Chief Scout's Award

Recently we were very happy to be able to present the Chief Scout's Award to Aquila. They have put in a huge effort over the last couple of years to complete the Bronze, then Silver, then Gold and finally their Chief Scout's Award. Along with a number of Personal Challenge Badges.

As part of this award they planned and ran a weekend camp for the Troop at Motu Moana.  

They also designed, organized, and led a four day expedition from Mt Albert to the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and back. This included walking, catching a bus, a train, a ferry and even more walking. They also swam, but that was just to cool off rather than to go anywhere. 

During the Expedition Aquila put together a guide to rigging Sunbursts for the Troop

Waiting for a train

Walking

Yes there were Leaders at the camp, but we just got to relax while Aquila did the hard work

Camp at Hahei

At Labour Weekend our Troop went camping at Hahei on the Coromandel. 
During the day the Scouts had a great time exploring the beach, kayaking and sampling the local shop's milkshakes. At night they settled into a high tension game of monopoly and a hilarious game of twister.

We finished of the weekend (before the slow trip back to Auckland) by dropping our Lone Scout back to her family's cafe in Thames, complete with another round of even better milkshakes! 

Scouting from home (again)

 

With the return of Tāmaki Makaurau to a higher alert level we've been back to doing all our activities online. We continue to meet each week. Some of our activities have included quizzes, a debate, a drawing competition and planning for a collaborative minecraft event.