Scouts and Brooklyn
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Slideshow/ powerpoint night
- Brooklyn Scout group
- I continue to be in awe of the great things Scouts can do if given the opportunity. Tonight, rather than avoiding technology our small teams used it to put short presentations together – on whatever topic took their fancy. Some … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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I am Unique
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Our rangatahi certainly embraced diversity tonight, with nearly everyone feeling brave enough to either play a musical instrument, talk about an interest, show us a unique skill or make us 😆 We had an embroider taking their subject inspiration from … Continue reading →
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Planning & Safeguarding to start term 3
- Brooklyn Scout group
- One of the really rewarding aspects of being a Kaiārahi is observing and reflecting on the personal development of our youth. Here is a great example of youth leading.
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Kaitoke Scout Camp
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Camping in the middle (literally) of winter is always fun. We got the full -1ºC frost treatment followed by rain – with (luckily) some warmish sun in-between! Saturday was packed full of activities from a navigation challenge and a mini … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Pride Week
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we painted fingernails, designed badges and iced biscuits after a discussion relating to things Pride: Diversity, Accessibility &. Honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We were also visited by our new Zone Kairārahi Regan (who we roped into judging the … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Fire lighting
- Brooklyn Scout group
- It was another great night, so we did what all scouts love – lighting fires & roasting marshmallows (everyone went home smelling very smokey!)
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki investiture’s
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we caught up with investiture’s –12 in all 🥳 (some dating back several terms😬). Luckily we have patient youth🤭 We’ve been quite busy doing fun stuff… (and also had a shortage of scarves – now remedied thanks to some … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Adults volunteering
- Brooklyn Scout group
- All adults at Brooklyn Scout Group are volunteers! The group relies on volunteers to run the Section nights & camps etc. and to fundraise for us! Here is part of a fundraising team at our main money earner – running … Continue reading →
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Starting the term with a cake in a cup
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Ok, so we forgot to say “don’t leave the spoon in the cup” when microwaving the mix! And our cups could’ve been bigger… but there were some very successful outcomes, surprisingly 🤭
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End of Term cooking activity – Florentines
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Our numbers are really high at the moment which makes in-hall cooking activities a bit of a logistical challenge!
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Sign Language Week
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Scouts putting up tents without speaking – yeah right! Actually, they did pretty well (and we got to check out our two ‘new’ tents👍🏽
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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A fun night at Carlucci Land Mini Golf
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- No ‘records’ were in danger of being broken😉
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Shark Game – another favourite
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Zealandia night visit
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Scouts were challenged to stay focussed and quiet while out looking in the dark for Zealandia’s nocturnal wildlife
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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BSG visits Karori West Scout Group
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we ventured into darkest suburbia to get to know our fellow Zealandia Jamboree Troop attendees. A number of ice-breaking activities and challenges were undertaken. Karori West’s more ‘senior’ scouts did a great job ensuring the night went well and … Continue reading →
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Scout Hall, Harrison Street, Brooklyn, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Crafting up a corner
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we spent time decorating the ‘Scout corner’ of the hall
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World Jamboree attendees share their recent experiences
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Two of our Scouts (and a venturer & a Kaiārahi) recently attend the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. Tonight we heard about the heatwave they experienced -40ºC (felt like 45º) which challenged attendees (and the running of the … Continue reading →
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Mystery cook-off challenge
- Brooklyn Scout group
- What do you get when 18 Scouts each bring a tin of food, and someone peels all the labels off and redistributes the tins among four teams to ‘cook’? Well, you get some pretty random combinations, most of which were … Continue reading →
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Scarves and badges and marshmellows, oh my!
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Our keas wrapped up the term with a celebration of our five newest keas and a series of badges for everyone by toasting some marshmallows and having a good old fashioned dress up night
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Fundraising
- Brooklyn Scout group
- We rely on our Adult Volunteers to help us fundraise, so our youth can have fun adventurous experiences – like going to a Jamboree! One ‘valuable’ activity we undertake is running a bar at Sky Stadium – here is one … Continue reading →
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The 25th World Scout Jamboree (August 1–12, 2023)
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Today we farewelled three Brooklyn youth (and one Kaiārahi) as they flew off to meet up with 65 other 14-18 year old youth attendees (from all around NZ), before heading off to Saemangeum, North Jeolla, South Korea! There, they will … Continue reading →
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Scouts try budgeting
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Brains we exercised by some basic arithmetic as we worked through a 12 month budgeting activity work sheet after exploring why we need to be aware of and plan for all the financial demands in our lives 😅
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Karori West Scouts visit BSG
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight our numbers swelled as the Scouts that we’re are going to Jamboree with, came to engage some fun team building games.
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Keas go klimbing
- Brooklyn Scout group
- This weekend our keas took to the skies and braved some heights with the help of the lovely team at Fergs. Everyone tried something new and pushed their comfort zones to great success, resulting in fun for everyone involved!
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Scouts explore community and identity
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we all brainstormed a list of things that we do in our own individual lives/families – and where our interests and values intersect – to make up the character. and values of the wider community that we live in. … Continue reading →
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Keas go on a rainbow rubbish scavenger hunt
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Inspired by their fish friends at the marine centre our keas took their torches and warm jackets and took to the streets for another scavenger hunt: this one to help pick up litter to stop it getting into the ocean. … Continue reading →
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Brooklyn Community ANZAC Service 2023
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- A team of youth (with support😉) made a variety of sandwiches for the post service morning tea at the Brooklyn Community Centre. We embrace a number of opportunities during the year to support our local community. The service was held … Continue reading →
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🥳 🤩 Kaiārahi (adult volunteer’s) contributions recognised 🤩 🥳
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Tonight we celebrated some significant contributions (to the Brooklyn Scout Group) by our Kaiārahi. Bob (Rata) received his 30 years of outstanding service award. David received his Bronze Tiki Award for his ‘over and above’ contribution to Scouting (from being … Continue reading →
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Keas go out in the City
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- For our first trip of the year our keas went to the annual Wellington Pride fair for some exploring, some leaning, and lots of free candy! We met people from all walks of life and the kids had a great … Continue reading →
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Scouts medley
- Brooklyn Scout group
- Recently we visited Karori West and played noughts and crosses (very loudly). This was a first introduction, working towards being one Troop at Jamboree. One of our scouts wanted a sewing badge; so he made one! And as part of … Continue reading →
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