The 33rd Kerrisdale Centennial Group
2012 - 2013 Tentative Program (Updated 2012-11-02)
Beavers / Cubs(Green & Tawny) / Scouts / Venturers / Leaders/ Rovers/
Group Committee
Sept 1 / Sep – Martin
Oct – Josephine
Nov – David
Dec – Lillian
Jan – Nelson
Feb – William
Mar – Josephine
Apr – Nellie
May – David
5 Wed / Troop Leader Meeting
7:00 pm Church Hall
8 / FVC: LDS Wood Badge 1 – Pack, Troop
Location: Camp McLean - Rotary & Erickson, 20315 16th Avenue, Langley V2Z 1W5CA
First Meeting Housekeeping Matters
Colony Standards & Procedure
Investiture Prep
*Beavers in Lodge
*Beaver Promise
*Beaver Motto
*Open & Closing
Hand out Vancouver Lookout permission slip
Remind cubs and parents next week is moving up ceremony at 1:30 pm / Pack Standards & Procedure
Investiture Prep(1)
-Jungle Book Story
-Practice Grand Howl
Program Overview
Remind cubs and parents next week is moving up ceremony at 1:30 pm / Major Theme: Membership into 33rd Troop
1. Scout Law & Promise - explain their meaning and how to carry them out 2. Demonstrate correctly the Scout salute, Scout Sign and left handshake and explain when each is used
3. Know the Scout Motto
4. Show a general knowledge of the life of the Founder, and the spread of Scouting worldwide
MinorTheme: Patrol Organization
1. Roles and responsibilities
2. Positions explained
3. Junior Leader Corp or PL Council
4. Patrol Leader / Company Standards & Procedure
Adjustment to program, prep for presentation on Siege of Mafeking
/ Group Standards & Procedure
15 / PCC Group Leadership Conference 2012
Moving Up Ceremony 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Decorate Beaver box
Practice Beaver Law, Promise, Motto and Opening ceremony
All Beavers stay behind for moving up ceremony / Investiture Prep(2)
-BP Story
-Cub Promise
- Cub Law
Parent Meeting 3:30-4:15 pm / Major Theme: Membership into 33rd Troop
1. Testing of prior week materials
2. Basic Formation for falling in and out, rank and file. Proper stance
3. Complete a Personal Growth Agreement with the Troop Scouter
Minor Theme: Patrol Organization
Over a one week period record ways that a member used the Promise and Law in their daily life and discuss examples with the Troop Scouters, also
1. Roles and responsibilities
2. Positions explained
3. Junior Leader Corp or PL Council
4. Patrol Leader / Presentation on Siege of Mafeking, then joining Scout meeting? / Seconded to Sections
21 Fri / Wood Badge 1 –Family Camp Sept 21-23 – All Section
Location: Camp McLean - Rotary & Erickson, 20315 16th Avenue, Langley V2Z 1W5CA
22 / Church not Available
Distribute Notice: Apple Day, Oct Group Camp Form
Games & Crafts / Hiking at
Pacific Spirit RegionalPark
Assembly: 2:00 pm 16th Ave./ Blanca
Disperse: 4:30 pm
16th / Basic Training Camp
Location: Woodward Landings campsite
11860 Dyke Rd, Richmond – near No. 5 Rd & StevestonHwy
Start: Sept 22 8:00am
End: Sept 23, 2:00 pm / Scout camp? Campfire?
29 / Woodbadge I (Full) Sept 28-30
Company & Crew @ Mardi Gras, Camp Byng
Investiture Ceremony
Games & Crafts
Apple Day Prep / Sixers Council
1:15 - 2:15 pm
Tenderpad testing
Lost prevention
Apple Day Prep / Investiture Ceremony
Major Theme: Map Reading
1. Be able to orient a map using a compass or natural features 2. Explain the relationship between true North and Magnetic North 3. Make a simple compass and use it to find magnetic north
Minor Theme: Compass skills
1. Bearing
2. Back Bearing
3. How to use the bearings / Review what we learned, values, outcomes, results
Oct 6 / Thanksgiving Day Weekend
33rd Apple Day (Scouter Josephine)
Location: Parker PlaceMall Richmond Centre Mall
Assembly Shift A: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Assembly Shift B: 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
Assembly Shift C: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Assembly Shift D: 3:15 PM – 5:15 PM
Assembly: Parents to be informed once schedule is completed.
