My blog will be about The Turnaround centre helping young people overcome difficulties that they be facing and how to overcome these and progress through the idea of performing arts
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My blog will be about The Turnaround centre helping young people overcome difficulties that they be facing and how to overcome these and progress through the idea of performing arts
My blog will be about The Turnaround centre helping young people overcome difficulties that they be facing and how to overcome these and progress through the idea of performing arts
Workshop 1 (Friday 7th June)
At the beginning of today's session BRIT School students had a discussion with their teachers about the plan for today's session. We were told to send them emails about ideas and games we could do. i sent games including the game "Questions" "Alphabet" and "Worlds Worst". These games incorporated group work aswell as Fun to start off our journey with our client group. My evaluation of our discussion is that we came up with some ideas but other people could of contributed a little bit more.
As our client group arrived we started Playing our Games that we had planned.
The running order of the day was as follows:
11am - Arrival
1. Name game - Led by Jess - This game involved people pairing up and finding different things about the erpson and then sharing it will; the whole group. I was paired with the Care worker and found out she loves working with young people and loves to Ski even though she can't do it. I felt this game helped everyone to settle in and to get to know everyone although not amazingly well but just to know there names and what they like to do. i think our client group were abit overwhelmed with friendliness form the Brit school students but carried on with the games.
2. Get in order of oldest to youngest
Height order in silence -Led by Matthew and Sarah
A-Z of Name
This game consisted of the whole group having to get in a line of order in either height, name or age. this was very easy for me as I am one of the youngest (End of the line), One of the tallest (Beginning of the Line) and by name is in the middle of the alphabet (Middle of the line). I Believe that this game allowed the individuals to know about everyone appearance age and overall just get to know who they are more. i think we all struggled with the silent game because we still had only known our client group[ for 30 Minutes.
3. Eastenders zip-zap-boing! Led by Molly - This game was one of the most fun games we played it showed some acting skills aswell as comedic qualities. The aim of the game is to be the last man standing whilst using phrases and quotes from the soap drama "Eastenders". This game opened the client group up and we had a laugh about the game, some people were less influenced to join in although hopefully by the end of the project they would have enough confidence to be able to show us there true spirit.
4. Anyone Who? - Led by Tuwaine - This is a game that i also thoroughly enjoyed , the aim of the game was not to lose your chair. one person in the middle would say " Anyone Who.......Wears pink socks" now anyone who wears pink socks has to get off the chair and move to a different one and if you dont get a chair your in the middle. I think this was the game where people started to enjoy the project and be excited about why they joined this project. I think this is because it involved running round people and it was a very competitive game with everyone wanting to grab a chair to win.
5. Bomb and shield - Led by Rosie
6. Space game - Led by Beth
7. Follow the leader - Led by Nyah
8. Hot and cold - Led by Harry
9. Magic calculator - Led by Masie
10. Tours of the school - Led by All - We took our client group around the school which helped them become aware of the surrounding areas.
11. Ending - Led By Matthew and Sarah - Sarah spoke about the Arts award in which our client group are trying to achieve. we also wrote down things on a piece of paper we wish to achieve by doing this project my one was to change my perspective of young offenders
I feel like everyone delivered clear and concise game instructions as everyone understood what was needed to take part in the game. When i was watching the pother BRIT students take part in their part of the workshop it helped me to see what worked and what didn't. Some of us weren't completely clear in instructions we were giving and this made it confusing for us all. Also we need to make sure that what we say is not confusing for our clients because they may not understand hard words, we need to make sure we explain what these words mean to everyone so that no one feels left out.
As our client group arrived we started Playing our Games that we had planned.
The running order of the day was as follows:
11am - Arrival
1. Name game - Led by Jess - This game involved people pairing up and finding different things about the erpson and then sharing it will; the whole group. I was paired with the Care worker and found out she loves working with young people and loves to Ski even though she can't do it. I felt this game helped everyone to settle in and to get to know everyone although not amazingly well but just to know there names and what they like to do. i think our client group were abit overwhelmed with friendliness form the Brit school students but carried on with the games.
