Group News
5 days 5 hours ago
Last Tuesday, Scouts started researching and preparing for a presentation about Scouts history. This is the first of three sessions dedicated to the theme. We also had fun with hands & feet pattern game.
1 week 3 days ago
Beavers had their first meeting of the year where they were challenged to use their imagination to create something what they think will be real in 100years from now.They draw and build pretty impressive looking flying cars,futuristic houses etc! And of course we started our new "welcome to the Beaver meeting tradition" with choice of doing a silly dance,scout hand shake or a high five
6 days 7 hours ago
Avast ye scurvy dogs! Leaders Akela, Baloo, King Louie, Mang, and Winifred took 16 Cub Scouts to Beroun for an overnight indoor Pirate camp. The theme of the weekend was Scout values. We made Ballista catapults. We made Pirate hats. We played games. We went hiking at night. The Cubs cooked their own dinner and breakfast. Thanks to leader Wontolla for the quality program plan, and to the 4th Beroun Czech Scouts for use of their Scout house.
2 weeks 3 hours ago
Beavers and Cubs will have their first meeting of the 2020 today. Looking forward to see all the kiddos!
3 days 23 hours ago
The Scouts this week started their digital citizen badge. They started with the safety of being online.
3 weeks 1 day ago
Are you looking for fun, adventure and the chance to obtain an internationally recognised award? Aged 14 to 18 years old? Then why not join the Prague Scouts Explorer Unit? Based at Hradčanská on Tuesday's, Prague Explorer Scouts takes part in a variety of exciting and challenging activities including, hiking, camping, climbing, canyoning, skiing, community service and creative pursuits, all the while aiming to achieve the International Duke of Edinburgh's Award which future employers and universities value highly! If you are interested, contact us via praguescouts.cz/wp/contactus/ If you register interest we will send you full details of the event and…
3 weeks 2 days ago
Happy New Year! Šťastný nový rok! Thank you to all the adults, parents and young people who made 2019 such a great year. We wish you all a funfilled and healthy 2020. #HappyNewYear #praguescouts
3 weeks 5 days ago
A massive congratulations to British Scouting Overseas' President and good friend of 1st Prague Scout Group - John May on the award of an OBE in the New Years Honours list in recognition of a lifetime's work of helping young people to be the best they can be.
3 weeks 6 days ago
Do you want a new volunteering challenge for 2020? Due to increasing demand for our group, we are looking to recruit more adult volunteer leaders to support young people aged between 6 to 18 years. If you are over 18 years and are interested in volunteering with young people please contact us for more information. info@praguescouts.cz
3 weeks 6 days ago
We have a great opportunity in 2020 for 6 to 18-year-olds (boys and girls) who would like to experience more fun and adventure? Join our English speaking Scout Group in Prague, with 100+ members, who enjoy weekly meetings, camps, hikes, trips and activities gaining #skillsforlife whilst having fun and making new friends. For more information on joining please contact us, without obligation, via our joining form praguescouts.cz/wp/contactus/ You can also visit praguescouts.cz/wp/info/
1 month 2 days ago
Congratulations to our Group Vice President and group co-founder Matt Lightfoot on being awarded the Chief Scout's Commendation for good service, for his continued work in supporting Scouting in British Scouting Overseas.
1 month 2 days ago
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members and supporters! 2019 has been a fantastic year for our group and we have done some great activities that we will never forget. 2020 should be an even better year, so if you know anyone who would like to join us please let us know! www.praguescouts.cz
1 month 1 week ago
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1 month 1 week ago
Tonight some of our leaders had the second of two sessions running Module 14 of the Adult Training programme. The module called Supporting Young People was aimed at all section leaders and other adults supporting young people in Scouting. It was designed to enable adult volunteers working with young people, to understand and meet their needs. We must thank Chisato for running the sessions which were very enjoyable and informative.
3 days 23 hours ago
On the last meeting of 2019 the Scouts undertook a review of the year and looked at the best and worst things they had done and thought about what they would like to do in 2020.
1 month 2 weeks ago
Last night Mikulas visited the Cubs to check who had been good this year. The devil accompanied him and was kept busy, rounding up all the naughty Cubs!. We had Amalia play and sing, for her personal challenge, and Marko made a presentation of a recipe he'd completed, which the Cubs when got to taste.
1 month 2 weeks ago
The Cubs made the trip across town to experience a training session learning how to play cricket. A big thanks to leader King Louie for his efforts in making this happen. The Kriketová Akademie čr gave a quality training session the Cubs really enjoyed.
