The official newspaper of Essex International Jamboree 2016 Saturday, July 30 2016 - Issue One
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Meet your subcamps
Meet the chiefs
Behind the build
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Welcome to the Jamboree! an amazing 8 days of fun, discovery and adventure
by Sarah Paget
With six action packed days ahead, here at the Gutenberg Gazette we thought we would offer you a brief sneak peak of what’s in store. For a start you have 57
hours of activities each! That’s 342,000 hours across the whole site, with 30 Programe zones to explore. By day, there are 10 zones, where you can start your own business,
go above and below ground and test your targeting skills. In the early evening you will team up with your neighbouring subcamp and explore five zones together,
discovering food from around the world, and enjoying all the fun of the fair. As evening comes, you can explore the Jamboree for yourself. For two nights
EIJ 2016 will host a campfire, live stage performances and the chance to make and do in our craft barn. There are also a variety of Anytime activities.
Why not chill out with a milkshake in the Soft Rock cafe, visit the giant beach or head over to Daisy the diary room? Whatever you are in to, there is an activity for everyone!
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Gutenberg’s Gazette
It’s all in a name: behind The Gutenburg Gazette by Lizzie Harvey
Rewind 700 years; you’ve no iPhone, no laptop, no PlayStation, no TV... Books had been invented of course but they were rare and very expensive; with good reason for each book had to be handwritten and then bound, a lengthy process. The first ever known text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, were carved into stone, but as humanity entered the ‘Dark Ages’ books were made of bound parchment and were created like works of art, filled with vividly coloured pictures, ornate lettering and sometimes even gold leaf. Understandably, each book took months if not years to complete. The only people with the time to create these texts were monks, who became ‘Scribes’ as part of their monastic duties. These handwritten pieces were almost
solely biblical. Unfortunately, the monks writing the books were often unable to read, and didn’t know what they were writing! This caused much confusion with lots of crossings out, spelling mistakes and poor grammar. These books were expensive and full of mistakes, so there wasn’t much demand. One man set out to solve this... Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg, what a name! The son of a merchant, born in Germany around 1398, he invented a machine that modernised the way we communicate: the printing press. In essence the machine had a series of blocks, which the user could arrange into order, paint them with
ink and then lay them against a page. This meant that books could be created much, much faster than ever before and were far easier to read than the misspelt scrawls of the poor old monks. Pope Pius II even wrote at the time “[you] would be
Your Tweets whispers from the web
Jay Thompson @thompsontravels Thanks to the incredible volunteers for making it all happen. So many excited young people @EIJ2016 bound! #eij2016 Isca ESU @Isca_ESU Taking our Canadian friends to the Doctor Who Experience on their pre tour before @EIJ2016 @scoutscanada
able to read it without effort, and indeed without glasses”, praise indeed! Gutenberg wanted to make his works available to as many people as possible, and so the first major text he created using his printing press was a Bible, the “Gutenberg Bible”. This text was more affordable and
more easily accessible to the masses. As time went by, more and more people learnt to read. His invention had huge repercussions. Before the invention of his printing press it was estimated that there were only 30,000 books in the entire world, less than 50 years later there was as many as 12 million.
Today it is estimated that 2.2 million different books are published each year. Without Gutenberg we might not have books, magazines, emails, texts, even the page you are holding! Naming our newspaper after him was the least we could do!
Chris Bramham @chrisbramham Last day of preparation before @EIJ2016
Richard Lawrence @rcj_lawrence After all the planning, all the prep, can’t wait to open up @EIJ2016 zone 6 for you all! Getting so close! #EIJ2016 philscoutleader @philscoutleader 1st Braintree Scouts kit loaded into trailer and leaders cars loaded ready for tomorrow. Hope Scouts are packed!!
www.eij.org.uk Today on 87.9 Jam FM Jam FM is our onsite radio station, coming live from the Jamboree site. Tune in all week to hear the latest news, music and young voices on air!
