Scouts

Scouts Meeting Times

Our Sea Scout Troop is made up of two “Watches” meeting as follows:

Meetings are normally at the Headquarters (HQ) located just off Bishopgate, unless otherwise advised.

Drop off

The Group is not responsible for members until the meeting starts.

• Scouts at Norwich Lower School (U3 in Trinity Term only): can stay at Extended School/Homework Club until 5:35pm when they will be collected and escorted to the HQ by a Scout leader or Young Leader.
• Scouts at Norwich Senior School: There is no supervision after school in the Senior School other than in the libraries. Therefore, after school, Scouts need to: go home; go to the libraries; go into town; attend a school club. Scout parents, please indicate your intention by filling in the form on the My Members page. Scouts should meet in the Bishop’s Palace Foyer, with Young Leaders, to walk together to the Scout HQ. They should walk directly to the HQ, via Ferry Lane and Hooks Walk, entering the Lower Close by the gate to the cricket nets. Scouts should not arrive at HQ before 5:30pm.
• Scouts are not advised to go into the city unaccompanied at any time.

Pickup

We recommend that you meet your child at the HQ rather than they meet you on Bishopgate. While this may slow down collection it is better than having children unaccompanied on Bishopgate and gives you the chance to liaise with leaders.

Please do not drive down the section of Riverside Walk from Bishopgate to our headquarters building. There is little room down there, and there are obvious safety issues with mixing traffic with children. If parking in Bishopgate, please respect resident’s parking spaces.

Scouts Uniform

We are a uniformed organisation and expect Scouts to attend all meetings, unless notified otherwise, wearing uniform. This comprises Sea Scout Jersey, neckerchief, woggle and Scout activity trousers. We recommend wearing the group polo shirt under the jumper to allow a quick change for activities.

For formal occasions, a cap with a tally band will be provided by the group.

Depending on the time of year and the programme, as well as uniform they need clothing for outdoor activities, sometimes afloat. Please bring, and use, a zip up bag to keep their clothing separate from everyone else’s. And make sure all clothing and uniform items are named – so, when it ends up in lost property, it is identifiable.

Purchase

Please see our uniform page for how to purchase new or secondhand uniform items and other uniform information.

Badges

Please go to the OSM Parents Portal, select your member, and then click on “Badges”. There are four tabs:

• Completed – see what badges have been completed;
• In Progress – see progress towards badges that have been started but not yet completed. Click on a badge for details of which steps are done and which are still to be done;
• Completable at Home – click on a badge to see what needs to be done to get a badge. Click on “COMPLETE AT HOME” to upload evidence for the badge;
• Uniform Placement – see where awarded badges go on the uniform.