2. Get in order of oldest to youngest
Height order in silence -Led by Matthew and Sarah
A-Z of Name
This game consisted of the whole group having to get in a line of order in either height, name or age. this was very easy for me as I am one of the youngest (End of the line), One of the tallest (Beginning of the Line) and by name is in the middle of the alphabet (Middle of the line). I Believe that this game allowed the individuals to know about everyone appearance age and overall just get to know who they are more. i think we all struggled with the silent game because we still had only known our client group[ for 30 Minutes.
3. Eastenders zip-zap-boing! Led by Molly - This game was one of the most fun games we played it showed some acting skills aswell as comedic qualities. The aim of the game is to be the last man standing whilst using phrases and quotes from the soap drama "Eastenders". This game opened the client group up and we had a laugh about the game, some people were less influenced to join in although hopefully by the end of the project they would have enough confidence to be able to show us there true spirit.
4. Anyone Who? - Led by Tuwaine - This is a game that i also thoroughly enjoyed , the aim of the game was not to lose your chair. one person in the middle would say " Anyone Who.......Wears pink socks" now anyone who wears pink socks has to get off the chair and move to a different one and if you dont get a chair your in the middle. I think this was the game where people started to enjoy the project and be excited about why they joined this project. I think this is because it involved running round people and it was a very competitive game with everyone wanting to grab a chair to win.
5. Bomb and shield - Led by Rosie
6. Space game - Led by Beth
7. Follow the leader - Led by Nyah
8. Hot and cold - Led by Harry
9. Magic calculator - Led by Masie
10. Tours of the school - Led by All - We took our client group around the school which helped them become aware of the surrounding areas.
11. Ending - Led By Matthew and Sarah - Sarah spoke about the Arts award in which our client group are trying to achieve. we also wrote down things on a piece of paper we wish to achieve by doing this project my one was to change my perspective of young offenders
I feel like everyone delivered clear and concise game instructions as everyone understood what was needed to take part in the game. When i was watching the pother BRIT students take part in their part of the workshop it helped me to see what worked and what didn't. Some of us weren't completely clear in instructions we were giving and this made it confusing for us all. Also we need to make sure that what we say is not confusing for our clients because they may not understand hard words, we need to make sure we explain what these words mean to everyone so that no one feels left out.
Working With Deana (Monday 3rd June)
Deanne from our first work shop showed us different ways we can connect with our client group and feeling comfortable with each other. we used these techniques in today's workshop (A GAMES WORKSHOP!!!)
1st thing 1st
Get into a circle but in Height order
Don't hold hands
- She explained that its always good to stand in a circle as everyone is able to see each other and the group doesn't become segregated.
- Sometimes it may be difficult to get everyone into a Circle instantly so i suggested that we should hold hands then joined at the sides. to make a really quick circle Deanna recommended we didn't do this, especially with the age of the group we will be working with.
GETTING TO KNOW THERE NAMES
-Name game with action
First letter of name, three guess of what he looks like or one each.
You can't react
Problems is that is segregates the group Brit Students side Turnaround people the other
They could get offended by stereotypical names I.E (Vicky Pollard)
My idea was to do an alphabet name game where you have to get in chronological order from A-Z
This is were everyone has to stand in order of there names by the alphabet. They have to do this is silence so this gives everyone the opportunity to really interact with people in a less vocal way. I thought this idea was very good because we all had to work together in silence to get in right
-How to deal with confrontational situations.
-Have time outs
-The golden rule
The space game
Everyone is united
It makes people spatially aware and working as a team.
In today's workshop we started out with an introduction to what the challenges we were going top be facing and how we deal with certain situations. We had the Care worked of The Turnaround Centre come in to briefly talk to us about The Turnaround Centre and what involves.
Having this talk prepared me for what i thought would be a daunting task but an enjoyable experience. they explained to us the people who we are working with have agreed that they want to do the workshop with us and they have a passion for the arts. After having this discussion the Care Workers left and we got straight into our Workshop with a lady called Deana.
