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Post by dit on Aug 1, 2011 14:05:16 GMT
This morning on BBC Breakfast there was an article about the UK Scouts presenting awards to various celebrities to honour the movement's 104th birthday. James received the Navigator award. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14362489(Thread name modified - it didn't seem to exactly fit in News or here. I put it here as it was originally on TV before the links to the papers came through) |
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Post by lindenchase on Aug 1, 2011 14:51:59 GMT
Why wouldn't you just put that in the News section? It's not like this board is lacking in threads.  But hurrah for James of course! Quite funny that a man with no sense of direction whatsoever should win a Navigator award. ;D |
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Post by eshalda on Aug 1, 2011 17:34:29 GMT
I think James looks very good in his necker. Does anyone know if James was ever a scout?
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Post by lew on Aug 1, 2011 19:55:10 GMT
No idea, though I always wanted to be a brownie.....never was  |
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Post by jacqui on Aug 1, 2011 20:00:26 GMT
No idea, though I always wanted to be a brownie.....never was I prefer to eat them  |
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Post by lew on Aug 1, 2011 20:05:30 GMT
Snort, though they rather good with nuts....  |
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Post by amie8 on Aug 1, 2011 21:01:14 GMT
Does he get his own woggle?
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Post by dit on Aug 1, 2011 21:12:40 GMT
Is a woggle a bit like a wibble?
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Post by amie8 on Aug 1, 2011 21:21:50 GMT
You know, as I was posting that, I began to wonder if I was making it up. I think a woggle is the leather band that goes around the scout tie.
Someone else must have had a brother or son in the Scouts? Help me out.
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Post by dit on Aug 1, 2011 22:11:46 GMT
Actually, I'm pretty sure that's what a woggle is, amie8. Wibble and woggle are two words that sound as if they're onomatopoeic. Whilst I suspect wibble possibly is, woggle is just a word that feels good to roll around your tongue.
I like words.
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Post by eshalda on Aug 1, 2011 22:15:12 GMT
My son is a scout leader (has just returned from a 5 day camp in the Lake district today, fabulous weather, great time etc.) The scout tie is called a necker and the leather band that holds it in place is a woggle.
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Post by eshalda on Aug 2, 2011 10:42:49 GMT
I think the three 'scouts' on the video were actually Venture or Explorer scouts ( the branch for older members 16+.) I think think by ther way they wear their neckers
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Post by xjsarah on Aug 4, 2011 17:01:27 GMT
There's a short video on Youtube as well. James appears near the end, at 2:38. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIKXGp7xb-wI can't help liking the irony of James getting an award for navigation! I bet it wasn't lost on him, either! ;D |
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Post by eshalda on Aug 4, 2011 18:58:51 GMT
That was a brilliant video, thanks xjs.
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Post by jacqui on Aug 4, 2011 19:52:17 GMT
Interesting good find XJ ;D
Question - to anyone who knows current curiculi...
When I was at school... *ahem* in the mid 70's.... as part of our geography lessons, we did map reading - proper ordinance sruvey map reading stuff. Do they not do this in schools anymore?
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Aug 4, 2011 19:59:23 GMT
yes, map reading is on the geography curriculum!
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 4, 2011 20:00:46 GMT
It depends on what grade. Are we talking to about 11 yrs old or older like our middle and high schools 12-18?
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Aug 4, 2011 20:11:32 GMT
younger ones! Older ones can choose to study geography in greater depth from aged 14/15, and then they develop those skills further!
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 4, 2011 20:24:42 GMT
In our cub scouts they learn about maps and how to read them,and depending on the curriculum the 5th graders (10) learn about maps.
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Post by aeromanda on Aug 4, 2011 21:26:17 GMT
Wish it had been on the curriculum here in the US when I was in school. I'm better at it than I used to be but I still can't really read a map and associate it with geography in real life.
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Post by Vivienne on Aug 4, 2011 21:53:16 GMT
It depends on the state, curriculum and money along with the school staff and who actually ends up teaching it.
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Post by dit on Aug 5, 2011 16:31:33 GMT
One more pic from the video.  |
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Post by eolise on Aug 5, 2011 16:40:45 GMT
He looks very much like "Yeaaaa, I know Im quite somebody" ;D Well, nothing wrong with that, he's very right about that!!  |
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Post by TheDaisy on Aug 5, 2011 17:51:11 GMT
I'm quite a few years out of school, but I remember doing map reading in the first year of senior school - year 7, I think it is now.
I'm not exactly great at map reading, but at least I remember enough so's I don't get totally lost LOL
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Post by jacqui on Aug 5, 2011 18:40:33 GMT
yes, map reading is on the geography curriculum! Good i'm pleased to hear that, I feared with the age of the dreaded Sat-Nav it had bitten the dust ;D It used to be my favourite lesson!!! |
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Post by amie8 on Aug 5, 2011 21:41:02 GMT
yes, map reading is on the geography curriculum! Good i'm pleased to hear that, I feared with the age of the dreaded Sat-Nav it had bitten the dust ;D It used to be my favourite lesson!!! So what the hell is a tumulus, then? |
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Post by eshalda on Aug 5, 2011 22:04:37 GMT
A mound of soil or stones raised into a sort of artificial hill over ancient burial places.
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Post by amie8 on Aug 5, 2011 22:22:16 GMT
A mound of soil or stones raised into a sort of artificial hill over ancient burial places. Thank you. I always got that confused with a character in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. |
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Post by dit on Aug 5, 2011 23:10:30 GMT
*snort*
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Post by liverbird on Aug 6, 2011 17:25:59 GMT
Oooo, what I wouldn't give to grab that necker and......
TAXI!!!!!!
*places hand over mouth until she arrives at the naughty corner
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