{"id":16,"date":"2013-06-26T12:37:50","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2018-05-21T20:11:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T20:11:41","slug":"scouts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"Scout Troop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-639 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2-1024x597.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2-1024x597.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2-300x175.png 300w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2-768x448.png 768w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2-624x364.png 624w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2.png 1910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a794;\"><strong>The Scout Section takes in both Boys and Girls from the age of 10\u00bd years old to 14 years.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a794;\"><strong>Scouts meet once a week for 1\u00bd hours. Our Scouts take part in a Balanced Programme that helps them to find out about the world in which they live, encourages them to know their own abilities and the importance of keeping fit, and helps develop their creative talents. It also provides opportunities to explore their own values and personal attitudes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a794;\"><strong>Being outdoors is important, and half the programme is given over to taking part in traditional Scouting skills, such as camping, survival and cooking, as well as a wider spectrum of adventurous activities, from abseiling to zorbing.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a794;\"><strong>The Scouts have an opening ceremony at the beginning of each meeting where they form a horseshoe around the Leader and the union flag is raised. The Scout Troop is divided into small groups called Patrols, each is headed up by an older Scout called a Patrol Leader, and an Assistant Patrol Leader.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a794;\"><strong>The Scouts make a\u00a0Promise\u00a0on joining the group and agree to abide by the Scout Law<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00a794;\"><strong>Scouts are very independent and choose their friends wisely at this age. Scouting is about being with friends, as part of a team, and participating fully in the adventure and opportunities of life. Most Scouts will carry on into the Explorer Scouts Section.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3-1024x687.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3-1024x687.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3-300x201.png 300w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3-768x515.png 768w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3-624x419.png 624w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3.png 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scouts-logo-green-jpg-1024x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scouts-logo-green-jpg-1024x188.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scouts-logo-green-jpg-300x55.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scouts-logo-green-jpg-768x141.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scouts-logo-green-jpg-624x115.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scouts-logo-green-jpg.jpg 1204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scout Section takes in both Boys and Girls from the age of 10\u00bd years old to 14 years. Scouts meet once a week for 1\u00bd hours. Our Scouts take part in a Balanced Programme that helps them to find out about the world in which they live, encourages them to know their own abilities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":665,"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.leylandstjamesscouts.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}