Deana takes Spoken Word workshops to help us develop in teaching others and well as learning people skills. we learnt and made up ourselves a couple of games which involves learning each other's names. The ideas ranged from trying to guess the person name through knowing their first letter to having everyone line up in name chronological order in silence. We found these games were successful however with having 26 people participate in the game it would take an awful long amount of time.
During our workshop i learnt that when doing certain workshops yourself of activities you need to engage your audience and let them enjoy what they are doing. I learnt that there should be no discrimination and that all the people involved in the workshops we do are all equal.
This is a game we played called "Planets" which involved following a body part of someone else then everyone joins together to create a Galaxy of planets.
1st thing 1st
Get into a circle but in Height order
Don't hold hands
- She explained that its always good to stand in a circle as everyone is able to see each other and the group doesn't become segregated.
- Sometimes it may be difficult to get everyone into a Circle instantly so i suggested that we should hold hands then joined at the sides. to make a really quick circle Deanna recommended we didn't do this, especially with the age of the group we will be working with.
GETTING TO KNOW THERE NAMES
-Name game with action
First letter of name, three guess of what he looks like or one each.
You can't react
Problems is that is segregates the group Brit Students side Turnaround people the other
They could get offended by stereotypical names I.E (Vicky Pollard)
My idea was to do an alphabet name game where you have to get in chronological order from A-Z
This is were everyone has to stand in order of there names by the alphabet. They have to do this is silence so this gives everyone the opportunity to really interact with people in a less vocal way. I thought this idea was very good because we all had to work together in silence to get in right
-How to deal with confrontational situations.
-Have time outs
-The golden rule
The space game
Everyone is united
It makes people spatially aware and working as a team.
You have to lie on the floor and take up as much space as possible...... I thought this game wasn't very fun and no winner or points could of been collected because you never gonna feel up a whole room with 13 people you need about 300.
Deana told us that when coming up with a story these are key openers we can use to help.
Once upon a time
And everyday
Until one Day
And because of this
And because of this
And ever since that dayDeana told us that when coming up with a story these are key openers we can use to help.
Once upon a time
And everyday
Until one Day
And because of this
And because of this
In today's workshop we started out with an introduction to what the challenges we were going top be facing and how we deal with certain situations. We had the Care worked of The Turnaround Centre come in to briefly talk to us about The Turnaround Centre and what involves.
Having this talk prepared me for what i thought would be a daunting task but an enjoyable experience. they explained to us the people who we are working with have agreed that they want to do the workshop with us and they have a passion for the arts. After having this discussion the Care Workers left and we got straight into our Workshop with a lady called Deana.
Deana takes Spoken Word workshops to help us develop in teaching others and well as learning people skills. we learnt and made up ourselves a couple of games which involves learning each other's names. The ideas ranged from trying to guess the person name through knowing their first letter to having everyone line up in name chronological order in silence. We found these games were successful however with having 26 people participate in the game it would take an awful long amount of time.
During our workshop i learnt that when doing certain workshops yourself of activities you need to engage your audience and let them enjoy what they are doing. I learnt that there should be no discrimination and that all the people involved in the workshops we do are all equal.
This is a game we played called "Planets" which involved following a body part of someone else then everyone joins together to create a Galaxy of planets.
Workshop 3 (Monday 10th June)
We first started off by doing a few speaking activities.
CREATING A STORY
-You must go around the circle and each person has to add a word. For example, I would start with 'The' and the next person may say 'Pig' and we go around the circle until we have created a short story. (The Pig Wanted To Jump But He Couldn't)
-This allowed people to be creative with words and also see what words work nicely with each other. It also can be quite funny so it will be a nice way to get everyone feeling comfortable.
FREEZE
-Two people go in the middle of the circle (more can be added as the game goes on by saying Freeze)
-The people in the circle have to have a conversation/argument/agreement.
-Whenever you feel like it someone on the outside can say freeze and they can swap with whoever they like in the centre and change the scene and location.
