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Scout Hike - Heysen Trail to Mt Lofty
We had a great hike today from Bridgewater to Mt Lofty along the Heysen Trail. Full of excitement, with flooded creeks and embankments to cross, it was the first serious hike for some of our junior scouts. They all did a fantastic job, You can find some photos here: |
Parent Support Meeting MinutesPlease find attached the meeting minutes of the Parent Support Meeting of the 27th of July 2010. |
World Scout $ Day 2010 - Thanks!Just to let you know that your donations for World Scout $ Day during our Working Bee on Sunday the 1st of August, raised $51.60. This will be forwarded to Scouts HQ for forwarding to the National Australian Scouts organisation. Thank you for your support. |
Working Bee - Thanks!
A big thank you to all the people big and small who contributed in whatever way to the Working Bee at our hall. An amazing amount of jobs have been done. We can all be very proud of the work we put in. Some of the things that got done where:
The picture is from a moment halfway the day where we had all the Q-store contents out and it was a bit of an organised chaos, but we managed to put it all back again :-) Thanks again for all your contributions. Whatever it was, big or small, it is very much appreciated and we can all be very proud! |
Bandicoot Pictures presents Magill JoeysOur Joey Leader Bandicoot went on a trip to England with his family and took the opportunity to meet up with the English Scout group 3rd Coventry Beavers (in England Joeys are called Beavers). To show the Coventry Beavers what Joeys in Australia do in Scouting, Bandicoot prepared this short video of Magill Joeys to show while he was there. Enjoy! |
World Scout $ Day 2010The 1st of August 2010 is World Scout $ Day. The Scouts Australia National Chairman David W. Jones AM FCA started this project and in the video he talks about his inspiration for the project. The aim of the project is to raise $66,000 to support the Food For Life project in the African Region. That sounds like a lot of money, but is essentially just one $ for every Scout in Australia. On the 1st of August we have our Working Bee and we ask you to bring a $ to support this Food For Life project. |
Scouts Term 3 Program (Initial)The “big event” this term is the “Branch Hike”, which is being run in a new |
Cubs Term 3 ProgramCheck out this Term’s activities especially the District Cub Camp. Forms and payment for the camp are due on Tuesday 3 August – so don’t miss out!! |
Troop Camp and Adventurer Hike at Mt Crawford
We were really blessed with very kind weather for our Scout Troop Camp in the school holidays! Big storms on either side, but the scouts had wonderful mild weather for their hikes and camping. Just a little rain on the last morning to remind us that the weather isn’t always so kind. Check out all the photos that the scouts took on their 30km Adventurer hike, which went from the East side of Mt Crawford forest then via Chalks campground to Mt Crawford summit and on to Rocky Paddock campsite and the nearby fire lookout. |
Term 3 2010 Joey ProgramPlease find attached the Joey Scout Program for Term 3 2010 with a range of fun activities. The Joey Scout Leaders have incorporated a number of ideas from the chat we had with Joeys at the end of last term. Please note: We are trialling a Y4 parent advice and permission form covering the whole of Term 3 activities. If you are happy to submit this one form for all activities run by Joeys in Term 3, please print it out, complete and bring along on our first night back (Tuesday 20 July). This will save us collecting forms numerous times throughout the Term. |
Parent Committee Meeting MinutesPlease find attached minutes from the parent committee meeting of 8th June 2010. |
Roonka Survivor Group Camp
We hope you all enjoyed the camp this last weekend. The weather has certainly be kind to us (except Friday night was a bit chilly). It was great to see so many families getting involved and participating and hopefully made some new friends in the process. We have setup a small survey about the camp and we are also looking for some feedback for a possible future camp. |
Incredible turnout on Anzac Sleepover
This ANZAC sleepover was possibly one of the largest if not the largest sleepovers at the Magill Scout Hall we ever had! In addition to the Magill Joeys, Cubs and Scouts we also hosted a considerable contingent of Stradbroke Joeys, Cubs and Scouts and some more from Beaumont Scout Group. Well over 80 youth members were tightly packed not only in the main hall, but also in the den downstairs, on the stage area and in the meeting room. With significant rain during the night we feared a bit for the weather during the ANZAC service. However, during the service the weather was completely dry and the the new memorial at the Gums reserve was a stunning setting. The Magill RSL expressed their thanks for the large turnout of Scouts and Guides at the service. Some photos of the event are available at http://flickr.com/gp/gregories/6nz33J |
Term 2 ProgramsPlease find below the Joeys, Cubs & Scouts Programs for Term 2 2010. Lot’s of things to do and importantly the Group Camp is our main feature. Families are encouraged to participate in the camp. We are bound to have plenty of fun and challenges! |
78 years and still going strong!
During some research in the Magill Scout Group archives we found what probably is one of the oldest pictures involving Magill Scout Group. This one is from 1932. Wel over 78 years ago. In this picture Magill Scout Group is ready to depart for a camp on the Onkaparinga River, Oakbank. If you are one of the people in the picture or recognise any of them, we would love to hear from you. Click on the picture for a better look! |
Parent Committee meetingMinutes of the last meeting attached |
More equipment fundingThanks to the ongoing efforts of our Committee Secretary, we have again been succesful in gaining $440 to purchase a shade shelter for camps and activities. |
Welcome back!
The Scouts had a great time at the Australian Jamboree 2010 in NSW were they spend a good 10 days filled with all sorts of adventurous activities and we saw a bit of Sydney too! Now that we all had some time to relax and school has started again, it is also time for another year of Scouting. And from what I can see, it looks like another full year of events, so check out the event calendar and talk to your section leaders about what is coming up. Meeting times are like last year, so:
The pictures is showing the the AJ2010 Troop 728 of Magill and Southern Barossa posing in front of our Magilla Gorilla with Grapevines gateway. Enjoy the coming year! Marco Hess |
Parent Committeee Meeting MinutesPlease find attached minutes of the Parent Committee meeting held on 17 November 2009. |
Scout mums do dutiful best, tooToday the following article appeared in the Sydney newspaper. Most if not all Scouting mums could related to this… |