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Survival
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- Our beach night retreated to the hall after the ‘Southerly’ kept up delivering cold wind and rain to Princess Bay🥲 Our youth gave presentations on water, hypo/hyper-thermia and shelters carried out some challenges including how to dry/ warm your clothes … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Keas learn about animal care
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- This week we had three very special (very furry) guests along to meet our keas! After learning all about care and safety for a variety of pets our keas put their new skills to the test walking, cuddling, and practicing … Continue reading →
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Starting the Term with a spark!
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- Scouts learnt to safely light a match (most don’t have open fires at home!😉), followed by a simple candle challenge which was completed with varying degrees of speed…🤣. The night finished with some planning for the rest of the term.
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Last night of Term 2
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- Scouts were challenged by the weather to indulge their culinary ‘skills’
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Keas – Cups and Chalk and Paint………oh my
- Brooklyn Scout group
- This week our keas beat out the rain with a new game in our new posses: using chalk to give each other directions to find some hidden plastic cups around the neighbourhood! After a blast of running around with chalk … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Keas explore good sportspersonship
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Term three began with what felt like millions of plastic balls flying across the scout hall as keas worked in teams to practice our sportsmanship. With new a youth lead code in place to guide our activities, and some exciting … Continue reading →
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- Brooklyn Scout group
- Keas finish term two with a bang! After investing our final new member for the term our keas had a night of fun, games, and food! The new coloured lights in hall made for an exciting night, and as always … Continue reading →
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Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards 2022 – Finalist
- Brooklyn Scout group
- We are humbled to have been selected as a finalist in the Wellington Airport Regional Community Awards 2022 for Wellington City. These awards are drawn from the community and we were completely unaware of our nomination. Wellington International Airport and the … Continue reading →
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Keas ‘run’ wild
- Brooklyn Scout group
- The keas had a great night of organized chaos making their own marble runs out of craft materials around the hall. We had some fierce competition to make the longest marble run, with great team work happening all around the … Continue reading →
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Cubs construct
- Brooklyn Scout group
- I continue to be amazed at the active Cub programme run by our volunteer Kaiārahi. Last night some finished their construction projects and others made stars after a discussion about Matariki. Bravo.
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Out with the Old & in with the New!
- Brooklyn Scout group
- A BIG thank you to The Vogelmorn Foundation for their huge grant towards the replacement of our old knackered windows – with matching period correct timber windows! We will finally be able to cross ventilate the hall and be able … Continue reading →
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Hall Maintenance
- Brooklyn Scout group
- A big thank you to Chris, David and John who spent a significant amount of their long weekend maintaining the Scout Hall windows. Two of the new window frames installed. The sashes are coming very soon.
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Kea matariki trip
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Following on from our Matariki activities night the keas made a trip to the Carter Observatory to learn more about the star cluster that makes up Matariki, as well as the lore and legends behind it. Learning about gravity with … Continue reading →
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Keas explore matariki
- Brooklyn Scout group
- This week our Keas had an exciting night of lots of mini activities as we learn together about being tangata tiriti and celebrating Aotearoa this Māori new year. After learning about the origins of Matariki and how Māori whanau usually … Continue reading →
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Gimme Shelter, by the Keas
- Brooklyn Scout group
- With this term’s theme of construction at Brooklyn Scouts, the Keas took on the challenge at their evening meeting on Tuesday 14 June. We started with a quick reflection on last weeks “diversity around the world” activity, and we heard … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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🌿Planting trees in the Town Belt🌿
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Several wheelbarrow loads of plants were given to us by the WCC Plant Nurseries to plant in a section of Prince of Wales Park that the Scout group has been working on for the past two years. Last Sunday Grant … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Scouts visit the WCC CCTV Control Centre and walk through the Bolton St Cemetery… in the dark… 😬😱
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we had our eyeballs exercised by watching 125 CCTV camera’s recording various pieces of Wellington urban landscape – all at once! The Scouts had plenty of questions and hopefully have been reflecting on the positives and negatives surveillance plays … Continue reading →
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Seven new Scouts
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we invested seven youth; five had come up from Cubs. And we had a couple of potential new Adult Kaiārahi joining us too! We can never have too many adult helpers… 😉
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Keas build bigger versions of themselves
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Body armour was big at Keas tonight and so was the mess at the end of the session! Great fun was had by all. The swing remains ever popular.
