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Throwback Thursday This week’s throwback Thursday features our own Cub Scout Leader Chris ‘Baloo’ Wait as a Cub Scout in 1994. Seeing him as an eight-year-old is amazing in itself. But take a look at his scarf! Although 1st Prague Scout Group was only formed in 2014 and introduced a new group scarf at that time, Baloo who joined Prague Scouts in 2018, can be seen wearing the exact same scarf from his former UK Scout Group all those years ago. A really spooky coincidence! Did you know our group scarf colours have a meaning? The red, white and blue
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Great support from a local business, especially at this time. Thanks Pan Panzerotto.
There are 5 cookies in a packet and the cost is just a donation to the group. Pop along to Pan Panzerotto at Vitkova 201 in Karlin.
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We have been looking at the records and have worked out that we have currently over 24 nationalities represented in our group membership.
Since we were formed in 2014 we have had over 34 countries represented. We are truly an international group!
Calling all our members past and present is your nations flag shown?
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Vacancy: District Commissioner (France & Iberia) – British Scouting Overseas
Vacancy: District Commissioner (France & Iberia) British Scouting Overseas provides a welcoming and supportive community for British and Commonwealth Scouts and their families abroad. Learning a foreign language and adapting to another culture are some of the joys and challenges of being an expatria...
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Thanks go to Oliver who attended the official Remembrance Sunday Ceremony at Prague's Olšany Cemetery with his dad, Cub Scout Leader Chris (Baloo) to represent 1st Prague Scout Group.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Congratulations to Joe Biden President-Elect of the USA.
Did you know he was a Scout?
Mr Biden said - Scouting teaches young people “many valuable life lessons.” Scouts “acquire numerous important skills, adopt guiding principles, and forge new and lasting friendships.”
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Tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday. Our group will normally be attending the ceremony in Prague's Olšany Cemetery. This year our group won’t be able to take part, as we normally do, but we will be represented in a personal capacity by our Cub Scout Leader Chris (Baloo) and his son Oliver. This year's wreath was made by two of our Scouts Noa and Alexandra, helped by Assistant Group Scout Leader, Jenny. (see picture). The commemoration is for those men and women who gave their lives in conflicts around the world. As many of you know the Royal British Legion uses this
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Are you looking forward to camping again? Some great personal camping tips for when you are able to.
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This year our group won’t be able to take part, as we normally do, at the Remembrance Sunday commemoration in Prague on 8th November. The commemoration is for those men and women who gave their lives in conflicts around the world. We hope to be able to present a wreath, at some point on that Sunday, but probably not with more than one or two of us at most. As many of you know the Royal British Legion uses this time to collect money to help its charity work and many wear a poppy to show their support. Their welfare
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As many of you will probably know our group is now unable to meet face to face due to the current state of emergency here in The Czech Republic. We hope that this will be only temporary and we will be able to meet together again soon.
In the meantime, our group will go online and provide some fun and interesting activities. Your section leaders will be contacting you shortly to let you know when your section will begin online and how to join in.
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This evening was a very important day for all of us. 3 children were invested to become Beavers officially! All new Beavers could say the scout promise beautifully! We also decided lodges and nominated Lodge leaders and Assistant Lodge Leaders. We have 3 lodges; Mouse, Rabbit and Squirrel. Also, some of our Beavers received "join in award". It was another fun and memorable session! Well done Beavers!
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We are looking for a new group treasurer. Our current group treasurer Jana has decided to step down at the end of the year after 3 years. We would like to thank her so much for all the hard work she has put into organising our finances so well. We are now looking for one or possibly two volunteers to take on the role, with a view to work with Jana to handover the finances of the group. You don’t need to be an expert in finance but need some knowledge of spreadsheets and accounting would be useful. Full training
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Beavers went to the treasure hunt to learn the green cross code. Now all the Beavers can cross the road safely. Also, they found the clues to make a word to get the hidden treasure. They followed the map and found the numbers on the lamp pole and characters etc. They enjoyed the beginning of the autumn in the park. The answer word to get the treasure was "LOVE". They collected all and found the treasure. It was another fun day. Well done Beavers!
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Beavers had lots of exercises to learn how to be healthy. At first, they checked the heart rate before the exercise. Beavers did "Egg & Spoon race", "Obstacle Course" and "wheelbarrow race". It was fun! Well done Beavers!!
