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Thunder zombies

On October 25, 2012

Wow but this was messy but so effective.

We mixed water and cornflour to make fake skin and we added toilet paper to the mix (papier mache style) to give the wounds body.

After that it was a matter of getting the colours right with food colouring.

Google will throw up lots of recipes and they seem to suggest at least adding glycerin and ideally using liquid latex.

Oh… and have fun with the non-newtonian fluid that is cornflour and water!

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Jamboree on the Internet all weekend at the hut

By Chris Elmer

On October 19, 2012

In Blog, Group

Thanks to our volunteer network techs, we managed to set up cat’s cradle of Ethernet cable (there is a joke in there about cat5 cable/ cat’s cradle but I’ve not had enough coffee to nail it)

We have 20 or so PCs set up for JOTI

As well as a raspberry pi or two to do an introduction to coding.

And we’ve got a brand new map to record all our contacts

this is the closest we had to a glamorous assistant.

I hope that we see all our beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers at the hut over the weekend to take part. All info is on our website about times etc

jamboree on the internet at the fifth – clicky

There is a webcam on there and a live map will be up.there to.record our contacts.

We have invited local troops to.take part too and all local leaders are v welcome. Please introduce yourself when you.arrive and we will alway have coffee brewing and the urn boiling.

Special thanks to Trinity School for their donation of 10 PCs last month.Â

Thunder Cooking Competition

By Chris Elmer

On October 11, 2012

In Scouts

With some basic ingredients

Chicken, peppers, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, bacon and some other cupboard staples

Plus the options of pasta, rice, potato or noodles the patrols had to conjure up some imaginative tasty food. Where i still have it, i have transcribed their menus.

Nick and Rob were the judges tonight.

The Kestrels were the winners and will be invited to represent us at the district cooking competition:

Loic the winning PL with his Patrol.

The winning dish… Chicken wrapped in bacon with sauteed mushrooms and sweet peppers with mashed potatoes and vine-ripened tomatoes.

Kestrels

MENU:3
IMAGINATION:8
TASTE:8
DISPLAY:9
PRICE I WOULD PAY:7
TOTAL: 35/50

2nd place: The Hawks PL Josh with his spiced chicken and rice.

Hawks

MENU:4
IMAGINATION:7
TASTE:8
DISPLAY:7
PRICE I WOULD PAY:5
TOTAL: 31/50

Joint 3rd place: Sophie the Eagles PL with her Pacman pasta (you can’t see but the potato is pacman and ghosts with carrot dots around the side)

This was:

Pacman Potatoes with carrot coins
Ghastly Ghosts and Brilliant Bacon
Pasta a la Cavalli (special of the day)

*All food cannot be refunded and no harsh comments can be made about this food under the laws of congress and domino’s pizz.

Eagles

MENU:8
IMAGINATION:7
TASTE:4
DISPLAY:7
PRICE I WOULD PAY:2
TOTAL: 28/50

Joint 3rd, Tom the Falcons PL with his pan served peppered chicken and rice.

Falcons

MENU:5
IMAGINATION:7
TASTE:6
DISPLAY:8
PRICE I WOULD PAY:2
TOTAL: 28/50

Not their PL but here’s James from the kingfisherswith their rescued spiced chicken pasta with potato salad.
Lesson learned: you cannot keep a plastic bowl of noodles warm by putting it on a gas hob!

Kingfishers

MENU:2
IMAGINATION:6
TASTE:7
DISPLAY:7
PRICE I WOULD PAY:2
TOTAL: 24/50

In 5th Place, George, the swift’s PL with chicken noodles. He only had 3 people in his patrol and one of them was fresh up from cubs so he did very well to produce a perfectly edible meal.

Swifts

MENU:3
IMAGINATION:4
TASTE:7
DISPLAY:1
PRICE I WOULD PAY:2
TOTAL: 17/50

Here’s the photos from the night, see the full size pics for download in our main gallery.

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Eww Scouts cooking

By Leaders

On October 11, 2012

In Scouts

Medieval fancy dress at MESH

By Chris Elmer

On September 29, 2012

In Explorers

Here are our medieval explorers ready for the disco.

First night at MESH Camp

By Chris Elmer

On September 28, 2012

In Explorers

10 explorers from our Vultures ESU have joined 150 other explorers from across Bromley for the annual Mesh Camp.

Camp was set up painlessly

they tucked into noodles for dinner

perfect explorer food, polystyrene pot with its own fork!

the welcome ceremony was by the csmpfire

And now they are all in the marquee watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Wood Badge for Rikki Leaders

By Chris Elmer

On September 25, 2012

In Group

Today was an important day for The Fifth as three of our leaders were awarded their Wood Badge by Gary the Deputy District Commissioner. The beads are the symbol of completed leader training.

The first Wood Badges were made from beads taken from a necklace that had belonged to a Zulu chief named Dinizulu, which Baden-Powell had found during his time in the Zululand in 1888. When B-P was looking for some token to award to people who went through the Gilwell training course he remembered the Dinizulu necklace and the leather thong given to him by an elderly African at Mafeking. Â He took two of the smaller beads, drilled them through the centre, threaded them onto the thong and called it the Wood Badge.

(apologies for the dreadful photo quality)

Adam, Keeley and Andy renewed their promise

Traditionally, the beads are transferred from one leader to another so Gary took them from around his own neck before awarding them to our leaders.

Andy receives his wood badge.

Andy’s late father was a leader at the 5th for many years, he was Assistant Group Scout Leader, Assistant Scout Leader and an Assistant Deputy Commissioner, today would have been a proud day for Dave.

Keeley (Akela) receives her wood badge.

Adam (bagheera) Receives his wood badge

Big thanks to Gary for coming over to do this. You can find out all about the history of the wood badge here (opens as pdf, right click, save as)

AGM and More

By Chris Elmer

On September 25, 2012

In Group

We’ve just sent this email to all our parents:

1) Thank you to everybody who came along and supported the Fun Day on Saturday. After the first count, we had raised over Â£2,000 and it’s still rising!

If you’d like to make a donation to The Fifth, you can do so here https://mydonate.bt.com/charities/5thbeckenhamsouthscoutgroup

2) It’s the group AGM on Monday 1st October at 20.40.