Disperse:Child will be signed out at the location of their last shift
Wear:Full Uniform, group Jacket, (dress for the weather, we will be outside)
13 / Hand out Fall Camp permission slip & packing list
Practice Camp Fire Songs / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
Fire Prevention Week(Oct 4-10) Poster[tawny B3]
Fire Escape plan
Camp skit/song prep(1)
Knot – taut line, bowline, reef, sheet bend
Cub Parent Meeting
2:00-3:00 pm / PL/APL Meeting
Major Theme: BASIC Camping Skills
Make a layout plan of a patrol campsite. Show the position of the kitchen, dining flysheet and tentage for 6 scouts. Explain how weather, season, wind, fuel and water supply are taken into consideration when choosing a site. Explain what care to take with regard to safe water, sanitary facilities and emergencies
Minor Theme: BASIC Camping Skills
Explain how a Patrol's typical activities are organized in setting up camp - pitching tents, making the kitchen, etc. List the duties to allocate to each member of the patrol during camp / Community Service – October to December
Discussion on where we can volunteer
Farm in Richmond?
20 / Woodbadge I (Full) Oct 20-21
Colony, Pack & Troop (Church of the Nazarene, Vancouver)
Backpack Check
Practice Camp Fire Songs / Camp skit/song prep(2)
Camp prep.
Backpack check
Weather sign [green A6]
Find Dir: Sun, Moon, N Star[green B3] / Major Theme: BASIC Camping Skills
Camp menu planning - for 6 scouts at a standing camp covering 2 breakfast, 2 lunches and 2 suppers. Prepare Food list and shopping list
Minor Theme: BASIC Camping Skills
Camp Cooking / Visit old folk’s home
27 / Fall Camp Oct 26-28
Camp McLean(Camp Chief:William Ng, Camp Fire Chief: tbd)
Location: 20315 16th Ave, Langley
Assembly:
Disperse:
Hand out Remembrance Day Parade permission slips / Investiture Ceremony
Camp Gadget
Build a fire and boil a cup of water [CCA 5B]
Locate the dir of North and predict possible changes in weather
[CCA 5d]
Visit Scout Troop
[CCA 7] / Major Theme: BASIC Camping Skills
Actual Field Practice of skills taught this year
Minor Theme: BASIC Camping Skills
Focus on all aspects of camping skills, including packing, food storage, cooking, use of equipments, etc. / Group Camp
Nov 3 / Daylight Saving Nov 4
Nature House in Stanley Park / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
Camp Debrief
Make Maracas [tawny A6]
Practice Grand Howl / PL&APL Meeting
Major Theme: BASIC Camping Skills
Lesson Learned and Log book
Minor Theme: Knotting
Proficiency in 6 Basic knots AND their practical use: Reef knot, clove hitch, sheepshank, round turn and two half, bowline, sheet bend PLUS the fisherman's knot / Visit old folk’s home
10 / Youth/Group Service Project for Veterans
place small Canadian Flags on the graves of Veterans at Mountain View Cemetery
Location: Mountain View Cemetery (East 33rd Avenue entrance between Fraser St & Prince Edward St)
Assembly: 2:00 pm – Mountain View Cemetery (at the sidewalk outside the entrance of 33rd Ave)
Disperse: 3:30 pm
11 Sun / Remembrance Day Parade (Scouter Josephine)
Cenotaph, Memorial Park (South)
Assembly:9:30 am John Oliver Secondary School parking lot (41st & St. George Street)
Disperse:12:00 pm Army and Navy Legion Hall (43rd & Fraser Street)
17 / Visit MarpoleFire Hall / tbd / Major Theme: Knotting
Proficiency in 6 Basic knots AND their practical use: Reef knot, clove hitch, sheepshank, round turn and two half, bowline, sheet bend PLUS the fisherman's knot
Minor Theme: Knotting
Review and test: each member must be tested to prove that they are proficient in the 6 knots, especially PLs and APLs / Visit old folk’s home
24 / Woodbadge I Colony, Pack, Troop for youth/volunteers experienced in Scouting