FREE WRITING
- Free Writing allows everyone to write there own pieces which can then be adapted into anything they want.
You need to write down
-an Emotion
-a Place
-a Favourite Colour
-a Name
-When they have all these things, they will then have 2 minutes to write about anything they want BUT they have to include all of the 5 words they came up with in the first section. This is so they feel they have some place to start and are not just writing from nothing. They will only have 1 minute to do this.
-if at any point in the free writing task the clients have to stop and think, they must write 'I am writing, I am writing' continuously on the paper. The aim is that your pen never leaves the paper and its a constant flow of words.
-The writing doesn't have to make sense and it can be as crazy as you want because in the end, the writing means something to you and only you. my one was something abut the a Cat flying
Either Music or Monologue
-Leading on from this we can take 2 routes. We can decide to make our pieces of writing into spoken word or a monologue piece or make them into lyrics and add instruments.
-We can split the people who want to do each, equally with the Brit Students and devise together.
MUSICALLY
-We will have a few instruments dotted around the room which people can choose or not choose to use in there piece.
-Rosie will lead a short vocal warm up.
-Harry and I would demonstrate that for those who may not want to use instruments or be accompanied by them, we can use our voice as an instrument too. (Beat boxing)
-We then split into groups and with the material we have all separately created, choose to merge that together with the parts we like from each, or work individually to create music on our own.
MONOLOGUES
-For the people who don't want to work musically, they can choose to adapt there pieces into a monologue.
-They can really take time to experiment with this and maybe get into groups and make a short play, merging all of the free writing stories together.
CREATING A STORY
-You must go around the circle and each person has to add a word. For example, I would start with 'The' and the next person may say 'Pig' and we go around the circle until we have created a short story. (The Pig Wanted To Jump But He Couldn't)
-This allowed people to be creative with words and also see what words work nicely with each other. It also can be quite funny so it will be a nice way to get everyone feeling comfortable.
FREEZE
-Two people go in the middle of the circle (more can be added as the game goes on by saying Freeze)
-The people in the circle have to have a conversation/argument/agreement.
-Whenever you feel like it someone on the outside can say freeze and they can swap with whoever they like in the centre and change the scene and location.
FREE WRITING
- Free Writing allows everyone to write there own pieces which can then be adapted into anything they want.
You need to write down
-an Emotion
-a Place
-a Favourite Colour
-a Name
-When they have all these things, they will then have 2 minutes to write about anything they want BUT they have to include all of the 5 words they came up with in the first section. This is so they feel they have some place to start and are not just writing from nothing. They will only have 1 minute to do this.
-if at any point in the free writing task the clients have to stop and think, they must write 'I am writing, I am writing' continuously on the paper. The aim is that your pen never leaves the paper and its a constant flow of words.
-The writing doesn't have to make sense and it can be as crazy as you want because in the end, the writing means something to you and only you. my one was something abut the a Cat flying
Either Music or Monologue
-Leading on from this we can take 2 routes. We can decide to make our pieces of writing into spoken word or a monologue piece or make them into lyrics and add instruments.
-We can split the people who want to do each, equally with the Brit Students and devise together.
MUSICALLY
-We will have a few instruments dotted around the room which people can choose or not choose to use in there piece.
-Rosie will lead a short vocal warm up.
-Harry and I would demonstrate that for those who may not want to use instruments or be accompanied by them, we can use our voice as an instrument too. (Beat boxing)
-We then split into groups and with the material we have all separately created, choose to merge that together with the parts we like from each, or work individually to create music on our own.
MONOLOGUES
-For the people who don't want to work musically, they can choose to adapt there pieces into a monologue.
-They can really take time to experiment with this and maybe get into groups and make a short play, merging all of the free writing stories together.
Workshop 4 (Friday 17th June)
Today we would prepare our workshop which involved doing some spoken word and workshop based things. The day started off by the group getting together and discussing who would be best at delivering each part of the workshop. We all agreed that someone from theatre should deliver the free writing task as they do this on a regular basis. The Brit students suggested that instead of giving our client group something to write about just let the minds flow and write down what comes to their heads.