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Meet the camp chiefs by Holly Sloan
In between the non stop job of getting the Jamboree set up before arrivals, the Camp 1000 - Welcome to Jam Chiefs, Paul Walker and FM! Karen Packer found a few minutes in their busy schedule to have a 1200 - Gene Radio: chat with us. Welcome to Essex! How long have you been planning EIJ? 1400 - Out and About: Welcome to EIJ! Have you enjoyed the preparation process? Paul: Ultimately the 1600 - Your Requests teams came together in 2013, and they’ve 1800 - The Evening gradually grown over Show time until even last week, where people 2000 - The Opening were coming and Ceremony getting stuck into their Live coverage jobs. Karen: It’s been 2200 - After Party hard work and there’s been lots of ups and 0000 - Staff Takeover downs but we’re in it Take your for the young people
memories home
This week, our media team are busy capturing your week for posterity, to bring you this newspaper, videos and much more besides! You can visit our media centre in the village green to take home a photo print, and order a DVD or memory magazines for delivery after the event. • • • • • • • •
Printed Photo with Folder - £4.00 Jamboree USB, inc 3 digital photos - £5 (Every additional photo - £1) DVD Collection £10 DVD UK delivery £12 DVD global delivery - £15 Memory magazine UK delivery - £5 Memory magazine global delivery - £10
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and ultimately, who else can build a village in a month and see it disappear the following week, and live in it for a week and enjoy it? It’s so unique and it’s something to be proud of. What should we expect from the week ahead? Karen: Well! Lots of fun and lots of adventurous activities for the young people. I think there’s over 100 different activities that they can do and there’s 30 different zones. Paul: The young people are going to be busy from dawn to dusk. They are going to have a fantastic time, they just need to get stuck in, try new things out and some of the things that are going to
happen are going to be amazing. Is there any advice or suggestions you can offer our participants on how to make the most of the week? Paul: Smile! Get stuck in to what they’re doing. They should test themselves and challenge themselves
and just make sure they have a go at everything. And remember to sleep! Karen: Lets go back to the basics of Scouting and Guiding which is be prepared! Be prepared for what’s coming up, ask questions, and enjoy. A Final word from our Camp Chiefs…
Paul: We can’t say a big enough thank you to everybody who has put thousands and thousands of hours into this, it’s just unbelievable. Karen: And if you get a chance and see a member of staff, remember to say thank you!
Essex: “The birthplace of radio” by Ger Hennessy
Marconi’s Mast If you’re into your tech, then Marconi’s Mast is the subcamp for you. Italian engineer, Guglielmo Marconi is credited with the invention of the wireless radio. He chose Chelmsford as the place for the world’s first purpose built radio factory. Ian Dobbin is heading up the Marconi’s Mast subcamp. He’s joined by team members from across the country. Explorer Scout Alex, 17, from Leigh-on-Sea is really looking forward to what promises to be an
‘amazing week’. With a model of Guglieilmo himself overlooking
proceedings, participants will enjoy activities based on communications
throughout the week. Tom, 34, is looking forward to the ‘Phone of Contention Challenge,’
which he describes as ‘innovative’. Aged just 15 months, Noah from Southend is the youngest member of the Marconi Mast Subcamp team. Wisely, he has brought his Mum and Dad along as well. This is mum Becky’s sixth EIJ. She’s ‘excited to welcome Noah to the Jamboree,’ and she hopes that he will attend ‘many more.’ Each troop in this subcamp will be given its own mini mast, but due to Ofcom regulations, it won’t be a very functional mast. It will look nice though.
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Camping by numbers by Liam and Chris
O’Keeffe’s Gallery Hello fellow campers on O’Keeffe’s Subcamp and other people reading this section ‘how you doing?’ We are your communication reps on the gallery and we can’t wait to hear your stories over the coming week. We’ll be coming around all week to
hear your news and see your talents, and as such want you budding singers, dancers and whatnot for EIJ Presents. Over the past few months our subcamp team has been brought together by our leader Rob and have formed ‘The Rob Squad’. Our subcamp is named after a famous
artist and we would also like to think of ourselves as artists after designing the subcamp. From the giant pencils to the clapper boards on your sites and come ask one of the team about “Percy” the paint brush. You’ll see the team doing different jobs over the week, from being with you on activItes to being on the help desk if you need us look for the red scarfs with the white borders. As you arrive on site get ready to have an amazing week, introduce yourself to other groups and come and meet the team behind it all. We’ve been here since Thursday to make sure you guys have a fabulous week. Get your tents up and see you for the opening ceremony!
Gutenberg’s Gazette
We built th
It’s off with a bang for Bolt’s Track by the subcamp team
Bolt’s Track Essex Jamboree 2016 is finally here. It has been amazing to hear how fantastic and excited you have been in the build up to Jamboree. We have equally been excited about your arrival. As I currently sit here I can see the whole subcamp and a grand total of 4 tents are pitched. I know by the time you are reading this that is going to be closer to 400 with lots of happy and excited people, children and adults alike.
