Scout'36 Newsletter #2

Scout’36 Issue No. 2

Feb - April 2019

Contents

Editorial Note

Editorial Note 3

Cub Section 4-5

Parents’ Comitee 5

Scout Section 6

Ventre Section 7-8

Band Section 9

Camp Friendly Recipes 10

Photo Gallery 11

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Forward to March Newsletter

in earnest with the making and selling of the ‘Figolli’ being quite a success.

This hereunder is the second Naxxar Scout Renovation of the Headquarters is also underway through the council.

Group newsletter. We have tried to improve it and thus make it more interesting. The leaders within each section continue We hope that the first newsletter gave you a their sterling work providing members good insight of what goes on in the group. with a mixture of outdoor activities, and headquarters learning activities. We shall The aim of this newsletter is to serve as a written media communication between the soon start thinking about the summer camp, this year taking place between 21st group and the parents, as well as with the and the 28th July. members The group is marching forward.

Akela Erika has now been appointed AGSL We hope you enjoy our second newsletter.

Thank you.

(Assistant Group Scout Leader). She will take charge of the Group when the GSL is Nicholas Falzon not available.

Newsletter Editor ASL Dennis has now taken over the leadership of the Scout Troop Section. He is now the new SL and is helped by Denise.

SL Mario is now officially our VSL (Venture Scout Leader).

Cub Leaders Karen and Therese completed their Basic Leadership course while Cub Leader Jed completed his first leadership step (the Getting Started course) and will now start his Pathfinder course.

We also have two Rovers registered with the group Luke and Michela. Hopefully we shall be seeing these youths starting their leadership courses in the near future.

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Cubs Section In our second newsletter, I will take the opportunity to explain the significance of the badges that are found on a Cub Scout’s uniform. The different badges help to define the Cub Scout’s achievements and at a glance one can tell how far a child has progressed in his or her scouting journey.

On the uniform one can see the Group name tags which are unique to each Scout Group. The rest of the badges are common to other Groups. The purple membership badges, one found on the left sleeve and the other on the front pocket respectively indicate that a scout belongs to the World Organisation of the Scout Movement as well as belonging to the Scout Association of Malta. These badges are given after a member has spent some time in the Group and has shown that he/she abides by the Scout Law and Promise and has been invested. Above the right pocket one can find the district badge, which in our case is the North District badge. The bright yellow epaulettes on the shoulders indicate that the child is a Cub Scout. The colours of the epaulettes will change as a member moves from one section to another. One can also see a small purple badge with the first link that indicates the beginning of the scouting journey, other links will be added as the member progresses from one section to

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The first badge that a Cub Scout earns is the Tender Paw, the paw being the symbol of a wolf cub. The child then can attain the Bronze, Silver and Gold Arrows.

Children who join at a young age will progress through all the arrows, while older children will obtain their Tender Paw and then be inserted into their age appropriate arrow. It is whilst carrying out arrow work that children earn the small badges with the animal characters from the Jungle Book. These small badges form a diamond of badges that can be seen on the right sleeve of the uniform. It is a pity to see that due to repeated absence, failure to attend activities or lack of interest that some badges are missing on some uniforms.

The red badges that are seen on the left sleeve are the Interest and Pursuit badges.

Badges can be done individually or with the rest of the Pack. Being badge work there are certain tasks that the Cubs start with the Pack during camps or activities but then have to complete at home and present to the rest of the Pack in order to earn the badge and it is here that I would like to see more Cubs show interest in completing badges that are started with the Pack and it is only with parental

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support that the Cubs are able to do so as they may need help to research and prepare a presentation. Rather than thinking of this as an arduous task think of it as quality time that you spend with your child to help them achieve a goal. The idea of badgework is to show interest in learning something new and then present the findings to their peers whilst building self confidence and communication skills.

The effort is rewarded with a badge that is sewn on to the uniform for all to see.

So, when you sit to sew those badges onto the uniform you should feel great pride as these indicate the achievements of your child.

Akela Erika Cub Scout Leader

Parents’ Commitee Last month the parent’s council started refurbishing the HQ and held a fundraiser.