1 month 2 weeks ago
The Scouts had a meeting with Petra, a police woman from the Ceska Policie . They learned about what to do and how to react in case of emergency. In addition the patrol leaders organized some fun game for the whole troop. Finally two new members were invested.
1 month 2 weeks ago
The Cubs made the trip across town to experience a training session learning how to play cricket. A big thanks to leader King Louie for his efforts in making this happen. The Kriketová Akademie čr gave a quality training session the Cubs really enjoyed.
1 month 2 weeks ago
This week our Group Scout Leader Simon and new Assistant Explorer Scout Leader Edward, visited a group of Czech Rover Scouts and talked to them about the differences and similarities between Czech and UK Scouting. It was a great evening which included some terrific baked potatoes to top it off. We were so glad for the invitation thanks guys!
1 month 2 weeks ago
An introduction to civil engineering... including earthquake testing...
1 month 2 weeks ago
Today Cubs learnt how to use the knife and tried to carve the pumpkin to make Halloween lantern. Cubs learnt how to place their hand to support when they carved it. Everyone carved beautifully in the end. Cubs joined with Beavers to learn healthy eating. We all had healthy Halloween snacks to enjoy!
1 month 2 weeks ago
Beavers had a thrilling spy evening where they got to solve secret messages and take their fingerprints. They manage to solve all the messages that leader Rainbow did for them and a reward they graduated from spy academy and got their Diplomas for their excellent work
1 month 3 weeks ago
Leaders Baloo and Wontolla took 6 Cub Scouts to Belgium to join Cubs from around the North Europe region for Sixers and Seconders BSO camp. The theme of the weekend was Celts and Romans. They learnt the Ogham alphabet, made catapults, swords and shields, played Roman vs Celts wide games, learnt how to highland dance, constructed shelters, and solved human knot puzzles. Wontolla started the campfire dramatically by summoning the spirit of the fire, and Baloo is very pleased that “the old Brown cow” is now a viral firm favorite camp song across Europe. The opportunity was taken to formally…
1 month 3 weeks ago
Beavers had skills evening were they learned how to take care of their scarfs(parents, your kids knows now how to iron.. useful isn't it! Lighting the candle without burning anything and master the skill of tying their shoelaces. End of the evening plenty of badges, including special thank you gifts from British Embassy were rewarded and our new beaver got her investiture finally done.
1 month 3 weeks ago
Bohemians ESU spent last evening with a taste of what it might be like to be blind. A revealing evening spent at Neviditelna Vystava - the Invisible Exhibition...
1 month 4 weeks ago
The troop this weekend travelled by train to Bělá pod Bezdězem to have an indoor weekend camp. The Scouts had a great time in the Junak Scout Centre there. They brushed on their navigation skills with a hike and did took part in some other Scout skills, including semaphore, pioneering, fire lighting and cooking.
2 months 1 day ago
Tonight the Cubs program was organised by Leader Winifred. The Cubs learned to dance the Waltz. This will go towards the Skills Challenge Award badge, a compulsory achievement for those looking to complete their chief scouts Silver award badge.
2 months 4 days ago
The Bohemians Explorer Unit practicing being bohemian at scouts tonight - a yoga intro seminar followed by a practical session. Willing we might be, flexible some of us definitely aren't! A big thanks to Katka Pokorna for taking us through our paces...
2 months 1 week ago
17th November is a very important date in the Czech calendar because it marks the start of the Velvet Revolution in 1989. This year 1st Prague Scouts are celebrating with our Czech friends 30 years of Czech Scout and personal freedom, without which we could not be here enjoying Scouting in this fabulous country. #skaut #unbreakable #30freedom #30svobody en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution
2 months 1 week ago
Last night we had 19 Cubs, resplendent in their smart new green uniforms. The theme of the evening was diversity and understanding others, which forms part of the World challenge badge. We discussed LGTBQ gender inequality, and the notion of privilege. We ran two exercises, "diversity bingo", and "paying for privilege". The Cubs as a group are to be commended for their engagement with the subject.
2 months 1 week ago
Tonight Beavers got to paint their own camp mugs with enamel painting technique and all of the mugs look unique and perfect! Big thank you for our instructors and Smalteria shop,we had a great time!
2 months 1 week ago
Oops we forgot to post these photos of our Cubs doing Archery.
2 months 1 week ago
This week our newest members learned about navigation skills, while the rest of the troop worked to organise the next camp at the end of the month. We also played some games and had another investiture.