We split the group into 2, half doing a spoken word workshop and the other doing music. Because the majority wanted to do music, we felt we should give everyone a go at doing both and swap the groups around. When my group came together, we spoke about the different material we had created outside of the session and it was really beautiful to hear some of the things us and them had written. Because Myself and Harry lead the beat boxing workshop where we went around the circle and each person had to add in a sound or a piece of body percussion to make a melody with one another. We used this method to create our music on the small group and it worked really well and developed very fast.
I took some screenshots from other people as i could could get any photos .
I played the guitar in the song. This was different for me as I am used to playing guitar by myself and learning new techniques as i am a self-taught guitarist.
I played the guitar in the song. This was different for me as I am used to playing guitar by myself and learning new techniques as i am a self-taught guitarist.
Here is a screenshot of some rapping.
This girl started to rap and i decided to join in with a 4 chord sequence that fit really nicely..
Rosie and jess came up with a chorus for the song which carried our client's bars.
We told our clients that for next week they should look over there lyrics and also bring in any more material they might have. The session was a really positive one and had laid out a very positive outcome for a final production.
This girl started to rap and i decided to join in with a 4 chord sequence that fit really nicely.. Rosie and jess came up with a chorus for the song which carried our client's bars. We told our clients that for next week they should look over there lyrics and also bring in any more material they might have. The session was a really positive one and had laid out a very positive outcome for a final production.
Workshop 5 (Friday 21st June)
I wasn't in on Mondays session because i was ill so i need to be told what happened on this day.
People from the class said that on Monday it was difficult to do the session without the guitar there as there wasn't really , so even though I still feel unwell, I brought them in today. It was really lovely to see the work that they had created last week and to see everyone getting involved. I thought the stimulus behind the music video choreography was a really cleaver idea by Sarah. Today we decided we were to work more on our tracks so we know exactly what we have for our final product/show. We started by going through each song an then splitting the group to make sure each person had an individual and important role.
It was really nice to see the other group working on a new song which we can also use. Today made me feel confident that we will have a good show and that everyone will enjoy what we have created.
People from the class said that on Monday it was difficult to do the session without the guitar there as there wasn't really , so even though I still feel unwell, I brought them in today. It was really lovely to see the work that they had created last week and to see everyone getting involved. I thought the stimulus behind the music video choreography was a really cleaver idea by Sarah. Today we decided we were to work more on our tracks so we know exactly what we have for our final product/show. We started by going through each song an then splitting the group to make sure each person had an individual and important role.
It was really nice to see the other group working on a new song which we can also use. Today made me feel confident that we will have a good show and that everyone will enjoy what we have created.
Workshop 6 (Monday 24th June)
Today we spent the session looking at our life stories and experiences and sharing with group. The first story told really touched everyone as it was Josh's story on how his brother was murdered. It was really lovely to hear everyone open up and share with us about the different things that have happened in there life some good and some tragic. All of the stories were really moving but some of the members from turnaround were not comfortable with there stories been performed in front of an audience. My group used one of our clients story on how she became a set-up chick we highlighted the parts we thought would be dramatic and portrayed well on stage. I played the role of the social worker. Our director was well involved and contributed fully and gave us clear directions and ideas that we could use in our play.............
When we performed what we had prepared to the rest of the group we had some really positive reactions. They said it was very emotional and in powering but we just need to work on what characters we actually are. I was told social workers dont care sometimes and you should just ignore what your client is saying i did this and was on my phone in are conversation. A funny moment in our play is when im on my phone, then i put my phone away Maisie gets out her phone and i tell her she cant have phones during our interview,.
Today we also visited the recording studio to talk about recording the songs we have wrote of the last few weeks. It was so lovely to see the clients reaction when we were in the studio. It was a new experience for both me and them!! We went through some backing tracks we could play behind our piece and decided on a very up tempo pace. Everyone is now really excited to start recording on Monday!
