Gutenberg's Gazette - Sunday 31st July

The official newspaper of Essex International Jamboree 2016 Sunday, July 31 2016 - Issue Two

The gates have opened...

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A week to discover PAGE 10

Looking back PAGE 5

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Let’s get this party started!

Essex International Jamboree opens in style!

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Noa is the spirit of the Jamboree

by James Traynor

Noa began his life as a star, who shone over Jack and Sarah who were creating friendship gifts to exchange with new friends at the upcoming 2012 Essex International Jamboree.

While Sarah found great success in weaving a bracelet from different strands, Jack was trying desperately to create his gift using a tent peg.

Jack felt disheartened that his gift did not look as attractive as Sarah’s, and soon gave up trying, discarded the peg and they both fell asleep around the camp fire.

Noa watched on, and was very disheartened.

It felt very compelled to help out in any way it could, so it came down from space and landed on the peg. It grew life into the peg, which hopped up and placed itself in Jack’s bag.

Jack later discovered the peg in his bag, and his initial disappointment soon drained away, replaced by a hilarity at how ridiculous his peg looked. On arrival at the Jamboree, Jack stumbled across a girl who was struggling to erect her tent due to the fact she was short of a tent peg. Jack offered the girl the peg and helped her with her tent, and the two

formed a new friendship.

Noa became the mascot for EIJ 2016, representing the spirit of the Jamboree; the coming together of thousands of Scouts,

08.30 – 17.30: Bank

08.00 – 22.30: Fast Food and Coffee Jamart & the Post Office Concessions Media Centre Information Centre and Lost Property Office Welfare Tent

09:30 – 12:30 / 14:30 – 17:00 / 19:00 – 20:30 Oasis Snacks 11.00 – 21.00: Ice Cream Vans

Our Peggy comes home

by Holly Sloan

Guides, their Leaders and volunteer staff, sharing a week of fun and adventure with new friends.

Opening times this week 08.00 – 17.00: Food Warehouse Gas Sales

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9.30 – 22.30: Soft Rock Café Daisy The Beach Beliefs Global Showcase

Your Tweets

Essex International Jamboree would not be complete without the camp mascot, Peggy!

Peggy has been on a journey much like that of the Olympic flame, exploring our changing world before the opening of EIJ. Camp Chief Paul Walker spoke of the story behind Peggy: ‘We decided we needed to have a mascot, something that would symbolise the event way before you could visualise any of this.

Peggy was born out of a piece of wood and has Scottish Intops @EIJ @ggsessex16 And we’re off... Safe to say us girls don’t pack light! See you soon!

whispers from the web

Stu Gibson @CC_Essex_Scouts Cool hair @EIJ2016

Surrey Scouts @surreyscouts Hope all @surreyscouts heading off to @EIJ2016 have an amazing time!

Here’s a very excited @7thReigate! #iscout

Ramburee Unit @rambureeunit On our way to @EIJ2016 with thanks to @ AsdaPilsworth green token scheme.

been travelling around the country’.

On her travels, Peggy has been to Cornwall, Lancashire, Norfolk, Sussex, up Ben Nevis and even to Monaco for the Grand Prix.

Paul continued: ‘It’s just a way of bringing people together and giving people opportunities to experience something at the Jamboree; a focus point to look at. It was the first peg to be banged into the ground on the Jamboree site on 5th July.’

Look out for Peggy throughout the week as you explore the EIJ site!

Isca ESU @Isca_ESU Welcoming Party for the Canadians! @EIJ2016 @scoutscanada

Ben Hodgkiss @BenHodgkiss Nightingale’s Ward is ready for groups to arrive at @EIJ2016!

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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An explosion of colour Subcamp heroes celebrated at Jamboree opening ceremony

0600 - Daily run down

with Gene Radio 0700 - The Morning Show 1000 - VoxBox 1130 - Out & About 1300 - The Drop In 1400 - VoxBox 1600 - Out & About 1800 - The Evening Show 2000 - EIJ Coverage 2200 - The Late Show 0000 - Staff Takeover

Take your memories home

Our media team are busy capturing your week 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.