(at the Buddist Light in Richmond)
FVC: Food Safe 1 @ Camp McLean
Christmas Dinner Performance Prep
Hand out Christmas dinner invitation & Robson Square ice skating permission slip / Christmas Dinner Performance Prep(1)
Dining Etiquette
Use a compass / Major Theme: Knotting
Demonstrate how to care for, store and hang ropes. Make a patrol knotting board with contribution by each members doing one knot or more
Minor Theme: Knotting
Review and test: each member must be tested to prove that they are proficient in the 6 knots, especially PLs and APLs / Planning slideshow
Dec 1 / FVC: Winter Scouting Skills – theory @ Camp McLean – Erickson House
Christmas Dinner Performance Prep
Christmas Craft / Sixer Council 1:15-2:15pm
Christmas Dinner Performance Prep(2)
Dining Etiquette
Knots / PL/APL Meeting
Major Theme: Lashings
Proficiency in square and sheer lashings
Minor Theme: Lashings
Taut-line and rolling hitches / Planning slideshow
8 / Group Christmas Dinner Party (Group Committee)
5:00 – 10:00 pm Bonsor Recreation Complex, 6550 Bonsor, Burnaby
No Regular Meeting
15 / Robson Square ice skating / Introduce magic tricks
Meeting Time
2:00 – 4:00 pm / Rock Climbing
Major Theme: Lashings
Proficiency in square and sheer lashings
Minor Theme: Lashings
Inter-patrol competition: Knotting and lashings / Anything
22 / Church not Available
Christmas Break
No Meeting / Christmas Break or visit Airport / Christmas Break
No Meeting / Christmas Break
No Meeting
29 / Christmas Break
No Meeting / Christmas Break
No Meeting / Christmas Break
No Meeting / Christmas Break
No Meeting
Jan 5 / Build Beaver Buggy / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
Make a map
Kub Kar Prep(1)
Design / PL & APL Meeting
Theme: First Quarter Review
By way of an inter-patrol competition, conduct a full review of all the materials covered from September to December. Also check progress of each of the member's Personal Growth Agreement
Acid test of the PL's effectiveness / Skills – January to March
Discussion for rest of term
Different types of first aid – Industrial, etc.
Life Skills
Scouting Skills – Pioneering
Camping Skills – Cooking, shelters
Astronomy
Home RepairGlobal – For next year
Jamboree?
12 / Build Beaver Buggy
Hand out Winter Camp permission slip & Camp list / Practice Grand Howl
Kub Kar Prep(2) Sanding and painting
Knots
Parent meeting / Major Theme: Knotting Level 2
Basic knots revisited plus new knots: figure of eight, fisherman’s knot, timber hitch, bowline-on-a-bight, rolling hitch, running bowline, taut-line hitch
Minor Theme: Pioneering
19 / Backpack Check
Practice Camp Fire Songs / Winter camp prep Kub Kar Prep(3)painting and wheel mounting / Major Theme: Knotting Level 2
Lashing revisited plus diagonal lashing and figure-of-eight lashing
Minor Theme: Pioneering
Construct two projects: camp table using lashings and flagpole at least 5 m high
26 / FVC: Woodbadge II – “A” (1/3) @ Camp Mclean – Erickson House, Jan 25-27
Winter camp / Winter camp / Major Theme: Knotting Level 2
By way of a inter-patrol competition, conduct a full review of all the materials covered in respect of knotting and lashings
Minor Theme: Pioneering
Inter-patrol competition: Knotting and lashings
Feb 2 / FVC: Winter Scouting Skills (Camping) Feb 1-3
Games & Crafts / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
Bottle Drive / PL & APL Meeting
Theme: Winter Sports
9 / FVC: Woodbadge II – “B” (1/3) @ Camp Mclean – Erickson House, Feb 8-10
Chinese New Year Eve
Family Day on Feb 11
Chinese New Year Craft
Hand out tubing trip permission slip / Chinese New Year & Valentine's Day Craft / Theme: Winter Sports
16 / Games & Crafts / Hiking
Burnaby Lake / Theme: Winter Sports