We also went through some choreography for our opening part of our show today. the choreographer was all our mirroring the person opposite you and showing two different sides. I picked up the choreography pretty well and I think it's going to look really nice in the show!
Workshop 7 (Monday 1st July)
In today's session we went in the recording studio to work on our songs. Everyone was raring to go and really excited as to what today would bring. I really enjoyed today becasue this was my first time in a recording studio aswell it was a good experience for us all to work in a professional recording studio/environment. The recording went really smoothly and everyone was patient whilst waiting for each person to record.
After we finished in the studio we had time to work on the things we needed to personally. I kinda didn't do this and stayed in the recording studio listening to the others record nthere song. ( Naughty Matthew )!!! =]
After we finished in the studio we had time to work on the things we needed to personally. I kinda didn't do this and stayed in the recording studio listening to the others record nthere song. ( Naughty Matthew )!!! =]
Workshop 8 (Monday 8th July)
Today was very productive because we got to have a run through in the space we will be performing in. This allowed myself and the client group get used to what we would be working in and how it will look on the day.
I think towards the end of the day everyone lost concentration a little bit and was getting stressed with each other. (it was a very long process) Once we all talked through the order and structure of the song it was a lot easier to get on with. We decided it would be nice to finish the performance with our main song but slow down the tempo and then to a stop. When rehearsing this we had some trouble getting the timing right but once me and Jess had worked together on the drum and guitar beat, we seemed to get the hang of it more. There was a moment in our final song where our client member was rapping and to add a musical contrast at the end of a sentence the guitar and drum beat stopped and he just rapped on his own. I felt this added some uniqueness to our performance and it sounded better to.
I feel for the performance on Friday we just need to all have fun and remember that our clients are not used to performing and this is an exciting experience for them! The work we have done over the past few weeks has been so incredible and I am super excited to showcase it to an audience of family and friends.
PERFORMANCE TIME (FRIDAY 12 JULY)
Today was the day of our performance!
We started the morning by setting up the space and doing a Tech run which I think everyone was getting quite stressed with, but this allowed us time to go over our individual parts within the piece and make sure we were comfortable with the running order and choreography.
When we started the full tech run, I was finding it difficult to concentrate as the clients were been abit talkative. We had a group chat and explained how this is a professional show with an audience and we really need to make sure we have a good run through before hand.
I thought we needed to space out abit more and everyone seemed to take to this very well and the run through started to come along smoothly. Before the performance Matthew sat us down and gave us notes so that we could improve. He explained how we need to project our voices and also be spatially aware. These notes definitely helped within the performance as everyone took them on board and things were alot clearer.
It was very emotional after the performance because we would probably never see our client group again I've learnt so much working with these people such as adapting myself and making sure I find a balance. It has cvhanged my perception deeply of Young Offenders nd that they are really nice people just with different backgrounds to us. I'd really love to work with these people again as the work we have created has been so empowering! These people are so uniquely talented and what makes it even more beautiful is that they don't even realise it!
Overall I feel like our community project was extremely successful and will stay as positive memories with all of us!
When we started the full tech run, I was finding it difficult to concentrate as the clients were been abit talkative. We had a group chat and explained how this is a professional show with an audience and we really need to make sure we have a good run through before hand.
I thought we needed to space out abit more and everyone seemed to take to this very well and the run through started to come along smoothly. Before the performance Matthew sat us down and gave us notes so that we could improve. He explained how we need to project our voices and also be spatially aware. These notes definitely helped within the performance as everyone took them on board and things were alot clearer.
It was very emotional after the performance because we would probably never see our client group again I've learnt so much working with these people such as adapting myself and making sure I find a balance. It has cvhanged my perception deeply of Young Offenders nd that they are really nice people just with different backgrounds to us. I'd really love to work with these people again as the work we have created has been so empowering! These people are so uniquely talented and what makes it even more beautiful is that they don't even realise it!
Overall I feel like our community project was extremely successful and will stay as positive memories with all of us!