So what can you expect from your GOLD winning subcamp? The helpdesk will be
open 07:00-22:30 every day so if you are lost, don’t know what to do, don’t know where go etc. Then come on over there is no question to big or too small that they will attempt to
answer. Don’t sit there worrying come over and say hi. We would much prefer you to ask the question than suffer in silence. If going to the helpdesk was not
enough then we will have our “pink coats” team. The 5 happiest Bolt’s Track team members will each be allocated a few groups just to come over say hi and see how everyone is getting on. Make sure you offer them plenty of tea, coffee and cake. The activities that are organised centrally are fantastic and I am very jealous that I won’t be able to take part in them. If however you fancy doing something a little bit different for one day why not pop over to our activities field. We will normally have something simple and fun for you to be
able to get involved with. Each evening before the main activities get started in the Village Green, we will be doing all manner of events from food cooking to talent shows we will let you know well in advance what is going on when and where. I am sure there are millions of other exciting bits and pieces going on around our subcamp but rather than sit here and read them I am sure you want to go and explore and experience them for yourself. We’re really excited to see you all soon!
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Up, up and away! by the subcamp team
Earhart’s Hangar Earhart’s Hangar’s subcamp leader is Tony, who along with the rest of the team, is looking forward to welcoming you onto site. Many of the team worked together 4 years ago on the Great Wall of China subcamp and had
such a good time, that we had to come back to do it all again! We have a mixture of Scout and Guide leaders on the team, with our youngest member who is 1 year 3 months and 26 days old! We have been busy on site setting up the subcamp, marking out your pitches and getting
everything ready for you. Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 at the age of 34. She mysteriously disappeared in 1937 whilst attempting to fly solo around the world,
and neither her nor her plane were ever found! Earhart’s Hangar’s theme is transport through the ages and how this has helped to shape the world we live in today. Outside our hub you will find a variety of different vehicles, why not pose for a picture or two! See if you can complete the 3 parts of Earhart’s Challenge – Land, Sea and Air by completing a quiz, challenge or craft activity. In the craft tent we have lots of transport related crafts for you to have a go at. We also have some sports equipment and games if you want to make some new friends. If you can get a team together see if you can get the fastest time on our cannon run.
Mozart’s Bittersweet Symphony?
by Joseph Laws
Mozart’s Symphony Mozart sounds boring. He was born in 1756 and composed music. Compared with the other EIJ subcamp figures and their
achievements, Mozart seems to be the odd grape in the bunch. Out of Newton, Bolt and Tereshkova, you’d be right. He was born a century and a half before the concept of Scouting even existed. He kept himself to
himself and was often described as lonely, choosing to teach the piano to his older sister indoors rather than make new friends
outside. So why would EIJ make Mozart an inspirational figure? Throughout his lifetime, Mozart composed over 600 pieces of music. He was famous for his symphony and to this day it is still well known and played. But that is not why EIJ decided to feature Mozart in with this year’s EIJ theme of Our Changing World. Mozart was inspired from a very young age to play and compose music from his family,
who then recognised his talents and his ability to compose melodies. He composed his first piece of music at only four years old, a feat achieved by no other musician before him. But the most important thing: his parents nurtured and developed his talent, and through them he was able to become famous, become successful and do what he loved. And this is what Scouting, Guiding and the Jamboree, in essence, is all about. When you go to participate in meetings each week, have you thought about what
your leaders are ‘scouting’ you and your group to achieve in life; with the same for Guides and Explorers? A lot has changed between now and Mozart’s era. Mozart had no connection with Scouting. Mozart isn’t the most exciting person either. But he has a lot in common with the thousands of young people attending the EIJ a whole two hundred and sixty year later in 2016 –being inspired from a young age by inspiring people, to do amazing things in the future.