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Sandford Leadership Weekend (for Scout aged youth)
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Last weekend (20-22 May), four of our more experienced youth attended a youth leadership course held at Brookfield Camp in Wainuiomata. Scouts from around the lower north island region came together to learn about working in teams and team leadership. … Continue reading →
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The Better World Framework
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Isaac, a new Scout, produced this great artwork inspired by the harbour and the south coast and the challenges these marine environments face. Scouts Aotearoa has introduced a Better World achievement pathway which sits alongside the Adventure Skill and Capstone … Continue reading →
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Cubs help to solve insect housing crisis
- Brooklyn Scout group
- We are already in the third week of term 2!? Tonight the Cubs got busy with their first construction project – insect hotels. A wide range of interior decors were created – so even the fussiest bug could find a … Continue reading →
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Tongariro Northern Circuit
- Brooklyn Scout group
- The Tongariro Northern Circuit (one of the New Zealand Great Walks), is a three to four day tramp. It was energetically undertaken by 13 of our Scout youth (with various adult family members tagging along) on the last weekend of … Continue reading →
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End of Term 1 combined Group BBQ and fun night
- Brooklyn Scout group
- In the face of (heavy) showers and shortening daylight, we managed to eat over 100 sausages at Shorland Park, Island Bay – while getting to know whānau and playing some games!
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Keas on an adventure to the South Coast
- Brooklyn Scout group
- On Saturday afternoon, thirteen Keas did a fantastic job of using all the skills they had learned in Term 1 to lead their expedition on the City to Sea walkway. They checked their maps at Kingston, confirmed their route to … Continue reading →
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Cubs Get Creative
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- Imaginations ran wild as young fingers moulded clay and flourished paint brushes!
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Underwater Tennis @ Vogelmorn Tennis Club
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Edmond did a great job organising the night but he forgot check the forecast. Our youth put a positive spin on the night and all went home… well damp(ish) – possibly reflecting on how they could have been better prepared😆
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The Opportunity of a Lifetime!
- Brooklyn Scout group
- The 25th World Scout Jamboree will take place from 1 to 12 August 2023, in SaeManGeum, Jeollabuk-do, Republic of Korea. The theme is “Draw your Dream” – expressing the desire for Scouts to transform the event into their own festival … Continue reading →
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Scouts try a new game
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Another fine evening – well, until an energetic thunderstorm rolled in – but we got to try some new games before the rain arrived! Later we watched a short video outlining Scouting’s “Safe From Harm” culture: helping our young people … Continue reading →
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Keas plan their Zoo Visit
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight our Keas learnt how to orientate a map, planned their route around the zoo, and made scroggin – I wonder if it will be eaten before Sunday? Will they stick to their planned routes?
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Brookfield
- Brookfield is an Outdoor Education Centre and permanent campsite used year-round by Scouts, Guides, Schools and Church Groups, and many other organisations. It is also used by business houses for team-building exercises.Bequeathed to the Scout Association by the late Miss Mary Crowther in 1958, Brookfield is a unique environment with its native bush and facilities designed especially for the training of youth.
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Brooklyn Scout group
- Encouraging young people to make their own decisions and to explore the world around them, since July 1909
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Ngati toa Sea Scouts
- Our Scout Group has members from all around Porirua City from as far south as Tawa, right through to Whitby and Paremata.
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Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Brooklyn Scout group feed
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Ngatitoa Sea Scouts feed
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Ngati Toa Scout Group, Parade Ground, Mana, Paremata, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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