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Meeting on 25th November

For those who have not yet received news about tmr's meeting,

Time: 0900 - 1700
Attire: Full Scout Uniform, bring PE Attire
Duty Patrol: Stingray

See you there.

Scouts Makes You Fit

After just one year in St Joseph's Pelandok Scout Group, Secondary One Leonard Tan does THIS.

Meeting on Friday, 20th November

Dear all,

The following are the details for meeting this Friday:

Time: 0900 - 1700
Attire: PE Attire
Duty Patrol: Seahorse Patrol

Agenda

0900 General Fall In
0920 Patrol Training
1220 General Fall In
1230 Lunch Break
1330 General Fall In
1340 Patrol Training
*Knots and Drill tests will be available for all Patrols during this time.
1530 Physical Training
1640 PT Ends
1645 General Fall Out
1700 Dismissal

Note: ALL Secondary 2s are expected to be down, including those attending ACE Camp 2. Secondary 2s will report at 1000 after S2 Posting Results. Perfect way to celebrate your great results, I hope. ;-D. See you there.

Yours In Pelandok,
V Santhosh
Patrol Leader's Council 2009/10

St Anthony's campfire change in meeting place

heyo! all those going for St Anthony's campfire today

please be notified of the meeting place and time.

refer to previous post regarding the campfire.

Click Here to download the consent form.

thanks.

St Anthony's campfire change in meeting place

heyo! all those going for St Anthony's campfire today
please be notified of the meeting place and time.

refer to previous post regarding the campfire.
thanks.

St Anthony's Primary Campfire.

hey peeps.
the campfire at st anthony's primary is this saturday. 14 november.
it's from 7.30 to 9.30. but we will meet at SJI at around 6.45 (yes it IS pm. not am)
*EDIT: we will meet at bukit gambok MRT (North-South Line) station at 7pm.

those interested please notify your PL.
and PLs please remember to give me the names of those going. thanks.

btw, Attire is Full Scout Uniform.
no need to bring anything.
just your voice. as OCY said last time. =)

Pls download the consent form above this post, get it signed and hand it in by Saturday.

Meeting Overview for 13th, 20th November

Hi all,

as your should know, meetings on

• 13th November
• 20th November
• 25th November

are all from 0900 - 1700 hours.

The outline for the 13th and 20th Nov meeting are as follows.


0900 General Fall In
0920 Patrol Training
1220 All activites stop
1230 Lunch Break
1330 Patrol Training
* Footdrill and Knots assessment open for Patrols.
1530 Physical Training
1640 PT Ends
1645 General Fall Out


Attendance
Pls be reminded that attendance for the following 3 meetings will be recorded as 2 meetings, meaning the attendance reported in the morning counts as 1 meeting, and the one reported in the evening will be recorded as another meeting.
If your unable to make it for this meeting pls let your PL know beforehand. All letters from parents are to be submitted the next meeting.

Attire
PE attire for 13th November
Full Scout Uniform for 20th November

Something to ponder on..

Dear Scouts of SJI, seeing that the blog seems rather dry with only posts of weekly meeting details, I wish to discuss with you a matter that carries no urgency, but yet I believe has a valuable lesson that all can take away from. And this matter arises from an anecdote my own experience from the past 3 years in this Unit.

When I first entered Pelandok as a young fellow with plenty to learn, I vividly remember asking my then Secondary two patrol mate, Matthias, (who would go on to become my Patrol Leader),

“Why does the Den have an old computer monitor?”

To which he had no idea. Years flew by, and this past week, I noticed an old familiar site, and I asked myself,

“Why does the Den have an old computer monitor?”

Thanks to Ms. Leong, we finally disposed it in the school recycling bin. Nonetheless, I posted this interesting tale on Facebook and got a few responses which got me thinking. Were our scouts simply too lazy to get it cleared? Were they too ill-mannered to think that someone someday will do that job? Or do they plainly put, just don’t care? I am convinced that Pelandok Scouts are better than that. And therein lies the rub.

It worries me to even look at how not just scouts in this unit, but the people all around us are so blissfully oblivious about the changes that need to be made.
The stores? We can just ignore them. The den? Looks fine to me. Community service? How many CIP hours for me. Check the blog? Don’t waste my time. Weekly Meetings? Oh fine I’ll come.

So where does it end? Such cynicism is cheap. Apathy is so simple – it’s always someone else’s role, someone else’s fault, somebody else’s business. Some just don’t want too much involvement. After all, there’ll always be someone at the top who will fix the problems.

Things are and will never be perfect. There will always be things needed to be accomplished in this 87 year old establishment. What I do hope, is that by the time each of you end your time in this Scout Unit, you realize that anyone, can make a change. It doesn’t matter your age, size, patrol. Anyone, can start that spark, and I hope, influence more to join in a blazing trail of improving our organization and strive for something greater.

That is what the Patrol system aims to achieve. It gives everyone a shared responsibility. No one individual can single handedly give rise to success in a Patrol. That patrol, makes up a part of our organization, that welcomes any scout who wants to help improve it.

Think the stores can be tidier? Do something about it. Think the Den could be more decorated? Do something about it. Think your patrol could use a blog/file/log? Do something about it. Until we truly understand how we got to this stage after 87 long years, we cannot move forward.

So let’s hope, that just like the ancient computer monitor that laid in the Den for years, the problems of our Unit are never everlasting. All it takes is for one of us, to identify that hitch, challenge the process and inspire change. I challenge you; start the change you want to see.

The problem of the background image : Solved!

If you are currently unable to view the blog due to the presence of the background image, a new workaround developed by the Administrative Team will now allow to view all blog content without issue.