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Gutenberg’s Gazette
Our very own taste of the rainforest, here in Essex! by Paul Dulieu
Mendes’ Rainforest Being named after the Brazilian environmental campaigner, Chico Mendes, who dedicated his life to protect the amazon rainforest, deciding on a theme for our subcamp was pretty straightforward. From our subcamp mascot, a scarlet Macaw called Chico, to our rainforest camp themed
hub, we hope that when you visit Mendes’ Rainforest you’ll find a little piece of Brazil here in the Essex countryside. Unlike many of the subcamp teams who have worked together before, the Mendes’ Rainforest team met for the first time yesterday! Some might think this is an adventurous or even risky move, but Subcamp Leader Sean
“Skip” Hawser believes that couldn’t be further from the truth! “I am fortunate to have a team that I believe is, a fabulous blend of experience and youthful energy. One thing we all have in common though is a real desire to make Mendes’ Rainforest a great place to be! After all, it is not familiarity that makes a team, it is spirit. I believe we already have that in bundles!” “With our team spread across the UK and one member living
in the Netherlands, it’s not been possible to get the team together until now. All that has meant though is we have had to be extremely well
Showing their caring side - it’s Nightingale’s Team by Andrea Bray
Nightingale’s Ward Our Subcamp is named after Florence Nightingale a remarkable woman who lived for 90 years from 1820 to 1910. She made hospitals cleaner places and demonstrated that trained nurses and clean hospitals help sick people get better. In many ways she created modern nursing. Florence famously served as a nurse in the Crimean war
prepared and organised so that we can hit the ground running! “One of the great things about Scouting and Guiding is that
people have a ‘can do’ attitude and will do their best. I am sure this will be evident to those staying on Mendes’ Rainforest this week.”
Important question of the day: “What has been your
favourite build moment?” “I had to to fish for the poo pipe because it had fallen down into the waste pit!” Debbie, Facilities
“I had one of my team members locked in a Portakabin - he was in there for 20 minutes before I had the key to unlock him!” Maverick, Security
working with a team of other nurses to save many wounded soldiers. Our subcamp will celebrate her life and achievements. Participants will be able to ‘operate’, learn
about medical advances through the years, make their own mini lantern and compete for the prized ‘syringe’ during the week. So, who are we? Well, if you were on Everest Subcamp in 2012 then you will recognise a few of us. This year we are ably lead by Steve
Clarke and Charlotte Claughton. The team are made up of Scouters and Guiders from all over the UK, not just local Essex folk. We also have a number of first timers to the Jamboree as staff. So it will be a big learning experience for them to see what it’s like on the ‘other side’!
“I love seeing the looks on people’s faces when they see the massive pile of loo rolls in the warehouse!” Andy, Facilities “We had to move a swimming pool early in the morning because it was on an incline and the water was running out!” Beth, Facilities “A marquee was put up in the middle of the road, so people were driving through the middle of it.” Emma, Programme
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www.eij.org.uk Celebrating with 10,000 A birthday is always a big celebration - and it cant be bigger than celebrating with 10,000 others! Happy Birthday to... Kaitlyn Francis, 8 Maddison Last, 10 Quinten Hall-Coyle,11 Ellie Francis,11 Alan Machin, 11 Reece Whitered, 11 Rachel Irvine, 12 Michael Montgomery, 12 Sophie Hutton, 12 Charlotte Preston, 12 Freya Bilton, 12 Amy Harrison, 12 Daisy Hogger, 13 Matthew Gormley, 14 Hannah Wilson Henderson, 15 Millie Bendall, 15 James Sheldon, 16 Rachel Scott, 17 Megan Keech, 17 Chloe Austin, 17 Jacob Boynton, 17 Ashley Hampton, 19 Brandon Hill, 19 Steven Chappell, 19 Yun Fung Leon Tin, 21 ...and from the staff and leaders: Dan Dupont Charlotte Bishop Adam Waller Matthew Cooper Heather Ritchie Fred Hoare Richard Tisbury Stephen Smith
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Newton discovers fun at the jamboree by Kris Reynolds
Newton’s Lab Welcome to Newton’s Lab! The team are all very excited to meet you and will be doing their best to make sure you have a great time at your Jamboree. Lead by Danyel and Leanne, most of the team are Scouters from around Chelmsford and are joined by friends from elsewhere in Essex and further beyond. You’ll see the team around the subcamp during the week, wearing lab coats, purple hi-vis jackets and other costumes – make sure you stop and say hello! If you’ve got any interesting or funny stories, come and
find Kris or Amy who are working with the teams producing the Jamboree newspaper and radio station to make sure your story is heard. If you’ve got any questions, problems or just fancy a chat, feel free to pop into the subcamp office whenever you like! Newton’s Lab, named after world renowned physicist Isaac Newton, is all themed around the sciences. He was born in Lincolnshire on Christmas Day 1642. His works include the proof that the sun is at the centre of the solar system; creating the
first reflecting telescope and the formation of the fundamental laws of modern physics. Perhaps his most famous achievement was identifying gravity.