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Congratulations to our leaders Jenny, Alastair, Chris, Manon, Chisato and Gabby for all recently completing their adult leader training over the last few years. They will be shortly presented with the Wood Badge which recognises this achievement. Thanks to you all for your effort in doing this training over many months.
It also won't be long before we have a few more completed Wood Badges to report as a number of our other leaders are also very close to completion. Thanks to you all!
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Looking for something fun that will give your son or daughter #skillsforlife? Why not try 1st Prague Scout Group!
Lots of fun and adventure including, camping, hiking, creative, music, science, challenges and games.
We have limited spaces for September in Beaver and Cubs Scouts aged 6 to 10.5 years.
Meeting on Thursday afternoons in Prague 1.
www.praguescouts.cz
Enquiry form - www.praguescouts.cz/wp/joiningform
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Do you want a new volunteering challenge? Want to make a difference? 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. Take part in a variety of activities leading Scouts indoors, outdoors and internationally! No experience required! Training provided! A variety of roles available. If you are over 18 years and are interested in volunteering with young people please contact us for more information. info@praguescouts.cz www.praguescouts.cz/wp/adults
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The Bohemians met Tuesday for a socially distanced session. Team scavenger hunt followed by a session on DofE personal objectives. We closed out with a "game with no name!" - as yet anyway. Much hand washing but much fun and laughter too... Have a great summer and see you soon. The Bohemians met Tuesday for a socially distanced session. Team scavenger hunt followed by a session on DofE personal objectives. We closed out with a "game with no name!" - as yet anyway. Much hand washing but much fun and laughter too... Have a great summer and see you on
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Another fabulous evening with the Cubs and Beavers playing games in the park.
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5th July 2020 - Baloo, Bambi, Bagheera, Andra and Carla with members of the Cub pack socially distanced cycling to Radotin.
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The Scouts took part in the first face to face meeting after the COVID-19 crisis . We had a lot of fun games and the kids managed to respect the safety measures put in place.
Many Thanks to our GSL and to all the people that allowed us to meet again .
The smiles on the scout's faces really gave us hope for the future. We slowly starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel 🙂
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The Scouts took part in the first face to face meeting after the COVID-19 crisis . We had a lot of fun games and the kids managed to respect the safety measures put in place.
Many Thanks to our GSL and to all the people that allowed us to meet again .
The smiles on the scout's faces really gave us hope for the future. We slowly starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel 🙂
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With our AGM tonight at 7pm please take a look at our 2019/20 annual report, if you haven't already.
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1st Prague (Czech Republic) Scout Group z.s. - Annual Report 2019/20
1st Prague (Czech Republic) Scout Group z.s. - Annual Report 2019/20 Covering the financial year 2019
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Just a gentle reminder to please try and attend our Annual General Meeting tomorrow night at 7pm CET.
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Our group has had to urgently move its camping and equipment store. We were pleased to have been offered a fantastic space by Odien Real Estate a.s. who have gone out of their way to support our group. We now have a great store with lots of room for maintenance and storage. We are now all ready for camping 🙂
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1st Prague Scout Group Resuming face to face Scouting We are very pleased to inform you that we have been given the go-ahead to resume face-to-face Scouting from today here in the Czech Republic, and deliver a socially distanced programme in line with Czech government guidelines. Your section leader will be contacting you shortly to let you know what activities we will run and we will highlight the precautions we will take to ensure the safety of your children at this time. We won’t be running a full programme over the summer but will try and offer as many activities
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At the end of our session, our Beaver's feedback for the Online session was "They enjoyed EVERYTHING". Due to the worldwide pandemic half of our term, we needed to meet online. No matter what is happening in our world we will not stop scouting! There was a total of 12 great indoor sessions with our Beavers. Believe it or not, we could see some Beavers progress during these sessions. That little progress made us all happy and gave us the motivation to deliver more high-quality and fun sessions as well as a great influence for our Beavers. It was so
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Congratulations to Chris Wait (Baloo) - Cub Scout Leader and Alastair Hammond - Explorer Scout Leader & Assistant Group Scout Leader in being awarded the District Commissioners Commendations for their work in the Group by our outgoing DC Dominic Afriat. Chris was instrumental in developing the new improved Cub Pack since its move to Park Lane School in September last year and has seen significant growth in that section as a result. He also represented British Scouting Overseas at the World Scout Jamboree in the USA last year, giving up 3 weeks of his holidays to support young people there.
