Our group is a registered member of the Singapore Scout Association, established in 1956, we consist of 3 units, making us almost a full group, minus the cadet scout component. We are a uniformed Extra Curricular Activity in Dunman High School, one of the top secondary schools in Singapore.  We are one of the few scouts groups which boast of a Lion Dance Troupe.

Group Emblem | Scouters | Scout Section | Venture Scout Section | Rover Scout Section 

Our Group Emblem

The emblem of our scout group is a white crane with black trimmed wings, backed by a red diamond. The crane signifies our ties with our school, traditionally a chinese school, the crane standing one-legged signifies the strength of our Group and the red colour of the backing signifies universal brotherhood.

Our People

Our Group is served by members of varying age groups, from the youngest scouts to the oldest scout leaders.  Here is a breakdown of our Scout Unit's different sections.

The backbone of our group, which our group cannot do without, is the group of Adult Scout Leaders, or Scouters for short.  Some are teachers in the school, others are old scouts who have taken up the mantle of Adult Leader to give back to the Group what they had taken from it long ago.  These are the most experienced, wise and skilful of the Group.

Currently there are 18 Scouters who regularly serve the Unit and 18 Auxiliary Scouters, who are Scouters who have once held scouter appointments in the Unit, but are no longer doing so.

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The Scout Unit is the main body of our Scout Group. Our Scout Unit has a current strength of 73 scouts, consisting of 6 patrols, namely Eagle, Lion, Owl, Rayfish, Seahorse and Tiger. Each Patrol is under the charge of a Patrol Leader, assisted by an Assistant Patrol Leader. These two posts are held by scouts from mid Sec 3 to mid Sec 4. Posts within the Patrols vary as the past PLs of each different patrol saw different needs, but main posts are Quartermaster, Secretary, Treasurer and Messenger.

The Scout Training Team, consisting of a group of usually 2 Ventures, is in charge of the training aspects of the Scout Unit. They are responsible for minor discipline problems, organisation, planning and execution of activities.

The Training Team is assisted by the Scout Leader, a teacher in the school who is in turn helped by numerous Assistant Scout Leaders, some teachers, but mostly previous Scouts from the Group.

Scouting Activities use the unique Patrol system, a system adopted only by Scouts, it exposes teens to friends of a large age range, allowing them to train their sense of responsibility as the whole basis of Scouting is that the young must learn from the old whom in turn are responsible for the well being of those under them.

Scouting boasts a wide range of activities:-

The Venture Unit is where experience and skills combine with the exuberance of youth. Aged 16 to 18, the Venture Scouts consist of Scouts previously from the Scout Unit, now studying elsewhere having graduated from the school. It is also open to Girl Guides also previously from the school. The current strength of this Unit is 18.  Ventures, being the older brothers and sisters in the group, are responsible for organisation and execution of their own activities, this provides for an environment in which they can tailor their activities to their own liking, subject of course to the approval of the Venture Scout Leader.

The Unit is headed by a Venture Chairman, assisted by a ExCo, or Executive Committee, consisting of a vice chairman, treasurer, quartermaster and numerous other posts.

Training Matters are handled by the Venture Training Team, who are in charge of selecting ad hoc committees responsible for organising activities and discipline of the Ventures.

The emphasis of Venture Scouts training in our Group is no longer low order skills training as in the scouts, in which learning hands on skills is the most important. Venture Scouts are encouraged to exercise their leadership and organisational skills, through projects, usually activities which they are to plan for the Scout Unit. Higher order skills is the emphasis. Also, more exciting activities such as rock wall climbing and abseiling are done, not only the playing itself, but the knowledge of how to set up the apparatus are instructed to the Ventures.

The knowledge and experience of the Venture Scouts are often called upon to aid in the training of the Scout Section during competitions such as the National Pioneering and Campcraft Competition, National Orienteering Competition and National Patrol Camp.

Venture Scouting Activities:-

The Rover Scouts are the oldest brothers and sisters of the Scout Group, they boast of the greatest wealth of experience and skills in the group, they are also the second largest Unit of the Group, consisting 33 members, partly due to the fact that the Unit has the greatest age range.  

The Rovers are led by a Rover Scout Leader, assisted by 3 Assistant Rover Scout Leaders, 1 in charge of Service and the other 2 in charge of Brotherhood, which are the 2 main aspects of Rover Training.

Service

The Rovers are very experienced and have honed their skills for many years, they are often called upon to either assist the Scout Training Team or to organise activity packages. They usually provide skills training packages, consisting of theory lectures followed up by practical sessions. The Rovers are also the main testing body for the Scouts testwork. They are responsible for setting the criterion for the tests and maintaining the standard of the tests.

Brotherhood

Due to National Service commitments and university commitments, Rovers find themselves in very tight time constraints, therefore they do not have regular activities, only occassionally do they meet up with each other to have activities, the Rovers take these opportunities to catch up on the happenings in each others lives.

Activities:-