23 / FVC: Woodbadge II – “A” (2/3) @ Camp Mclean – Erickson House, Feb 22-24
Cypress Mountain Tubing Trip
Hand out Hospital tour permission slip / Skiing / Theme: Winter Sports
Troop Winter Camp
Seymour Provincial Park
Mar 2 / Games & Crafts / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
In house Kub Kar Rally
Use of Compass and Map Reading / PL & APL Meeting
Theme: Fires and Cooking
1. Different kind of stoves, proper usage and proper maintenance 2. demonstrate 3 different types of cooking fire, lighting and safety precautions
Make a camp fireplace in the open that is suited to the natural surroundings
9 / FVC: Woodbadge II – “B” (2/3) @ Camp Mclean – Erickson House, Mar 8-10
Daylight Saving Mar 10
Church Hall not Available
B.C Children Hospital Tour / PSA Kub Kar Rally (to be confirmed) / Theme: Fires and Cooking
1. Discuss the importance of creating a balance menu 2. draw up a menu for breakfast, lunch and a 3 course supper
Demonstrate the following: 1. the setting of a table in camp for supper
2. how to prevent accidents in the kitchen
3. proper wash procedure
16 / Public School Break Mar 18 - 29
No Meeting / Practice Grand Howl and knots / No Meeting
23 / FVC: Woodbadge II – “A” (3/3) @ Camp Mclean – Erickson House, Mar 22-24
Public School Break Mar 18 - 29
No Meeting / Climate Change Talk Semaphore [tawny A10] / Theme: Fires and Cooking
1. Explain what is meant by culinary terms such as to bake, marinate, sear, etc.
2. Mix a dough and bake a loaf of bread
3. Discuss the nutritive value and storage of the following foods - fresh meat and dairy products, canned meat, vegetable and fruit, etc.
Basic steps and procedures explained, i.e. boil water while having dinner, proper disposal methods like the dry pit and wet pit, etc.
30 / Church not Available;Public School Break Mar 18 - 29
Easter weekend
No Meeting / Easter - Sixers outing- Night Quest Easter Egg Hunt / No Meeting
Apr 6 / FVC: Scouting Skills @ Camp McLean Apr 5-7
Member Registration Interview
Hand out Stanley Park field trip permission slip
Games & Crafts / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
Visit Bloedel Conservatory at BE Park [Black Star B3] / PL & APL Meeting
Theme: Fires and Cooking
Prepare indoors a meal for 6 persons. The meal may be cooked using an electric, gas, wood, coal or gas stove, or microwave oven. Serve thefood correctly following the niceties of good manners. Demonstrate
carving, and clean up afterwards.
Inter-patrol competition: Camp Cooking / Outdoor and Adventure - April to June
Camps
Expeditions – Canoeing?
Gliding
Windsurfing
Sailing
13 / FVC: Woodbadge II – “B” (3/3) @ Camp Mclean – Erickson House, Apr 12-14
Member Registration Interview
Prep for Mini Sun Run & Kerrisdale Carnival Days Parade / Practice Sun Run
PCC Kub Kar / Theme: Campfire Leader
Explain the aim, purpose and place of the campfire in Scout training, with reference to the different types of campfire (formal, informal, indoor, Cub, etc.)
Learn Campfire Songs
20 / Queen's Venturer Award @ Government House
Sun Run T-Shirt/Bib/Chip Pick Up
Member Registration Interview
Vancouver Lookout / Practice Sun Run
PCC Kub Kar / Theme: Campfire Leader
Discuss the principles involved in planning a formal Patrol or Troop campfire, covering campfire leadership, discipline and mood.
Learn Campfire Songs
21 Sun / 2.5K Mini Sun Run
at Pacific Boulevard
7:45 - 9:30 am
Assembly & Disperse Location: at the north corner of the Science World parking lot, along Quebec St / 10K Vancouver Sun Run (Scouter ?)
Team: 33rd Kerrisdale Scout Group; Team Number: 8268 ?
To register online:
Deadline for Early Bird School Team Registration until Feb ??(Y-$20?, A-$30?)
Deadline for School Team registration Mar ??(Y-$25?, A-$35?)