Here are some videos of our community group....
AND CLICK THIS LINK TO SEE OUR FINAL SONG IN THE PERFORMANCE.
Community Group (1) SCOUTS and GUIDES
When i was younger i did the Beavers, Cubs and scouts and you really felt like you were part of a community of Helpers, achievers and having fun.
Scouts are a Collection of Local Groups that supports young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society. Scouts is one of the several worldwide youth organizations.
In 1906 and 1907 Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army wrote a book for boys about reconnaissance and scouting. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys in London 1908.
This is Lord Baden-Powell the Founder of the Scouts
This is the uniform in which you wear to the weekly meetings in the evening you get different badges for activites you complete and by helping your community.
The two largest organizations that support young people's development are the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM), for boys-only and co-educational organizations, and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), primarily for girls-only organizations but also accepting co-educational organizations. The year 2007 marked the centenary of Scouting world wide, and member organizations planned events to celebrate the occasion. Also recently (Last 4 years) WOSM and WAGGGS were ab;le to combine genders s that both organisations are equal.
Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older brother's Scouting Movement.
Agness Smyth Baden-Powell
Girls guides had these symbols to signify there organisation.
All of these organisations have a Promise
The Cub Scout Promises are:
Beavers:
I promise to do my best
To love my god
And be helpful
On my honour
I promise that I will do my best
Scouts are a Collection of Local Groups that supports young people in their physical, mental and spiritual development, that they may play constructive roles in society. Scouts is one of the several worldwide youth organizations.
In 1906 and 1907 Robert Baden-Powell, a lieutenant general in the British Army wrote a book for boys about reconnaissance and scouting. Baden-Powell wrote Scouting for Boys in London 1908.
Here is some information from Wikipedia
"In the summer of 1907 Baden-Powell held a camp on Brown sea Island in England to test ideas for his book. This camp and the publication of Scouting for Boys are generally regarded as the start of the Scout movement"
These are the Scouts Symbols
This is Lord Baden-Powell the Founder of the Scouts This is the uniform in which you wear to the weekly meetings in the evening you get different badges for activites you complete and by helping your community.Agnes Smyth Baden-Powell (16 December 1858 – 2 June 1945) was the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and was most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guide movement as a female counterpart to her older brother's Scouting Movement.
Agness Smyth Baden-PowellGirls guides had these symbols to signify there organisation.
All of these organisations have a Promise
The Cub Scout Promises are:
Beavers:
I promise to do my best
To love my god
And be helpful
Cubs:
On my honour
I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to my God and the Queen
To help other people and
To obey the Cub Scout Law
Scouts:
On my honour
I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to my God and the Queen
On my honour
I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to my God and the Queen
To help other people, and
To obey the Cub Scout Law
The Girl Guides Promise is:
Rainbows:
I promise that I will do my best:
To think about my beliefs,
And to be kind and helpful.
Brownies:
I promise that I will do my best:
To be true to myself and develop my beliefs,
To serve the Queen and my community,
To help other people
And to keep the Brownie Guide law.
Guides:
I promise that I will do my best:
To be true to myself and develop my beliefs,
To serve the Queen and my community,
To help other people
And to keep the Guide Law
To obey the Cub Scout Law
The Girl Guides Promise is:
Rainbows:
I promise that I will do my best:
To think about my beliefs,
And to be kind and helpful.
Brownies:
I promise that I will do my best:
To be true to myself and develop my beliefs,
To serve the Queen and my community,
To help other people
And to keep the Brownie Guide law.
Guides:
I promise that I will do my best:
To be true to myself and develop my beliefs,
To serve the Queen and my community,
To help other people
And to keep the Guide Law
This shows that people who belong to Scouts or Guides are taught to serve people and help their community.
Community Group (2) CROWN TAEKWONDO FEDERATION
This is one of my most beloved clubs as my dad has been part of it for 30 years and i started Taekwondo when i was just 4.