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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

by Lizzie Harvey and

Becca Row

Last night saw the energetic opening of what will be a fantastic, adventure filled week.

And what a show, it had us all up on our feet dancing!

With an audience of over 10,000 assembled around the huge stage, the scale of the Jamboree really did set in.

Participants had travelled from every corner of the UK, from Sheffield to Bath, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; it didn’t stop there with International Scouts and Guides travelling

across the globe from Canada to Israel, Norway and the USA. The crowd cheered loudly as each of the flags were paraded through the arena, reminding us of our past, present and future as a worldwide movement.

It was great to see everyone getting straight in with the EIJ spirit, taking the opportunity to chat to new people and form new friendships. There were smiles all round!

We were welcomed

by Ziggy, the enigmatic and enthusiastic host who encouraged us all to make as much noise as possible, which

the crowd certainly did; we were probably heard all the way into Chelmsford!

We were also given our official welcome by our hardworking Camp Chiefs, Paul Walker and Karen Packer.

In the crowd excitement escalated as the Jamboree Cast performed dances to represent each of the subcamp themes.

The crowds whooped and cheered the amazing performers and their incredible dance routines, from strutting their stuff for the Westwood’s Wardrobe routine to swirling their capes in the space themed section.

They really bought the Jamboree to life.

We caught up with Jade, Phoebe and Charlotte from the cast to get all the backstage gossip...

“We’ve been practicing since October 2015! At least once if not twice a month”.

It’s not surprising that when we asked them what they were looking forward to at EIJ they quipped “sleep” and then added “and when we’re not sleeping meeting as many new people as possible!”

The dancers let it slip that the performance for Tereshkova’s Mission was their favourite.

“We have these sparkly capes as part of our costume, they’re great to dance in”.

The chart hits had us singing along - Uptown Funk had it right; ‘It’s Saturday night and we’re in the spot, don’t believe me just watch!’

Watch us have a week of adventure, filled with exciting activities, from climbing to caving, drumming and dancing!

The opening show really did give us all a flavour of what the week has in store, with toe tapping tunes, explosions of colour and a fantastic atmosphere, starting very much as we mean to go on!

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Your chance to win great prizes At EIJ2016 we like to give you opportunities to enjoy when you leave us. Several of our sponsors are offering you chances to win amazing prizes.

Norjam 2018 has a fantastic offer of a free participant place! You do have to be attending as part of a registered group.

To win this amazing prize, all you have to do is make a collage with any materials you have to hand of the NorJam logo or letters.

Then you can either take it to Glenn in the Internet Café or submit a photo to competition@norjam. org.uk Venture Abroad are offering prizes to all participants and adults

who drop by their stall in The Village.

Entrance is easy, you only need to submit your personal details to be entered into the draw for £100 of Go Outdoors vouchers.

Another opportunity comes from Beaudesert, who are offering a variety of prizes for taking part in their challenges.

Their prizes include tickets to their Spooktacular, Ice Breaker and Pedal Kart Olympics events as well as £100 worth of camping vouchers.

To enter all these competitions head over to The Village to find out more.

Please see our website at eij.org.uk for all the terms and conditions.

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Worldwide friendships

by Lizzie Harvey

The best way of making friends with new people is get chatting and a good way of starting a conversation is to say hello!

To help you out we have put all the languages you could possibly need, can you pronounce them all?

English =Hello French = Salut German = Guten Tag Spanish = Hola Italian = Ciao

Live @ EIJ - today If all the activities on site weren’t enough to keep you entertained, then why not head to one of the stages that add to EIJ 2016’s festival atmosphere.

Everyday, on both the main stage in the Village and the smaller

stage next to the beach in the Village Green, there are a number of live acts being put on for your entertainment.

You could also take part in Daisy Challenges - a series of challenges from the Diary Cow team.