It is said that he did this after watching an apple fall from a tree which inspired him to further investigate the effects of gravity both on earth and in space. Much of Newton’s work is still used across
the world. He has provided inspiration for many scientists, such as Albert Einstein and Edmond Halley. We hope Newton will inspire many more people in the future, maybe even you!
Get set to blast off! by John Beaton
Tereshkova’s Mission Over the next week you are invited to join us in outer space. The theme of our subcamp is Tereshkova’s Mission, named after Valentina Tereshkova. She was the first ever female Cosmonaut in Space, in June 1963. Tereshkova was from the Soviet Union and orbited the
earth 48 times in the 3 days she was in space. She is still alive today and was a flag bearer at the last Winter Olympics, held in Russia in 2014. During your time on our subcamp you will have the chance, if you are brave enough, to enter Area 51 and compete in our subcamp challenges.
Or for those who are feeling a little more creative why not try making straw rockets, personalising a wooden key ring, making some paper mache planets or even building a Lego Star Wars model. Watch out for Bob, our alien Mascot! He’s so excited to be at his first Jamboree, but be warned he is a bit mischievous! Alien Bob has asked his little cousins to visit us on site and we hear he has a lot of them, so things could get a little crazy!
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Gutenberg’s Gazette
We’ll be glamping in style! by Elizabeth Cosgrave
& Alex Watkins Westwood’s Wardrobe Hello, and welcome to Westwood’s Wardrobe! We trust you had a safe journey and you’ve settled into
your home for the week. If you’re as excited as we are then you are in for a fantastic week filled with activities, new friends and fun. If you haven’t had a chance to meet your subcamp leaders then feel free to pop along to our subcamp hub, where both Emma and Victoria will be happy to talk to you. They are looking
The home of hard work
fashionista or think you’re the next top model? Then pop by to our very own rope lit catwalk to strike a pose and strut your stuff. We are still waiting for a mascot name, we’ve had some great entries, but we would like some more. So if you have an entry then pop down by the end of today, you could have the chosen name!
Weather... 0900 - Cloudy 1200 - Sunny with Cloud 1500 - Sunny with Cloud 2100 - Rain
by Clair Willis
Necker Retreat The staff subcamp caters for all necessities; whether it’s the camping area for valuable rest, the bar and restaurant for ultimate refreshment, or the beauty bar and training courses to enhance body and mind. We aim to offer a package that appeals to everyone and rewards all the people putting in the hard work to make the Jamboree happen. Necker Retreat is the staff camping area. As Richard Branson’s private island paradise, Necker Island is the ultimate in luxury and exclusivity. ‘Necker’ also fits in nicely as a well-known term used by scouts around the world. The Staff Hub is ‘The Horizon’. Horizon Holidays was the first company to introduce package holidays, so was an innovator of its time. As you can see our theme revolves heavily around the idea of
forward to showing you the world of fashion at Westwood’s Wardrobe. We hope you like pink! Our subcamp is themed after Vivienne Westwood and her unique sense of style. From flat-caps to bags or from dresses to suits, see if you can spot some of these in the wardrobes dotted around our site. Do you have an inner
Throughout the day it will be hot with highs of 24c with the cloud burning off around 3pm. In the evening, cooling down to around 15c but with a high chance of rain through the night. Pollen level should be low.
holidays, but the idea is to give Staff their own Jamboree experience, a place to come and relax, and have their own time to enjoy themselves. With a Scouting and Guiding background and experience of working at the last 3 Essex Jamborees, Kate French is more than qualified to lead the Staff subcamp team. As well as her epic organisational skills (which comes hand in hand with a love of
stationery), she brings her enthusiastic and fun personality to the role. Kate is looking forward to meeting lots of new faces and delivering a great experience for the Jamboree staff. Every superhero needs a sidekick, and Kate is no different! Her deputy is Jody Etherington. With about 80 people dedicated to running the Staff Subcamp, each area or team has a manager who reports to Kate.
These are: Karl Levene – Staff Campsite Manager Clair Willis – Staff Media Manager Lesley Jenkins – Tourist Information Chris Taylor – Staff Catering Manager Elaine Boarer – Beauty Area Manager Tim Webb – Bar Manager Sue Carpenter and Richard Hudson – Staff Training Managers Make sure you say hi!
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