Lawrence Sciavone took amongst himself the work of transforming one of the rooms which was being used as storage into a cub meeting room. He also fixed electricity and plastered the room. The work is still in progress and is at its final stages of completion. Also, this month the council managed to obtain a new kitchen and was fixed into place along with the help of Joe Camilleri. A fundraiser which was led by Shannon Pollaco and Marielou Sciberras took place and figolli were made.

Priscilla Troan Chairman of the Parents’ Comitee

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Scout Section Dear all, I hope that this letter finds you well.

This here is my first newsletter as a Scout Leader of the Naxxar Troop.

As you may all know there has been some changes in the Troop section due to an increased number of Scouts joining the Venture Unit. My colleague, VSL Mario, has moved on to lead the new members of the Venture Unit whom he had developed back in their Troop days. Good luck goes to him on my behalf.

As of January, a number of Cub Scouts joined the Troop section and we are now developing a young yet dynamic troop of twenty-two members with a lot of potential.

We started off by re-creating new Patrols and appointed new Patrol Leaders (PLs) and their Assistants (APLs). At first, it was not easy building a new Troop of young members. Regardless of this, I would like to congratulate the huge sense of teamwork and understanding the group

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of PLs and APLs have built during the leadership training held earlier on in March.

Since then, the PLs and APLs never looked back. They started implementing what they had learnt during their training.

They managed to organise a great activity for all the troop during the cookout, held later in March. Everyone enjoyed the day; it was a pity we ran short of time.

Moving forward, we will have a number of parades mainly related to the Holy Week, after which we will have an overnight hike at the end of April.

Last but not least I would like to thank ASL Denise, for the great support she gives and for putting forward ideas for new activities.

May you enjoy your Easter with your family and friends!

Dennis Debono Section Leader of the Troop Section

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Inizjattiva Il-‘Cambridge English Dictionary’ jispjega din il-kelma ferm importanti bħala “l-abiltà ta’ persuna biex tuża il-ġudizzju tagħha sabiex tieħu deċiżjonijiet u tagħmel affarijiet li għandha tagħmel mingħajr il-bżonn li xi ħadd jgħidilha sabiex twettaqhom” Sabiħa hux? Għaldaqstant, jekk naħsbu ftit insibu li ħafna drabi jrid ikun hemm min jiġri warajna u jiffitana biex inwettqu dak li għandna nagħmlu. Kultant ukoll, nibżgħu nieħdu dik id-deciżjoni li jkollna bżonn nieħdu. Inġibu ħafna skużi għala l-affarijiet ma nagħmluhomx u nippruvaw niġġustifikaw ruħna għala l-affarijiet ma jsirux, jew aħjar, għalfejn ma nagħmluhomx. Ħafna drabi ngħidu li aħna mhux kapaċi, jew li mhemmx għalfejn nagħmluha din ix-xi ħaga. Drabi oħra nistennew lil ħaddieħor jagħmel dak li suppost nagħmlu aħna u nħallu l-bajtra taqa’ f ’ħalqna. Biex iżżid il-melħ fuq il-ferita, meta niġu darna mal-ħajt kultant nippruvaw indawru is-sitwazzjoni f ’ċajta jew forsi anke nirridikolaw is-sitwazzjoni kollha. L-aqwa li fl-aħħar mill-aħħar id-deċiżjoni jkun ħadha ħaddieħor u mhux jien.

Ix-xogħol jkun għamlu ħaddieħor u jekk dan ma jirnexxiex jew jkun żbaljat, jkun ħaddieħor li għamlu dan u mhux jien.

Sfortunatament, dawn is-sitwazzjonijiet insibuhom fuq ix-xogħol u fil-ħajja tagħna l-adulti. U għalhekk jien, bħala mexxej ta’ żgħażagħ adoloxxenti, li diġà bdew jkollhom jieħdu ċertu deċiżjonijiet fil-ħajja tagħhom u fi ftit snin oħra jridu joħorġu mill-bejta tad-dar u jħabbtu wiċċhom mal-ħajja adulta fis-soċjetà, ma nieqafx inħeġġeġ biex il-‘Ventures’ tagħna jdaħħlu dan is-sens t’inizjattiva fil-karratru tagħhom. Nieħu gost nisfidhom jagħmlu affarijiet ġodda, nimbutthom biex jagħmlu dak il-pass li normalment joqogħdu lura minnu u naqsam magħhom esperjenzi li jiġru fil-ħajja adulta; dawk li nikseb minn fuq ix-xogħol jew f ’xi konferenza milli nattendi.