Today’s lineup: Main Stage: 0830 - Daisy Challenges 0915 - Sam The Beach: 0830 - Josh Kemp 0930 - Cockney Treble

Portuguese = Olá Danish = Hej Norwegian = Hallo Swedish = Hallå Finnish = Moi Arabic = marhabaan Chinese = Nǐ hǎo Irish = Dia dhuit Japanese =Kon’nichiwa Welsh = Hylô Scottish Gaelic = Halò Polish = Cześć Dutch = Hallo Ulster Scots = Hi ye Hebrew = Shalom Hawaii = Aloha Greek = Chaírete

www.eij.org.uk With so many birthdays, we need a lot of candles!

So many people, so many birthdays!

We hope everyone celebrating a birthday has a great time!

Happy Birthday to...

Edward Mason, 10 Finlay Grant, 11 Josie Cotgrove, 13 Ellie Mills, 13 Molly Moorhouse-Rose, 13 Anntony Harwood, 13 Luca Whatling, 14 Molly Eyers, 14 Abigail Nowels, 14 Matthew Glynn, 14 David Smyth, 15 Amy Lockhart , 15 Emily Cooper, 15 Olivia Mccaughran, 15 Lewis Unwin, 17 ...and from the staff and leaders: Adam Shaw Keiron Barnes Brett Rogers Anthony Casey Fiona Bailess Julie Pearson Karen Peverley Peter Dixon Alan Booth

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How we got here...

by Alex Richardson

and Becca Row Essex International Jamboree started in 1927 as a large Scout camp for Scouts and Guides living in Essex, based at Priory Park in Southend-on-Sea. The camp was a huge success, so much so that Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting and the Chief Scout at the time, visited the site. The Jamboree was not then repeated until 1947, when it was hosted at Danbury Park in Chelmsford, around 10 miles away from today’s location in Boyton Cross.

The Jamboree moved again in 1949 to Belchamps Scout Campsite in Hockley, where international participants were invited along for the first time. International

participants were then offered to take part in a homestay after the event, allowing them to experience more of England and its culture during their trip.

By 1984 the Jamboree had outgrown the space available at Belchamps so it relocated to Essex County Showground in Great Leighs, now home to Chelmsford City Racecourse. It remained there until 1996 when it moved to Devereux Farm in Kirby-Le-Soken to increase its capacity.

This allowed over 5600 participants to attend in 1996, increasing to over 10000 by 2008.

In 2012 the site was changed once again to its current location in Boyton Cross, Chelmsford. This allowed even more space for expansion, as well as avoiding the flooding risks at Devereux Farm.

Orsett Subcamp, Essex International Jamboree 2012 Photo from Mrs Jane Archer (wickfordhistory.org.uk) Every Jamboree brings an increase in the number of participants who attend; as word spreads about what an amazing time previous participants have had more and more people are enticed to sign up. This includes one group from Carlow in Ireland who became the first contingent in

their group’s eighty-year history to attend an International Jamboree.

They were very excited and described themselves as “history makers”. They hoped to inspire the rest of their group on their return so more people would want to attend, and with this increase in popularity you can

see why the camps get bigger!

This year Essex International Jamboree is welcoming 7500 young people to enjoy the Jamboree, supported by thousands of staff and volunteers, all hoping to make this year’s Essex International Jamboree the best one yet.

Booking you all in!

Changes to group fast food ordering Originally meals were able to be ordered from Chubby’s for entire groups at a time, which were then available for delivery or collection.

Groups may still visit Chubby’s, however group orders are unfortunately no longer possible. Instead, groups must all visit Chubby’s in person and order their meals individually.

Chubby’s apologises for any inconvenience this causes.

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Clair Willis Necker Retreat by

Each day we’ll be giving you an insight into the teams responsible for planning

and delivering the Jamboree. We sat down with some key staff roles and found out how they got involved, what they’re looking forward to and most

importantly, what do they do?