To view a text-only, more completable version of the blog, please Click Here or on the button at the top of the blog.

Do note that the text-only version only includes content in the form of posts, and that other widgets including the Chat Box and Photo Gallery will not be available. If you would like to access those functions, please visit the original blog.

We hope that this will improve the availability of the blog and we thank all scouts for their patience and support of the blog.

Training on 5th November

There will be scout training from 2.40pm to 6.30pm tommorrow. Full scout uniform is required.

NYAA Template (For Sec 2s)

Download : http://www.mediafire.com/?tiznm5miimz

Training on 30th October

Hey all,

Training on Friday, 30th October is from 2.00 p.m to 6.00 p.m.
In view of the 'O' Level examinations going on, we will not be during outdoor activities this week.
The training plan is as follows:

	S1	S2	S3
1400	Healthy Lifestyle Test LT2		NYAA Bronze Computer Lab 2
1500	Healthy Lifestyle Project 212	Crime Prevention Test LT2
1600		NYAA Bronze Computer Lab 2	Hike Log Marking Briefing LT2
1700	Physical Training Track
1800	General Fall Out Track

Attire for meeting is PE.
Secondary 2s and 3s are to bring along their NYAA Award Record Book and Journal.

If you are unable to view the above table clearly, please Click Here.

Training on 23rd October

Hey Scouts,

there IS training on Friday, 23rd of October, from 2.40 to 6.30 pm.
Uniform is not required. Pls spread the message.

Cheers,
Santhosh

St Pat's Campfire

Hey Guys,

Just to inform you that the st pat's campfire that was scheduled on saturday,17th october is cancelled.

Meetings during the long break.

This post concerns only the secondary threes.

1. Special school campfire meeting

Date: 16th October
Time: 0930 - 1130
Venue: ITC 1
For: Selected few. 10 PLs, 2 APLs, 2 Patrol thirds.
Attire: PE attire


2. Lasallian Cub Scout Camp Meeting

Date: 16th October
Time: 1400 - 1600
Venue: ITC 1
For: Selected few. 2 PLs, 10 APLs.
Attire: PE attire

3. Patrol Leader's Council

Date: 19th October
Time: 1000 - 1700
Report to the Den.
For: Compulsory for all.
Attire: PE attire

St Pat's Campfire

Hey Guys,

There is an upcoming campfire at St Pats.

The Details are as follows....

Date: 17 October 2009

Reporting Time: 5p.m.

Reporting Place: SJI Canteen

Dismissal Time: 10p.m.

Dismissal Place: St Patrick's Secondary

Things to Bring: Your Voice (HA HA HA)

Please take note that transport will not be provided, you all will have to make your own arrangements for your journey back home.

Those who are interested to attend the campfire please sms OCY at 81395250. For those who
do not own a phone, you can drop OCY an email at ohcy3003@hotmail.com

Cheers,
OCY

Let's end this post with a joke...

What did Sushi A Say to Sushi B?

WASSUP B. (WASABE)

Advanced Hike Consent Forms

Hey guys,

For those who have signed up for the Hikes taking place during the following days:

• Friday, 16th October
  
• Monday, 19th October
  
• Tuesday, 20th October
  

below is the consent form which all candidates AND followers need to have signed when you turn up.


Ora et Labora

Update to Scouts; Term 4 Week 5

Hey Guys,

Hope your exams are doing fine. Please be reminded that

• There will be NO training this Friday, the 16th of October, due to Marking Day.

• Do continue to check the notice board and this blog regularly to gather the next meeting's details.
  

• We are aware that the blog has some viewing problems. We will be making the neccessary changes as soon as possible. Meanwhile, try adjusting the size of the main column by pressing Ctrl - (Zoom Out) or Ctrl + (Zoom In).

• Feel free to comment on the tagbox, we give you the benefit of the doubt that you will not overuse it. ;D

Ora et Labora

Scout Badge Scheme Critera

The following are the critera required to achieve each of the individual awards in the Scout Badge scheme:

1) Scout Standard - Download

2) Advanced Scout Standard - Download

3) First Class Scout Standard (Download Coming Soon)

4) Chief Commisioner's Award (Download Coming Soon)

The files are in Microsoft Word Document format (doc) for Word 97-03. They can be downloaded by following the given links.

Please also note that by choosing to download any of these files, you are accesing a website not under the control of the SJI Pelandok Scouts. All files are uploaded to a free file sharing site, www.mediafire.com

Some of the critera require tests to be completed, and requests can be made to any Sec 3. Let us strive to achieve our goals.

SJI Pelandok Scouts

Administration Team

Chief Commissioner's Award

We are proud to announce that 4 of our very own Pelandok Scouts have achieved the Chief Commissioner's Award.

The Chief Commissioner's Award is the highest honour a Scout can receive. The criteria to achieve the award are extremely stringent, and this year only 16 Scouts across Singapore have been named successful.

SPLs Jeremy Phua (431) and Liu Gewei (436), Secretary Theodore Chua (431), and Patrol Leader Rovik Robert(432), from PLC 2008/09 who have recently stepped down are the receipients.

We would like to congratulate them and wish them all the best for their 'O' level examinations.

Let their success be an inspiration to our young scouts, and may they take a leaf out of their books and do our unit proud.

Training Schedule (4/9/2009)

Click Here to download a copy of the Training Schedule for the Scout Meeting on Friday 4th Spetember 2009.

Scouting Schedule For Semester 2

This is the Updated Schedule for Semester 2 2009.

For those of you who have lost the original copy, please download, print, sign and submit to your level administrators.