Tag: scouting

Busy Half Term at The Fifth

By Chris Elmer

On November 3, 2013

In Blog

Quick Update on what we’ve been up to

Those wires are going to be connected to a projector that we have had donated to the group. (Thank you!)

John has been installing covers for the lights, we’ve not had an accident yet but this will protect them from flying tennis balls and enthusiastic pioneering. John cut this all up, painted it and installed it to keep the cost low.

We spent an hour on sunday morning collecting litter – especially these annoying flyers.

A brilliant turnout saw it all done in less than an hour.

Thank you everybody who has been so busy for the scout group. Â See you at the Race Night!

Badger’s Five Year Award

By Chris Elmer

On October 25, 2013

In Beavers, Group

Thank you Lisa from all of us for your (now more than) five years with The Fifth.

Busy Weekend at The Fifth (Subs, JOTI and Church Parade)

By Chris Elmer

On October 18, 2013

In Blog

Jamboree On The Internet

Meet scouts from around the world.Â

We have a computer suite set up at the hut. Â More info about the event

FridayÂ 7-10pm -Â Scouts (thunder&lightning troops)
SaturdayÂ 9-5pm – Everybody Beavers & Cubs – come along with a parent to take part. Scouts & Explorers – Pop in and take part.
SaturdayÂ 5pm – help needed clearing away.

Scouts earn the international award by taking a full part in the event.

Church Parade

Sunday 9.15am at St Edmund’s Beckenham – full uniform please and finished by 10.30

Subs

Now due and payableÂ here. Please talk to a leader or somebody else within the group if you would like some help paying.

please tick the gift aid box if you are eligible

Race Night

Back by Popular Demand:

Back by popular demand for another year.

You can sponsor a race, buy a horse and come along on the night. All the fun of horse racing to raise funds for the 5th Beckenham south Scout Group.

All info is on the websiteÂ http://thefifth.org.uk/race-night/Â including how to take part (we take paypal and cheques)

Tell your Facebook friends you are comingÂ and please try to round up some people to make the night its usual storming success.

Jamboree on The Internet 2013 is all set

By Chris Elmer

On October 18, 2013

In Blog

Joe, Nick and Jack set up the Jambore on the Internet suite last night. The hut is open to all sections on Saturday 9-5. Come along to chat to scouts from around the world.

Working away, 24 machines all ready to go

Looks good, doesn’t it? Half the machines were donated by Trinity School and we bought some cast offs from a local school too. We stuck some ram in them last year and they are still excellent machines.

We took off windows and they are running Ubuntu 12.04 and they fly. If you have an old PC in the house, think about switching to a Ubuntu to give your PC a new lease of life. Some German cities are giving our free ubuntu CDs to help their citizens keep their computers running for a bit longer.Â

Our gateway to the world.

ubuntu 12.04:Â http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/

how to install ubuntu:Â http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-desktop-long-term-support

Summer camp blogs

By Chris Elmer

On August 4, 2013

In Explorers, Scouts

Apologies for the lack of a summer camp blog. The site had no mobile signal and there were no hotspots locally. Â Hopefully you kept an eye on our Storify page that we’ve just updated again. Instagram pics uploaded occasionally when the wind changed and our phones got a bit of connection, here it is if you missed it (photos and videos to follow during the week):

Click Here for Summer Camp Storify

John Potter 40 Years and counting

By Chris Elmer

On July 18, 2013

In Group

Pop-Up Dining Gourmet Night for Cancer Research UK

By Chris Elmer

On March 28, 2013

In Explorers

They wrote out invitations to their parents, they planned the meal, they chose a charity (Cancer Research UK) and they served up a Gourmet Dinner for their parents.Â They had it all set up and put away again in less than 3 hours – google ‘pop up dining’ to see how hip we are… next thing you know, we’ll be wearing specs with no glass in.

[youtube width=”640″ height=”360″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOJWyDSpdKQ[/youtube]

Didn’t they doÂ brilliantly?

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Merry Christmas from all of us (video post)

By Chris Elmer

On December 21, 2012

In Beavers, Blog, Cubs, Explorers, Group, Scouts

We hope that you have a very merry Christmas and here’s a little video from all the scouts and explorers from our 2012 Christmas Card:

[youtube width=”600″ height=”338″]http://youtu.be/n7svCiSwodI[/youtube]

We would not be aboe to run without the support of many people and we hope you’ll keep being as wonderful in 2013.

Young leader module A… Tick

By Chris Elmer

On July 25, 2012

In Explorers, Group, Scouts

We are very lucky at The Fifth to have a bunch of teenagers who give up their time to help with the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

Before we set off to camp, we got them together and we worked through the first module of their training.