Jan Lyons is Director of Registrations. Your Jamboree experience begins with registration!

You may have seen Jan as you arrived at the site, but if not, you should know that she is responsible for registration for the Jamboree; an area so important that it got given its own dedicated team for 2016. Jan also did the role at EIJ 2012, so she had an idea of what she was getting involved in.

To do this role Jan suggests having the patience of a saint, sometimes very little

sleep, and the ability to work with lots of other people from different areas. She’s also found that her IT skills have massively improved after learning from the people in her team handling the registration system.

Jan got signed up for this role three years ago and said yes because she loves the interaction with people and finally meeting everyone she has spoken to on email.

She is looking forward to seeing every subcamp, which she didn’t manage to do in 2012.

She’s hoping to get in a tour later in the week

so look out for her visit!

The majority of Jan’s job takes place before the event and during the first couple of days, which she describes as “mad”.

Towards the end of the week the registration team (consisting of 5 dedicated people), will offer their assistance to other teams and help out where needed.

Listen out for the Registration Team’s catchphrase; “If you’re not on the list, you’re not coming in!”

Officially, as the first faces you see on the front desk, they’d like to say “Welcome to the Jamboree!”

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Thousands of Scouts and Gu far and wide as the world de

by Abbie McFarlane and

Jake Dixon

Yesterday the EIJ2016 site was alive with a rainbow of neckers as members of Scouting and Guiding powered on to find their site; jumping, skipping and smiling through the

village to reach their subcamp.

Although many were tired from journeys long and short, we managed to catch up with a few excited UK arrivals.

We all know about finding gold at the end of a rainbow, however 1st Saffron Walden Scouts had a different

luxury – an impressive BBQ grill!

Kevin, a leader from the group who are camping in Mozart’s Symphony, assured us they will be trying out culinary delights such as ribs and steak.

1st Gillingham Scouts are camping in Nightingale’s Ward

but we caught up with them just outside the entrance to the Village – we couldn’t miss them with their impressive sombrero! Thankfully no one was blinded by the spectrum of colour from the headwear.

Others who are looking forward to meeting new people

include Cara, Anna, Skye, Heather and Katy from Scotland.

Although their homes vary from Orkney to Edinburgh, these Guides know each other through the Guiding ‘International Opportunities’ scheme and are camping all together in O’Keeffe’s

Gallery.

Their 8.5 hour coach journey is impressive (especially with only 2 toilet breaks) but is it the longest journey of a UK arrival?

Chris and Leon from Thaxted Scout Group on Earhart’s Hangar were hoping for a good night’s sleep at EIJ as

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uides arrive from escends on Essex

they have just returned from the Lake District where they climbed Scafell Pike (the highest mountain in England)!

On Nightingale’s Ward we found Beth, Morgen, Layla, Thomas, Katherine and Ella from Basildon District who are looking forward to getting soaked on the

activities (not by the weather) this week.

They also have plenty of cake with 3 birthdays within their camp this week! We were told that they are on the lookout for bears after one Scout asked if he could bring his torch to scare them away when on late night walks.

1st Blundeston Scout Troop travelled for three hours on a minibus from the most easterly point of Britain, Lowestoft, to be at EIJ. Will and Owen are looking forward to trying out some new activities which they haven’t had the chance to do in the

past, whereas Jasmine and John are looking forward to the live music on the stage, in the evenings.

They are also preparing to build their gateway, designed by leader Mike, which includes a message being ‘sent’ between two masts.

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by Lizzie Harvey

EIJ is proudly an International Jamboree and today we set out to find those who have travelled the furthest to get here.

Over land, sea and sky Scouts and Guides from all over the globe have headed to the Jamboree.

The first group we found were the Clarington Pathfinders on Mendes’ Subcamp who were super organised and ready to go, tents up and washing-up underway, as we approached their camp they were already chatting and getting to know their neighbours.

