familiarisation, we had some head to head races before Avighna was named the overall winner. Well done all for giving it a try, next year we will have to find some real caves!
Chief Scout Awards / Investitures and D of E Expedition Reports 5th October 2022 (updated 5th October 2022) | By Sean Edwards On Monday 3rd October, Shackleton Explorers had a very busy evening! We started off with a brief lesson in Heraldry before the Explorers started to design their own coat of arms to represent them. We then moved onto a more formal part of the evening where we had expedition reports from our 2 D of E Bronze groups and 2 D of E Silver Groups (which parents were welcome to attend). At the end of the evening, we were joined by Robert Sawyer (our County Commissioner) who presented Chief Scout Gold Awards to Ash, Kevin, Ben and Samuel. He is also presented Chief Scout Platinum Awards to Millie, Jake, Sam and Olivia. We then invested 6 new members to the unit before Robert awarded the Award for Merit to Sean (who is the Explorer Scout Commissioner) for his commitment to Scouting over an extended period of time. All in all, a very busy evening celebrating the success of our youth members over the past year – lets hope this continues into future years! D of E Reports Investitures and CSA Presentations
Taskmaster 12th September 2022 (updated 12th September 2022) | By Sean Edwards This evening we held a taskmaster evening. 5 different challenges to compete to be crowned the winners from the evening and secure lots of sweets! The tasks were varied including potato art, creating a like for like portrait of the unit leader using only natural materials, eat one, balance 1 and throw, egg chariots and story time. We also spoke to several of the Explorers and managed to sign off 4 CSA platinums by looking back at the last 18 months of their scouting. There are 4 more close behind so keep getting those D of E sections signed off! A big thanks to Katie for organising the evening, enjoy your much needed rest at university and see you soon!
Autumn Term Programme 2022 20th August 2022 (updated 20th August 2022) | By Sean Edwards We hope you have all had a good summer. A new term means a new programme which we have attached below. Take note of some key event dates to get these in your diary now! See you all in September. Sean, Clair, Phil, Ben, Nicole, Elliott and Katie DateActivityLocationOther Details05/09/2022Monopoly Run4th WorthFull Uniform12/09/2022Task Master4th WorthFull Uniform19/09/2022Archery / Fire LightingStanfordScarves / Outdoor Clothing26/09/2022Archery / Fire LightingStanfordScarves / Outdoor Clothing03/10/2022D of E Reports / Heraldry4th WorthFull Uniform / Investitures10/10/2022Phil’s Practical Life Skills4th WorthFull Uniform17/10/2022Indoor CavingBeacon HillScarves / Outdoor Clothing24/10/2022NO MEETINGNO MEETINGNO MEETING31/10/2022Halloween GamesStanfordHalloween Fancy Dress07/11/2022Tennis / Rifle Shooting4th WorthDetails TBC14/11/2022Tennis / Rifle Shooting4th WorthDetails TBC21/11/2022Night HikeTBCHike Clothing28/11/2022Jamboree Evening / International4th WorthFull Uniform05/12/2022Phil’s Cooking Challenge4th WorthFull Uniform12/12/2022Christmas EventTBCTBC Shackleton-Programme-Autumn-2022Download
Tomahawk Throwing 21st June 2022 (updated 21st June 2022) | By Sean Edwards This week, Shackleton Explorers had an evening of Tomahawk Throwing to build on the taster session last year. Several of them were naturals managing to perfectly hit the target over and over… others were not so practised!!! They also spent some of the waiting time, planning their upcoming assessed expeditions and attempting to build match stick rockets with limited success! A few photos are available below:
Tent Maintenance and Games 13th June 2022 (updated 13th June 2022) | By Sean Edwards As we approach the summer, it was time for us to hold a tent maintenance evening ahead of our upcoming summer camps. Many broken poles were repaired and our shiny new mess tent was put up for the first time. Now thats out if the way, our next few weeks are back to more exciting activities including tomahawks and rafting.
District Explorer Scout Administrator Investiture … at height 7th June 2022 (updated 7th June 2022) | By Sean Edwards Tonight Shackleton and SRF Explorers held a joint meeting taking part in Climbing and Abseiling. In total 40 Explorers attended. During the evening, we also took the opportunity to present Zac with his YL buckle and invest Dipti, our District Explorer Scout Administrator. Not wanting to waste the fantastic facility, we decided to do an investiture at height as the pictures below show. We have many different volunteer roles which gives you the opportunity to gain #skillsforlife. Just get in touch to start your adventure today.
