Reports Page 4
June 2006
BSJ Summer Camp
The selection weekend took place at Youlbury Campsite in Oxford. As soon as we got there, we were split into the two units, now known as blue (Bruce) and purple (Pete). We are all in purple. The two units (or troops) worked independently of each other for the whole weekend as at the Jamboree we could be two miles apart!
For most of the weekend we were working in patrols. We undertook a variety of activities including: swimming, archery, tie-dying neckers, gateway design, orienteering and challenge bases. Each patrol was responsible for cooking a couple of times and washing up a couple of times. This meant that if breakfast was at 8:00, the duty patrol had to get up at 6:30 to start cooking it. This seemed to work quite well because breakfast didn't drag on halfway through the day.
I thought for a weekend, it was a great camp and I think we all are looking forward to the next one taking place near Bradfield. (Report by Toby)
Picture courtesy of www.berkshirescoutsjamboree.org.uk
June 2006
Summer Fair
The Summer Fair was a great success. We sold ice-creams and quiz sheets, we advertised bob-a-job and we had "how many sweets in the jar," "where is the treasure hidden on the map" and "beat the goalie." Congratulations goes to Alex Jones on guessing how many sweets were in the jar (he was only one off!), Mark Weingarth on finding the treasure (4 Km off) and the Rutherford family on winning the first quiz which was sold at Group Camp. (Report by Toby)
May 2006
LAN Event
"Scouts from Pinkneys Green battled it out over the bank holiday in a fundraising event. The event saw the youngsters get together at their scout hall in Winter Hill Road and link up their computers so they could play one another at games.
Pinkneys Green scout leader Simon Wheeler said it was a "very successful" weekend, enjoyed by both scouts and leaders and which raised £150 for their Jamboree fund." (Copyright Maidenhead Advertiser)
Picture courtesy of www.pgscouts.org.uk
May 2006
Jamboree Unit Kick-Off
The Jamboree Unit Kick-Off was designed as a
day to get-to-know each other and find out what happens next. The day began
at 10:00, and after going to the wrong school(!) we eventually got there. We
were told which patrols we were in and who were the PL's. James is a PL of
patrol 6, Alex and Mark are in patrol 7 and I'm in patrol 8. We were all
relieved to find out that we are all in the same unit.
We then split into our patrols and undertook various activities eg. making
HUGE woggles and designing logos for the contingent. At about 2:30 we had a
PowerPoint presentation and then at 3:00 the parents arrived for a Q&A
session. Anyway, it was a useful day for finding out what happens next and
forming patrols. (Report by Toby)
March 2006
Selection Weekend
The Selection Weekend took place at Bear's Rails Campsite in Old Windsor to select 72 representatives to attend the World Scout Jamboree. 116 applications were received and 106 came to the camp. Upon arrival, we checked in and put up our tents. Part of the check in process was picking a country (group) out of a hat. There were 12 countries in total, and all of the PG four were in a different country.
Among the range of activities that we got involved in were large pioneering projects, smaller cane pioneering, team exercises with compasses, a get-the-objects-out-of-the-minefield activity, skiing on planks of wood, a blindfolded string trail and make your own board game. During the evening everyone cooked on open fires. Later on we had a "smuggling" wide game and a camp fire, where each country had to perform a sketch.
Although not as good as PG camps, a lot was learned, people were met, fun was had and all four from PG were awarded a place on the Jamboree. (Report by Toby)
Picture courtesy of www.berkshirescoutsjamboree.org.uk