Location: Georgia St between Thurlow St and Burrard St
Assembly: 8:00 am at Chinese Cultural Centre, 50 East Pender Street
Disperse: 12:00 pm inside BC Place Stadiumsection K
27 / Kerrisdale Carnival Days Parade Start Time: 10:00 am?? (Scouter Josephine)
Assembly: 9:30 am Kerrisdale Arena (on East Blvd. and 41st)
Disperse: 11:00 am Kerrisdale Arena
FVC: Cuboree @ Camp McLean 8:00am-5:00pm
NiteHike 6:00 pm @ University Hill Secondary School’s tennis courts – Nitehike Start
Member Registration Interview
Kerrisdale Carnival Days Parade
Hand out permission slip for UBC Botanical Garden / Aquarium Sleepover / Theme: Campfire Leader
Make a campfire blanket, designed and decorated.
Learn Campfire Songs
NiteHike 2013 ?
May 4 / FVC: Beaveree@ Camp McLean 8:00am-4:00pm
Group Photo Day
Member Registration Interview
Group photo day
Mother's Day Craft / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
Mother's day prep
Practice
- magic tricks
- grand howl / PL & APL Meeting
Theme: Map Reading
1. Know some of the different types of compasses that are available, andexplain how a compass Works. 2.Know the difference between True North, Grid North and Magnetic North
11 / FVC: Wood Badge 1 – Family Camp – All Sections @ Camp McLean May 10-12
JOTT – Jamboree on the Trail
Member Registration Interview
UBC Botanical Garden field trip
Hand out Summer Camp permission slip & packing list / Mother's day lunch and magic show / Theme: Map Reading
1. Explain the cause and effect of magnetic declination, and know the relationship between true bearings and magnetic bearings 2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of bearings and back bearings by being able to a. identify a feature from a map, by taking bearings to locate it on the ground ; b. carry out an exercise in the field to determine the position on a map by the resection method using back bearings; c. use a magnetic compass to follow a trail about 1 km consisting 8 distances and bearings
What to do if lost in wilderness
18 / Victoria Day weekend
Member Registration Interview
Backpack Check
Practice Camp Fire Songs / Summer Camp Prep
Present pictures / Theme: Map Reading
1. Know some of the types of maps that are available, and whatinformation each of these can provide.
2. Demonstrate a knowledge of scale and be able to do conversions between RF (Representative Fraction) scale, graphic scale and statement scale.
3. Demonstrate a knowledge of conventional map symbols.
4. Be able to read contours on a map, and explain how contoursindicate slopes, gradients and major landforms.
5. Correctly measure a distance on a map and calculate the actual distance that this represents on the ground.
6. Set a map using a compass, and by ground to map comparison
25 / Member Registration Interview
Group Camp at Camp ByngSalish lodge
Camp Chief:Scouter Ken; Camp Fire Chief: tbd
Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast
Assembly: May 24 5:00 pm St Matthias Church
Disperse: May 26 2:30 pm St Matthias Church
Hand out Stave Falls field trip permission slip / Theme: Navigation
1. Explain how the SA coordinate system
works and demonstrate using a 1:50 000 Topographical map, how to plotand read Geographical and Projected coordinates.
2. Explain what is meant by GPS and the difference between Single and
Differential (DGPS) processing.
Care and maintenance of GPS device / Group Camp
Jun 1 / Chief Scout Awards
Hands Across the Border 8:00 am – 5:00 pm @ Peace Arch Border Crossing
Oakridge Community Centre - Community Day(David Cheng the recreation programmer)
Member Registration Payment Due
Hands Across the Border
OR
Community Day at Oakridge Community Centre / Sixer Council
1:15-2:15 pm
Father's day prep
Practice magic tricks / Theme: Navigation
1. Explain what is meant by a Waypoint.
2. Show the setup procedure for a GPS.
3. Explain what a GIS is.
4. Identify and explain the different ways of obtaining data for a GIS.
5. Explain what Attributes are.
6. Load at least 10 Waypoints and then navigate to these points using the GPS /GIS.
8 / Member Registration Payment Due
Stave Falls field trip / Hiking
Iona Beach / Amazing Race
15 / Father's Day Craft / Father's day lunch and magic show / TBA
22 / Sports Day / Year End BBQ / Year End BBQ
29 / Picnic Day / Fishing / DEA Canoe Camp
Jul 6 / Canadian Jamboree 2013 @ Camp Woods, Sylan Lake, AB July 6-13
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Aug 3
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24 / Leaders Retreat Aug 23 – 25 (Scouter ??)
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