Action packed
When you become a Scout you're accepting a challenge to plunge into action. You
could find yourself exploring a mountain wilderness, soaring on warm air
currents high above the earth at the controls of a glider plane, helping in
emergency rescues, operating a radio station, photographing wild animals,
sending coded messages, searching for gold, canoeing down a swift river, camping
out bush, recording your own songs or sailing across the ocean with the salt
spray in your face.
Scouting gives you the opportunity to participate in a wide
variety of exciting activities. It also gives you the greatest opportunity of
all - the opportunity to develop real friendships by sharing the experiences of
learning, growing and exploring the world with others.
Click here, to have
a look at some of the action 1st Hornsby Heights Scouts have been up to
recently.
Action you create
Scouts aren't told what to do by adults. Your Scout Leaders are there to help
you and give you direction but you are involved in planning your activities and
making decisions with the other members of your Scout Troop.
Action to lead
As you learn and gain experience you'll discover not only more about the world
around you and the adventures you can have, but more about working together and
becoming a leader too. Under the guidance of your Scout Leader you can move up
through the ranks to accept the challenge and adventures of leadership.
Action in a Patrol
As a Scout you will become a member of a Scout Patrol. You work as a team,
helping each other, depending on each other and each having a say in decision
making. Your Patrol will have from four to eight members, and be led by a Patrol
Leader and Assistant Patrol Leader. The Patrol Leader organises your meetings
and takes part in Troop Council meetings with other Patrol Leaders.
Action in a Troop
Several Scout Patrols make up a Scout Troop. The Troop usually meets in a Scout
Hall and is guided by a Scout Leader. Broad program planning, Troop management
and routine business is handled by the Troop Council, which is made up of all
Patrol Leaders and the Scout Leader.
The Action of Achieving
Scouts can earn achievement badges on four different levels:
The Pioneer Badge
This makes up your first important individual challenge.
To earn it you can follow your choice of interesting hobbies, sports and
activities, including:
· Weekend camping · Model aircraft · Yachting· Swimming & lifesaving ·
Conservation · Canoeing· First aid · Art · Hiking · Building with timber and
concrete · Bike hikes · Sport & fitness.
The Explorer Badge
Add these new skills and earn a second badge:
· Exploring the bush · Helping in an emergency· Hiking at night · Building a
flying fox · Cooking· Flying.
The Adventurer Badge
The highest level of achievement award, involving:
· Light aircraft flights · Navigating by sun and stars· Survival camp · Building
a suspension bridge· Rescues · Writing to a Scout pen-friend.
The Challenge Badges
These offer you an opportunity to pursue your hobbies and master new
achievements in 15 challenging fields! It's a great feeling each time you win a
new badge because it shows yourself and others that you're capable of achieving
your goals.
Action at a Jamboree!
It’s the ultimate adventure for a Scout – travelling interstate or even overseas
to a Jamboree where thousands of Scouts from all over the world gather to have
fun. You'll see new faces, perhaps hear new languages and develop new
friendships that can last a lifetime.
Act NOW...
Contact one of our Scout Leaders for
more information. We'd like to see you answer our challenge by
becoming a Scout today!