Tae Kwon Do is a spectacular Korean martial art of self defence that focuses on using explosive kicking, striking and blocking techniques. It is practiced by millions world wide and is now the most popular martial art in the UK.
Crown Tae Kwon Do Federation are an independent organization dedicated to the highest teaching standards. We are a Committee based club run for our students and our aim is to attain high standards rather than high profits. Students have to earn their grade through hard work, dedication and good class attendance.
This is the Belt ranking order:
10th GUP White
9th GUP White w/ Yellow stripe
8th GUP Yellow
7th GUP Yellow W/Orange Stripe
6th GUP Orange
5th GUP Orange W/Green Stripe
4th GUP Green
3rd GUP Green W/ Blue Stripe
2st GUP Blue
1st GUP Red
1st DAN Black
Going up to 5th DAN MASTER
Then 8th DAN GRAND MASTER
I am Currently a 2nd GUP BLUE BELT
My dad is a 3rd DAN BLACK BELT ( He is the Chief Instructor of the club)
Tae Kwon Do is a great way to relieve the stresses and pressures of today's society. It benefits everyone regardless of age, shape, size and gender. Our Club presently have students aged from 5 to 65.
* Community Support
* Inner strength
* General well-being
* The ability to defend yourself if needed.
This is General Choi Hong HI
Crown Taekwondo prides its self on the real family feel it generates in its students and instructors.Our classes are taught in a fun and social environment recognising that Tae Kwon Do is a hobby. We regularly hold training days plus social and charity fund raising events throughout the year.
The welfare of our students is paramount. Our instructors are all trained to a high standard, and hold personal liability insurance. We also have a dedicated child protection officer.
Tae Kwon Do is a spectacular Korean martial art of self defence that focuses on using explosive kicking, striking and blocking techniques. It is practiced by millions world wide and is now the most popular martial art in the UK.
Crown Tae Kwon Do Federation are an independent organization dedicated to the highest teaching standards. We are a Committee based club run for our students and our aim is to attain high standards rather than high profits. Students have to earn their grade through hard work, dedication and good class attendance.
This is the Belt ranking order:
10th GUP White
9th GUP White w/ Yellow stripe
8th GUP Yellow
7th GUP Yellow W/Orange Stripe
6th GUP Orange
5th GUP Orange W/Green Stripe
4th GUP Green
3rd GUP Green W/ Blue Stripe
2st GUP Blue
1st GUP Red
1st DAN Black
Going up to 5th DAN MASTER
Then 8th DAN GRAND MASTER
I am Currently a 2nd GUP BLUE BELT
My dad is a 3rd DAN BLACK BELT ( He is the Chief Instructor of the club)
This is the club Logo
( You would see this symbol on every CTF (Crown Taekwondo Federation) suit)
I believe that CTF is a community group because it is family friendly and although it is a disciplined Martial Art we are also like a big family. Putting on demonstrations at school events. Aswell as raising money for Cancer Research. I raised £120 for Prostate Cancer UK by doing 1000 Skips which i was helped to achieve by my dad and other instructors.
Learning Tae Kwon Do has many benefits personally aswell such as:
* Greater fitness
* Improved flexibility
* More confidence
* Self discipline
* Greater fitness
* Improved flexibility
* More confidence
* Self discipline
* Inner strength
* General well-being
* The ability to defend yourself if needed.
Taekwondo was founded by General Choi in 1965. He wanted to put all the martial arts schools into one collection and to call it Taekwondo. The movements inolved in taekwondo and the name taekwondo originate back to the 1800's. (I know all this myself)
This is General Choi Hong HI
Crown Taekwondo prides its self on the real family feel it generates in its students and instructors.Our classes are taught in a fun and social environment recognising that Tae Kwon Do is a hobby. We regularly hold training days plus social and charity fund raising events throughout the year.
The welfare of our students is paramount. Our instructors are all trained to a high standard, and hold personal liability insurance. We also have a dedicated child protection officer.
This community is one strong to my hearts and others should join in not just our club but other Martial arts clubs around the nation.
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