2 months 1 week ago
This week the Explorers were learning about Czech history - take 6 influential Czech characters with a role in 1969 and then 1989 and explore how wealth and opportunity is distributed, throw in the Nazis, communism, the velvet revolution and Monopoly and you have a serious subject made interesting.
2 months 1 week ago
Stop Press - We are pleased to let you know we raised 5,413 kc (212 euros) for the 2019 Royal Britsh Legion Poppy Appeal. Our best year yet! Thanks to everyone who gave! www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/poppy-appeal
2 months 1 week ago
The group took part in the annual Remembrance Sunday Commemorations at the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Olšany Cemetery in Prague. The group again took an active part presenting a wreath and placing poppy symbols on all the graves of the fallen.
2 months 2 weeks ago
Today Beavers learnt about what the Remembrance Day and what happened in the past. They were carefully listening to Mang and asking many questions. And Beavers sawed the poppies to make a wreath. We made 40 poppies! We are going to place the wreath on the cemetery this Sunday. At the end of the session, we did investiture for the new beaver and also the new leaders!
2 months 2 weeks ago
The group celebrated Bonfire Night with an event in the Scout Centre at Prosek in Prague. Over 150 members and their families turned out for the traditional bonfire and fireworks celebration. The evening included some British favourites like apple bobbing and toffee apples as well as lots of great food. The evening saw over 25 new young people invested into the group and also 7 of our new adult volunteer leaders. To top off the evening we presented a Silver and a Bronze Chief Scouts Award to two of our members. Thanks to Prosek Scouts for the use of their…
2 months 3 weeks ago
Today Cubs learnt how to use the knife and tried to carve the pumpkin to make Halloween lantern. Cubs learnt how to place their hand to support when they carved it. Everyone carved beautifully in the end. Cubs joined with Beavers to learn healthy eating. We all had healthy Halloween snacks to enjoy!
2 months 3 weeks ago
1st Prague Scouts are again supporting the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. This year the Poppy Appeal in the UK and elsewhere is aiming to raise over £50 million to help support serving and ex-serving members of the Armed Forces community and their families. So please give generously. Poppies will be available to buy at all section meetings leading up to the Remembrance Sunday event at Olšany Cemetery on 10th November 2019 to which all members are invited to attend. Details of the event will be sent via email. www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ways-to-give/poppy-appeal
2 months 3 weeks ago
Our Cubs went bouldering this week with Baloo, Wontolla, Winifred and King Louie.
3 months 1 day ago
We received some fabulous feedback for the Beavers JOTI camp from one of our parents. We felt so chuffed about it we just had to share! “It was the best weekend of his life” #joti
3 months 15 hours ago
This week our Patrol Leaders and their assistants worked on their leadership skills, while he rest of the Troop had some team building activities. In the end the PLs and APLs had to lead their patrols to build the highest spaghetti tower.
3 months 4 days ago
Our Beavers have their 1st official Camp without other sections and we have had really busy fun first day! games, learning practical skills, creating art in the forest, talking with other scouts from different countries as part of the world largest Scout event JOTI (Jamboree on the Internet), eating amazing food and singing campfire songs!
3 months 5 days ago
So the JOTI Camp weekend begins. Two camps and 60+ campers. The Explorers were the first on the bus!
3 months 1 day ago
This weekend saw the Cubs, Scouts and Explorers camping together in CZ near Sedlčany. The event was themed around Jamboree on the Internet with the group making contacts over the internet with several countries around the world including India and Japan. There were lots of other great activities including an incident hike, campfire and obstacle races. We had 43 members camping during this camp from the three sections. It was fabulous. We even had a special guest Becca a BSO Group Scout Leader from Sweden.
3 months 1 week ago
Our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers will be online this coming Saturday evening 19:00 to 22:30 and Sunday morning 07:00 to 09:00 (UTC +2) for Jamboree on the Internet. Why not join us on SKYPE - PRAGUE SCOUTS BSO We will be at camp so you may even get to join us at our campfire! 🙂 Contact us on info@praguescouts.cz
3 months 1 week ago
The volunteer leaders in our group are amazing. Some of them gave up a beautiful Saturday to do further training to provide even better experiences for the young people in our group. Fun was had by all and some dry but important subjects were brought to life and made interesting by British Scouting Overseas Trainers John and Chrissy Marr who travelled a 16 hour round trip from Germany to support our group here in Prague. We would like to thank them so much for coming and helping us out. We would also like to thank The English College Prague for…
5 days 5 hours ago