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The Beavers enjoyed the camp songs to start our last session. Because of our last online session, some Beavers dressed up and make a cook hairstyle and bringing their favourite toy today. We discussed what we are going to do when we are permitted to meet again. There were many exciting ideas from the Beavers! Our final skill learning session was about "Basic Compass and Map reading" by Spike. We are ready to go for a Hike now! We enjoyed the Dr Suess story to end our final online session! Well Done Beavers!
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The Beavers learned about the Space. We talked about the different stars in the sky, constellation, planets, and the latest news about the Space X project from NASA! Most of the Beavers want to go to Mars. Some of them want to go to Saturn. It could be possible near future! At the end of the session, one Beaver volunteered to read a story for us. He read it beautifully and showed us a picture just like the leader has been doing during this online session! We are all impressed! It was another fun and amazing session! Well done Beavers!
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Congratulations to our Scout Leader Manon and Assistant Scout Leader Gabriele on their wedding day today in Italy.
1st Prague Scout Group wish them all possible happiness for the future.
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Today we tackled the last 2 elements of the Global Issue Badge. The Beavers learned about the importance of the water, problems of getting clean water in different countries and how we make the water filter to make clean water! Also, they learned about Fairtrade products how we can support farmers in the world. They also demonstrated the "Reef knots" very nicely as a homework! Well done Beavers! Happy10th Online session!!
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The Beavers practised knots. They learned how to use the rope safely first which is very important as a scout. They practised "Reef knot" and others. Bagheera taught them clearly so that Beavers could do them on their own! It was another fun and knowledgeable session! Well done, Beavers!
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Hi - our group is looking to urgently relocate its camping equipment. We need approx 30m2 of secure dry space and in Prague.
If anyone knows of such a location we have a budget and can enter into a contract. Please let us know ASAP. info@praguescouts.cz 723591970
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Welcome to our new District Commissioner.
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The scout participated in another D&D session full of quizzes , logic games and riddles.
Once again they had a session full of fun and shenanigans 😀
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We started our session as the usual opening ceremony. We've never changed even we meet online! We practised the new "Hello" & "How are you?" song following the banana song! We are getting so much better! We are ready to sing at the campfire anytime soon! Mang told us about Energy and Recycle to tackle the Global Issue badge. It was so many useful information! Now we can save our environment! Well done Beavers!
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Hi guys, this business has supported us a great deal over the last year looking after our group camping gear. Now they need your help, please support them at this difficult time by going along and having a fun game of indoor golf. Please also share!
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The Scouts started to plan the camp after the quarantine. They had good ideas on what they will want to achieve in future and they gave good suggestion for a lot of activities that will bring them closer to a lot of exciting badges.
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The Beavers learnt about "Kinetic Energy" this evening. We talked about how the wind affects our life. Some Beavers could talk about their own experience! We are very happy to hear all the Beavers stories! Our Beavers are very enthusiastic! They all make our online session enjoyable every week! Well done Beavers!
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The Scouts joined in some interactive exercises on the importance of an healthy lifestyle and of some good sleep 🙂
The session concluded with Dale teaching the young adults the Highwayman's Hitch Knot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz8fKzvN_UU
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The Beavers are going to learn about "Global Issue" over a few weeks. This week was about Endangered Animals. Now they know how we can support all the endangered animals. At the end of our storytime, Mang read us "Peppa Pig Recycling" story. His voice acting was amazing! He could do all the characters by himself! That is the Skill for life! We all enjoyed a fun evening! Well done Beavers!
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The scouts took part to a lightweight version of the famous RPG (Role Playing Game) Dungeons & Dragons with logic challenges and riddles.
The kids enjoyed a lot the freedom that they had in "choosing their own adventure" 🙂
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The Bohemians made dinner together at scouts for their families? Bon appetit!
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Worthing Scouts in West Sussex UK have been putting bears with a scarf in their windows for young people to spot out on a walk, during the Coronavirus lockdown there. We were sent this picture by one of our groups friends from Worthing Harvey Cranford who was in Prague a few years ago doing his Explorer Belt. Harvey said 'I have a fair few scarfs, I change mine every week. This week Ivy the Elephant is representing our overseas cousins!'. Look whose scarf he chose this week! 🙂 tiny.cc/4t4xnz #internationalfriends
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Thanks everyone for giving up their Saturday morning for continuing their training and development - and especially Bambi for sharing her experience with us.