We were welcomed in by Krista, Megan, Jillian and Erica who although jetlagged, they had only landed 24 hours previously, were ready and raring to get stuck in, “we really want to get out and explore, try and meet as many people as possible”, their excitement was infectious.

They told us about the differences between Guiding in Canada compared to guiding in the UK, “the ages are different, so Guides in Canada are aged 9-11 and Pathfinders are 12-14 which we know is different to here in the UK” not all things are so different as they began to tell us all about their core values.

“It’s about giving back to the community, which all counts towards our highest award the Canada Cord”, which fits in perfectly with the Jamborees ‘Our Changing World’ theme.

Next we ventured on and spotted the blue top, black shorts and black socks of the Portuguese Guides and thought we’d stop and say olá.

We were greeted

by Ana, Catarina and Beatriz all part of the Nami Unit from Lisbon.

Again they had only been in the UK for around 24 hours but they had hit the ground running.

“We arrived and took the train from Gatwick straight to London Victoria and from there we saw lots of things, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and your Parliament building.”

Helping them set up were the ‘Not-BrainCress-Cogs’ group from Essex “they’re letting us sleep in their hall after Essex so we can see more of London before we leave.”

Lastly, we spotted an American troop sussing out their plot, we grabbed them before they started to pitch!

They’re from New Jersey as part of a US-UK exchange, they are no strangers to the Jamboree and have already organised a Home Hospitality with their contacts in Chelmsford for after the Jamboree.

Michael, their Patrol Leader said, “we are loving the cooler weather here. Over in New Jersey it is currently around 105F” (around 40 degrees Celsius!)

“It’ll make it easier to do the all the activities!”

They keep coming back to Essex because of the social ethos of the Jamboree and the friendships they make.

One of their troop, TJ, is staying with a family in Essex he met last time.

With 30 different nationalities on site, make sure you use the week to meet and chat to as many people as possible, share stories, share experiences and share laughs!

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Your jamboree week in numbers

by Ger Hennessy

We have got out our calculators and worked out some interesting facts about the Jamboree.

The Essex International Jamboree site consists of 120 acres of grassland, which is an area equivalent to 13,000 standard matchboxes, placed side by side. The site itself is a mile long and half a mile wide.

105 hours of sunshine has been promised by the weather people.

2,000 volunteer staff members and 1,000 adults supporting their

own troops are here to make EIJ a spectacular camp for participants.

The Jamboree budget exceeds £1.3M and will be the largest joint Scouting and Guiding event in Europe.

With it’s EIJ 2016 population of around 10,000, Boyton Cross now features in the top 25 most populated settlements in Essex, just above Tiptree.

Participants are representing over 30 countries and 50 Scout and/or Guide National Organisations from across the globe.

There are eleven

Gutenberg’s Gazette You tell us... “What is the most random item you’ve brought to camp with you?”

“Glowsticks, they’re not normally something I take on camp!”

Matthew, Nightingale’s Ward “Unicycle, I get to ride it around site!”

Robbie, Mendes’ Rainforest

“A tutu… and its pink!”

Skye, O’Keefe’s Gallery “Heather, all the way from Scotland” Ilsa, O’Keefe’s Gallery subcamps, with nearly 1,000 participants in each one.

Once every tent is

pitched, the Jamboree will consist off 87 marquees and 14,500 square metres of canvas.

“A bright red Morph suit, oh and a horse mask! We were told there would be dressing up” Max, Tereshkova’s Mission

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Making the headlines No discs... just desert island survival in East Anglia Not only are you making the headlines here on the Jamboree site, the wider world is excited to hear and see what’s happening, too!

ITV Anglia’s Kate Prout visited the Jamboree yesterday morning to capture the excitement of groups arriving from the county, region and around the world.

Her report featured on ITV news across Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk and of course

Joseph Laws Mozart’s Symphony by

Essex on Saturday evening to share the adventure of Scouting and Guiding!

Kate spoke to several international and local

groups from Norway, America and Essex, and caught up with Camp Chief Karen Packer .

We’re sure many more cameras will visit!

