West Edinburgh Open Award Group

Participant Questionnaire

admin — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:55:58 +0000

Describe yourself in 10 words or less

Alice - Energetic, friendly, positive, empathetic, funny, raj, toocan, laughable, sensitive, stunner
Amy- Honest, happy, loyal, athletic, understanding, annoying
Helen - Small
Iain - Awkward
Imogen - Jive Alive
Leyla - Optimistic, confident, outgoing, happy, stubborn, compassionate, cheery, opinionated, cool, cultured
Sophie - Quite-a-peppa-pig, dude, fun, fashionable, speaks her mind
Teena - funny, friendly, bubbly, peppa-pig, fellow-toucan, cheerful, laugh-able, disorganized, up-for-a-laugh, grandpa-laugh

What have your chosen as your skill and why?

Alice - Photography, cos they last longer than staring
Amy - Piano because I’ve been doing it for quite a while and I enjoy it
Fraser - I chose music practice as I enjoy practising and find it easy to fit in
Helen - Violin - I chose this ’cause I already do it
Iain - Piano because I like playing it!
Imogen - Drama - fun
Leyla - Piano - have been doing it for more than 5 years
Sophie - Photography - because I had never tried it before
Teena - Chocolate making - I enjoy it and it’s fun
What have your chosen as your Service and why?

Alice - Green team, cos my friends are doing it
Amy - Yet to be discovered
Fraser - I have chosen to help with the Green gang
Helen - Working in a charity shop. Gain customer service skills to get a job in a shop later on.
Iain - Cadets
Imogen - Green team - new and interesting
Leyla - Volunteering for the WRVS in the sick kids hospital
Sophie - Farm work (Gorgie) - because it sounded fun
Teena - Green team!
What have your chosen as your Physical Recreation and why?

Alice - Athletics, cos it’s challenging
Amy - Basketball because I enjoy it and I play it competitively
Fraser - I have chosen Tennis as it is one of my favourite sports
Helen - Dancing; I did it at the time and it was fun.
Iain - Scuba diving
Imogen - Dance - doing it for 12 years
Sophie - Rock climbing - had done it for ages
Teena - The gym; I need to get fitter

What’s you favourite flavour of ice cream?

Alice - CHOCOLATE!!! Or cookies and cream
Amy - Raspberry
Fraser - Mint chocolate chip
Helen - COOKIE DOUGH
Iain - mint and chocolate
Imogen - Chocolate fudge brownie
Leyla - Choco chip cookie (Ben & Jerry’s)
Sophie - Chocolate or mint
Teena - Honeycomb cream of Galloway! Or Ben + Jerry Fishfood
If you were an animal you’d be a…

Alice - Golden Labrador
Amy - Giraffe
Fraser - a gorilla.
Helen - a monkey
Iain - a parrot
Imogen - Limpet shrimpet
Leyla - Bird so I could fly
Sophie - Koala
Teena - Chinchilla

If you ruled the world, you would…

Alice - give everyone chocolate
Amy - Well I don’t so there’s no point imagining it
Fraser - not rule it properly.
Helen - allow hamsters to rule the world
Iain - live in a big house
Imogen - give everyone free teeth
Leyla - bring back capital punishment, plant more flowers, free cookies for everyone, stop poverty
Sophie - make all clothes free! And teeth.
Teena - Give everyone a free toucan… lol

The Plane Debate

admin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:01:44 +0000

Your plane has run out of fuel in the middle of the desert and even though the pilot has landed you safely you are still about 200 miles from anywhere. This isn’t good! Below is a list of all of the things that are on the plane with your group - your job is to debate what to do next, and which 6 things you think are most important to you. Once you have decided on your 6 things try to agree on 10 things that your group think are most important. Here is what you find on the plane: A big orange tarpaulin
Camera + film
3 Woolly Jumpers
A sun lounger
30 meters of rope
A Rucksack (65 litre)
Bin Bags
6 sleeping bags
A Gorilla suit
A first aid kit
A Watch
Box of army rations
A whistle
Notebook and pencil
Matches
Aeroplane with no fuel
Aeroplane radio with no signal
A crate of Coke
A bucket
Petrol
20 litres of water
Mug
A box of food
Sunglasses
A hair-dryer
Insect repellent
Map
Some fruit
Tents
Pan scourer
Pocketknife
Roll gaffer/duck tape
Compass
Spare boot laces
Iodine drops for water purification
Frisbee

Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Expedition Food

admin — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:02:33 +0000

At one of our last Duke of Edinburgh’s Award meetings we talked about which foods are best for eating on expeditions. Here are some ideas:

Breakfast
Thin sausages
Bacon
Rolls
Condensed milk in a tube
Dry Frosties

Lunch
Fruit
Soup
Chicken Tikka wrap
Sandwiches
Bagels

Dinner
Stew (cooked at home before you leave)
Gnocchi with tomato sauce
Beans
Soup
Finger food (like sausage rolls etc)
Tortellini
Stir fry
Mattesons sausage

Snacks
Flapjack
Brunch bars
Dried fruit
Malt loaf
Peanuts
Pringles crisps
Extra rolls
Cereal bars

Drinks
Hot chocolate with marshmallows
Diluting juice
Water
Fresh orange juice in a carton

And you’ll also need to take some emergency rations with you and in order to show that you haven’t eaten them we’ll want to see the sealed bag at end of trip. (This also means that you’ll have something nice to eat on the journey home!)

Protected: Leader Info

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:51:44 +0000

The next few weeks

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:26:06 +0000

Hi everyone, Welcome to WEOAG.org version 2!

Here is the plan for the next few weeks:

* Wednesday 28 March - Anna & Ruth - tents
* Wednesday 4 April - No DoE - HOLIDAY!
* Wednesday 11 April - No DoE - HOLIDAY!
* Wednesday 18th April - Jen & Jono - Maps

Record books cost £9 and you need to bring the money before we can get the books for you. The record books are where you record what activities you have been doing and the record books show that you are taking part in the Award.

See you on WednesdayHi everyone, Welcome to WEOAG.org version 2!

Here is the plan for the next few weeks:

* Wednesday 28 March - Anna & Ruth - tents
* Wednesday 4 April - No DoE - HOLIDAY!
* Wednesday 11 April - No DoE - HOLIDAY!
* Wednesday 18th April - Jen & Jono - Maps

See you on Wednesday.

Leaders

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:53:19 +0000

Name: Anna

Age: 30

Profession: Primary School Teacher

Contact number: 0131 476 3157 / 07871589289

Email: anna@weoag.org

Hobbies: Too many to write down!
Favourite Band: Too difficult to choose

Random Fact about Him/Her: My ear is incomplete

University: Art college

From: Here

Travelled to: Here, There but not everywhere
Favourite TV programme: Don’t have a TV

Best DOE moment: Being a leader of the WEOAG!

Name: Jen TrendallAge: 25

Profession: Environmental Scientist

Contact number: 07736031650

Email: jen@weoag.org

Hobbies: Rock climbing, ice climbing, backpacking, travelling, cake baking, paddling in the sea

Specialist Subject: Predicting the weather

Favourite Band: Belle & Sebastian

Random Fact about Him/Her: Was once on a BBC documentary backpacking through an Indonesian jungle

University: University of Wales, Aberystwyth – Environmental Biology B.Sc.

Heriot Watt University – Marine Resource Development & Protection M.Sc.

From: Woking, Surrey (Daan Saarf)

Travelled to: Indonesia, USA, Peru, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands

Favourite place: Isle of Skye

Favourite TV programme: Planet Earth, Blackadder.

Best DOE moment: Getting Gold award presented by Trevor McDonald

Name: Ruth NormanAge: 24

Profession: Civil Engineer / Music Teacher

Contact number: 0131 228 6400 / 07801650225

Email: ruth@weoag.org

Hobbies: Trad. Fiddle, cooking, chocolate, sleeping, crafts, learning Polish, travel

Specialist Subject: Edinburgh Bus routes!

Favourite Band: undertheigloo / The Album Leaf / Kate Rusby

Random Fact about Him/Her: I’ve been on Mongolian national TV

University: Edinburgh University: Civil and Environmental Engineering

From: Hawick

Travelled to: Mongolia, China and Poland mainly

Favourite place: Scotland – anywhere with a nice view or a beautiful sunset

Favourite TV programme: Scrubs

Best DOE moment: The DoE ceilidh and ceilidh band

Name: Jono EllisAge: 23

Profession: Search Engine Analyst

Contact number: 07866646822 / 0131 228 6400

Email: jono@weoag.org

Hobbies: Guitar, eating, watching films, learning Djembe, hill walking

Specialist Subject: The internet

Favourite Band: Counting Crows

Random Fact about Him/Her: I like eating strange food combinations.

University: Edinburgh University – Artificial Intelligence with Psychology B.Sc.

From: Hawick, Scotland

Travelled to: Poland, Zimbabwe and a fair bit of Europe

Favourite place: The west coast of Scotland

Favourite TV programme: CSI / Fraggle Rock / Diagnosis Murder

Best DOE moment: Ready Steady Cook on Trangia stoves

About

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:34:51 +0000

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