Mhux kulħadd jasal l-istess għaliex kull individwu għandu il-karratru tiegħu/tagħha u anke il-limitazzjonijiet tagħhom bħala individwi. Uħud mill-‘Ventures’ jisfidaw ruħhom mal-ewwel, oħrajn irridu naqra imbutattura u oħrajn huma naqra iżjed kawti. Uħud jafu anke jieħdu deċiżjoni, anke jekk id-deċiżjoni taf ma tkunx dik li nkun qed nistenna jien.

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Venture Section L-esperjenza li jien nipprova nagħti lil dawn iż-żgħażagħ fil-‘Ventures’, hija dik li ngħallimhom ikunu huma minn ta’ quddiem biex jieħdu l-inizjattiva fil-ħajja tagħhom u biex jitgħallmu jieħdu huma id-deċiżjonijiet tagħhom u mhux jibqgħu jistennew li xi ħadd ifaqqa’ subajgħ u dawn id-deċiżjonijiet iseħħu waħedhom.

Hekk inkunu qegħdin verament inwettqu il-viżjoni ta’ Baden Powell għall-Iscouts, dik li nagħmlu mit-tfal tagħna ċittadini aħjar.

Tagħkom fl-Iscouting, Mario Micallef – Venture Scout Leader

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Band Section

Throughout the past four months, the Naxxar Scout Group took hold on an idea of how the Group’s Band could come more developed and have a larger member participation. This idea created an initiative wherby a group of cubs and yound scouts started being educated in muscial terms.

These young members started learning the three instruments which form up our band (the snare drum, bell lyre and the bugle), with the help of the Venture Unit. The most noticeable of events was the blessing of the animals parade in Naxxar, in collaboration with the Peace Band Club, and the two parades in the event of Good Friday and in Naxxar and Gharghur respectively.

These three events have greatly shown the development of these young members and also preoves thta this idea has been a success. In addition to this, the band has decided to learn new marches for the Annual Parade amongs which are: Men of Harlech, Life on the Ocean Wave and It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.

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Camp Friendly Recipies Mini S’Mores Toast Ingridients 225 g dark chocolate buttons 2 tbs caster sugar 2 tbs honey 2 tbs grapeseed oil 2 tbs icing sugar 3/4 tsp sea salt 1 packet white marshmallows 1 stick French breadlittle over time.

Method 1) Melt the dark chocolate buttons in the microwave in short bursts of 20 seconds each.

2) Now add the caster sugar, honey, grapeseed oil, icing sugar and sea salt to the melted chocolate. Stir until it’s all combined and smooth. Put it aside while you do everything else. It will thicken a little over time.

Photo Gallery 1. Visit to Fort Manoel followed by a cookout

2. The Gold Arrow cooked a meal

3. The Cubs spent a morning carried a community project at the Elderly Day Centre with prepared games to play with the elderly

3) Slice the bread stick into thin rounds. Toast them under the grill until they are golden on both sides.

4) Spread each round with chocolate spread and top with one marshmallow each. Place under the grill again and keep an eye on them. Take them out when the tops turn golden. (Takes about 30 seconds, so keep your eyes on your fries!)

5) Put them on a platter and serve them warm. They won’t last long!

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Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery 1. The Unit tried creating a Samolina Picture

1. The troop where invited to the fundraiser Brindg a Friend Friday hosted from the Venture Unit

2. Carnival Party

3. The troop had a hike from the HQ to the Mosta Valley, had a cookout and made some games in the valley.

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2. The Venture Unit walked from Naxxar HQ to the Dingli Radar Station

3. The Venture created a Good Friday Set Up

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