Tune in to the sound of your jamboree Jam FM is live all week on 87.9fm, with plenty of chances to get your voice heard on air!

Join in during the ‘Express Yourself’ programme zone, or say hello to our roving reporters.

At home? Listen live online at www.jamfm.org.uk.

After all that dancing and partying at the Opening Ceremony on the Village Green last night, you’ll definitely be eager to get stuck in with all the activities taking place throughout the week. You’ll be amazed to know that together, over a million hours of volunteer time will be spent over the EIJ, and there’s not five things to do, there’s not ten things to do: there’s over a hundred activities to take part in while you’re here. Mozart’s first activity today, after breakfast and a traditional flagbreak, is Island Survival. Teams

Making art add up over on O’Keeffe’s Gallery by

Christopher Patullo O’Keeffe’s Gallery

We hope you have all settled in well and had a great time at the Opening Ceremony.

When you all get a chance go around our subcamp and take a look around. Your books

and stars will be going up to form ‘The Library’ and our ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’.

Until then come and meet our mascot, Percy Paintbrush, who is up outside The Gallery.

You can get a photo with Percy and post it using #EIJ2016.

Our subcamp challenge is titled ‘Painting by Numbers’.

We have 20 photo frames around our subcamp, 19 of which have numbers in them.

Our challenge is for you to give us the sum total of all these numbers, some of

the numbers may be hard to find, so happy searching! When you are done come to ‘The Gallery’ and get your card stamped.

Make sure you visit the other subcamps and complete their challenges - there’s plenty to do this week!

from our subcamp will be finding out whether they’re the next Bear Grylls: or someone who would bring nothing back to cook when stranded on a desert island…bare grills. We then head to A Balancing Act, a session with multiple activities- and falling off guaranteed. Our evening activity is Get Creative, where we’ll be getting messy working alongside O’Keeffe’s Gallery to create a huge art project in our subcamps.

Don’t feel like you’re missing out if you’re in another subcamp.

You’ll be doing the same activities but at different times during

the EIJ, so no one misses out. There’ll be another opportunity to do activities again later in the week.

To find out what you’re doing today or later this week, you can speak to your subcamp leader.

You can also go into the Operations Hub and see your Activity Plan, stuck on the Programme desk. Please make sure while doing the activities, you take a bottle of water: as it’s easy to get dehydrated when you’re busy having fun. But most importantly, please make sure you have fun and have a fantastic time settling in to this year’s Jamboree.

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Discovering what’s in store this week made easy

by Alex Richardson and

James Traynor

Were you to have attended the Discovery Fair in the Village Green you would have encountered sample activities from many of the discovery zones that you will be exploring throughout your time here at Essex International Jamboree.

The Enterprise Zone provided a taste of entrepreneurship with samples of sweet treats that participants will be baking whilst battling it off to become the next apprentice. With each team having a set budget for ingredients and advertising, everyone involved should be able to get a feel of what being an entrepreneur is like.

A large wooden track

cart was brought along by the Technology in Motion team, which teams of young people were pulling along as fast as they could in hopes of achieving the fastest time around the track. A group from 3rd Woodford Guides, Newton’s Lab told us “We got round the trek karts in twenty six second which was pretty speedy. We even beat the Scouts we were racing”. They also had a logic golf ball puzzle, where the participants could work out the best path to bring the golf ball down to the bottom of the track.

The climbing wall was also available for taster sessions. William from 4th Epping Scout Group, Newton’s Lab said “I was nervous. I did get to the top, though, and all the way down.”

Visiting Island Survival you would have found a scale model of the boat that will be constructed throughout the week using pioneering poles and knots that they will teach you. A deck chair was also brought along as another example of what you might build while you’re visiting.

Noa also made an appearance at the Discovery Fair, with Necker Noas being crafted with pipe cleaners for tying together your subcamp neckers. Alongside friendship knots and wristbands crafted with the On the Box team, helped to bind together your newly founded friendships.

