{"id":210,"date":"2020-03-06T01:38:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T12:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T04:33:10","slug":"scouts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/scouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scouts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For 11-14 years old. Monday &amp; Thursday 6.30pm \u2013 8:30pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a scout you may have the opportunity to go Abseiling, Kayaking, Shooting, Camping, Skiing, 4WD, Tramping, Sailing, Fishing, cooking on fires, attend NZ and Overseas Jamboree&#8217;s and many more activities. Scouts also have the opportunity to access the <a href=\"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/venturers#national-schools\">Scouts Aotearoa National Schools<\/a> &#8211; programmes held during the school holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scouts are organised into Patrols. Patrols are encouraged to plan &amp; organise their own activities in order to develop teamwork and self-reliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are opportunities for Scouts to experience leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A progressive award scheme enables Scouts to learn a range of new skills through working on personal challenges and group activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meetings are usually held one evening a week and last for about 2 hours, as well as occasional weekends for major activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movement to another section (or programme) will occur as a result of discussion between the Scout, their parents\/caregivers and the Adult Leaders concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Scout Section objectives are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* Satisfy personal relationships<br>* Develop a sense of group achievement<br>* Participate in Patrol selected activities<br>* Participate in individual hobbies and interests and so promote:<br>   * Health &amp; fitness<br>   * Knowledge &amp; experience in the local &amp; wider community<br>   * Appreciation of and experience in the Outdoors<br>   * Opportunities for &amp; training in community service<br>   * Cultural awareness and family involvement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scouts For 11-14 years old. Monday &amp; Thursday 6.30pm \u2013 8:30pm. As a scout you may have the opportunity to go Abseiling, Kayaking, Shooting, Camping, Skiing, 4WD, Tramping, Sailing, Fishing, cooking on fires, attend NZ and Overseas Jamboree&#8217;s and many more activities. Scouts also have the opportunity to access the Scouts Aotearoa National Schools &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-210","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460,"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions\/1460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stheliersglendowiescouts.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}