Scout Unit
The First Gordon Scout Unit meets every Friday from 7:30pm to 9:30pm at the hall located at the end of Cawarra Place in Gordon. We welcome all to join who are between the ages of 11 and 15.
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.
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 Unit.
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 Unit – Several Scout Patrols make up a Scout Unit. The Unit usually meets in a Scout Hall and is guided by a Scout Leader. Broad program planning, unit management and routine business is handled by the Unit Council, which is made up of all Patrol Leaders and the Scout Leader.
The Action of Achieving – Scouts can earn achievement badges in many areas:
Milestones – Earn your milestone badges by participating in our varied and challenging program. As you get more confident, you can assist and lead games or activities to help you move on to the next milestone.
Outdoor Adventure Skills – Work towards your Outdoor Activity badges in the core areas of Camping, Bushwalking and Bushcraft, as well as other areas such as snorkelling, abseiling, swimming and more.
Special Interest Areas – This is where you choose to pursue your own interests and master new achievements …whether you’re interested in skateboarding, ballet, coding, soccer, knitting, art, first aid, cooking…there’s a badge for that!
As young people work their way through the Sections on the Scouting journey, they’re gradually given more responsibility for themselves and others. Scouts gives young people the confidence to put their Scouting adventures in their own hands by leading their own expeditions. From overnight hikes and camping expeditions, to getting out on the water in a canoe or even going up in a plane on a visit to the Air Activity Centre, Scouts plan, do and review activities that are targeted to their own special interests.
Scouts plan their own activities, including cost and transport arrangements, helping them develop their sense of responsibility, independence and problem-solving skills.
Scouting is youth-led and adult-supported, so life as a Scout is always full of excitement
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.