For those with a sense of balance Circus Extravaganza brought along a unicycle for participants to try,

whilst the staff were demonstrating their juggling skills that will be passed on to participants during the evenings.

The most excitement however came from Wet and Wild, where screams of excitement surrounded the stockade where members of staff were pelted with wet sponges, cooling them down at the same time.

With such a range of activities present the Discovery Fair provided a perfect taste of what sort of activities you should expect to find throughout your week.

Most importantly however, it was an example of three of most important aspects of the Jamboree: to try new things, to make new friends and to have fun.

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Every question has an answer (even silly ones)

by Alex Richardson

Throughout the weeks leading up to the Jamboree, the information team answered hundreds of questions about what you can expect.

Here we’ve compiled some of the most frequently asked questions to help you settle in at Essex International Jamboree: Is there a site map?

Yes! You should find it in your welcome pack.

Are there any showers?

Thankfully yes.

However, please be respectful of others and keep the length of your showers to a minimum.

Is there a bank on site and do any of the shops accept credit cards?

Yes there is a bank on site where you can transfer cheques and exchange your US dollars and Euros. There is not an ATM available.

The media centre is the only place onsite that

accepts credit and debit cards.

Are there shops on site?

Yes, the following shops are onsite: • Jamart • Soft Rock Café • Fast Food & Coffee • Oasis Snacks • The Food Warehouse Where do I purchase/ collect Jamboree themed clothing?

Jamboree themed clothing is available in Jamart onsite.

Are water pistols allowed onsite?

No, water pistols are not allowed to be used.

Are visitors allowed onsite?

No, this year no visitors are allowed onsite.

What is the address of Essex International Jamboree?

Essex International Jamboree Roxwell Road Boyton Cross CM1 4LN You may post to this address, but be aware that any packages that arrive after the end of the Jamboree will not be accepted.

Are open fires or barbeques allowed?

No, barbeques and open fires are not allowed at all on site.

It started as a simple snap by Tina, from the photography team four years ago at EIJ 2012.

The subject? A group of Scouts from 1st Chalkwell Bay pulling their kit onto site.

It proved to be a popular photo, featured on the front cover of the EIJ 2016 promotional leaflet! It was the popularity of this unique moment which was engrained in the minds of the Scouts in the photo, which led to the photo being recreated at EIJ 2016.

Have a look and try

to spot the differences!

Spotted any? Ok, I’ll give you a helping hand. The original cart from 2012 has since been retired, so the group created a new one using wooden poles and a table as well as some wheels. David told me that “we better take the photo quickly before the kart falls apart!” Billy called the new kart “weird”.

Luckily it did stay together for the photo.

Another difference, Charlotte told me is that last time “I was on the right looking gross and I have more hair this time”. Bethan “felt like the queen getting my photo taken twice!”

Today’s weather Sunrise - 05.20 Sunset - 20.48 0900 - Cloudy 1200 - Sunny with Cloud 2100 - Cloudy Waking up to showers but clearing throughout the morning, with highs of 21c.

Cloudy evening cooling down to 15c. Overcast but dry night.

Pollen level should be low!

Still need help?

There are many places you can find help from our staff volunteers this week, including your subcamp office, the info desk in the Village Green, and The Horizon staff helpdesk.

Seeing is believing... Follow the Four years on adventure!

by James Traynor

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You can follow, share and join in the adventure wherever you are, on social media!

Our team will be sharing highlights online all day, every day, and want to hear from you about what you’ve been up to - and messages from home!

Want to know where to find us? It’s easy - just take a look at the details below!

@EIJ2016 /EssexJamboree @EssexJamboree

Sunday night at the movies We have two cinema screens at Essex International Jamboree, with a choice of two great films for you every night this week (except Friday).

Tonight on the Under 14’s screen you can watch the classic action adventure Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (PG).

On the 14-17 screen you can watch the latest James Bond film, Spectre (12).

All films start at 8pm, and run until approximately 10.30pm.

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