Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Troop 4 Kicks Off This Saturday!

We're days away to starting our FOURTH Troop of the Petrosains Science Scouts this Saturday, March 13! The Troop Leaders, Ash, Ain, Yati and myself (Daniel) are looking forward to welcoming our 23 new members and 4 continuing members.

This year, the Petrosains Science Scouts will also kick start the Petrosains Senior Science Scouts! We will be welcoming 7 Seniors from Troops 1 and 2 who will now play the role of co-facilitator. Troop 4 can meet their program seniors who will be assisting the Troop Leaders this Saturday.

With 18 brand new meetings scheduled and an explosive Jamboree at the end of the year, Petrosains Science Scouts of ALL TROOPS can look forward to another year of fun science, great friends, and lots of exciting learning.


A Reminder for Troop 4
Here's what you need to prepare for your first meeting this Saturday.

1. Check-in time is from 9:30am - 10:00am. The doors to our lobby opens at 9:25am so if you're early, don't worry! We will open, just give us a few minutes. Your Troop Leaders and Senior Science Scouts will man a registration table. Your parents/guardians need to sign you in (and this applies for every meeting).

2. Check-out time is from 1:15pm - 1:30pm. Parents and guardians can wait at the lobby and the Troop Leaders will lead the Science Scouts out. We need parents/guardians to sign you out before we let you go! Otherwise you'll be spending some time waiting with us (though we hope for not too long).

3. For the first meeting, payments should be made for the program. For new members, the fee is RM250 while for continuing members, the fee is RM200. Payment can be made in cash at our registration counter, or via credit card at our gift shop. Please note however that our gift shop only opens at 10am so payments by credit card can be made only when the gift shop opens.

4. We will be issuing your Science Scouts jackets on the first meeting so you don't need to bring any other jackets! It can get cold in the centre though so if you're worried about freezing, do wear pants, not shorts! We will usually issue jackets that are a little loose and baggy because you'll grow into them soon enough. If you feel the size is inappropriate, you can change them at the 2nd meeting. No more changes will be allowed after that.

5. We provide a snack at around 11:30am. Do be sure to have your breakfast before hand. There's also a water cooler if you don't want to bring your own water bottle.

6. We'll provide all Science Scouts with a starter kit on the first meeting which will have among other things, a notebook and a pen. We use these often so be sure you have them with you (or any other notebook or pen!) during meetings.

7. Finally, parents and guardians are not allowed entry into meetings! You can check the blog for photos and a summary afterwards. The Petrosains Science Scouts meetings are only for Science Scouts!



Be sure to download the Petrosains Science Scouts Handbook for the full list of guidelines.

1 comment:

Ummeesh said...

i cant wait for the first meeting my first meeting with the troop 4 science scouts hope that everyones ready and i hope you all know that 10 4 2010 is my birthday hope all troop 4 science scouts can some . to all troop 4 my name is Ummeesh Kumar a senior science scout . see u this saturday