@anon59391077 congratulations on this - I really liked the Leading cadet workbooks and think this new course will be so much better to delivery on squadron.
Great to hear printed workbooks are being looked at too, as I mentioned in a previous post - if we are able to get cadets to fill out workbooks as we go along with engaging new material such as this Airmanship course, they have a fantastic resource to refer to when they come to the exam.
If we get a full house of classification subjects like this it would be worth the effort that has clearly gone into it.
Noted re. Ultilearn, will try again later. Downloading from sharepoint I can get the course to open in Chrome or Safari on a mac, and it seems to work ok, but in the long term itāll be easier to open it from Ultilearn.
It would be great if the RAF Air Cadets sold the work books, with āpublicā price and a squadron/wing whatever discount. That way weāre [HQ] not making a loss on printing all these optional workbooks. Squadrons etc have the option of buying them for cadets if they wish, and cadets could buy them.
Buy? No they supply them.
You would end up with some cadets having and some not, putting pressure on parents or squadrons to buy something that will end up in the recycling. A work book suggests something that is written in and so single use, unlike a textbook which can get used ad infinitum.
As soon as itās an option you create haves and have nots. If youāve been in or around any youth group or even groups of adults a while youāll know that this creates problems, as some will see it as non-optional.
I can remember going on my first camp in the mid 70s and my mates buying stable belts. I didnāt have the money so didnāt get one, I asked dad if I could get one and I think at the time they were
I looked at the cost of commercial bulk printing the Leading booklets for our Sqn or for the Wing. If I remember correctly, for 100+ copies it was less than Ā£1 each, stapled and colour printed. The booklets look really good and will be a lot better for cadets to take notes in and record progress. At that price, buying one for each cadet should be very achievable, whether by Sqns or HQAC.
Our Legion branch paid just under Ā£400 for 1700 2018 remembrance 8 page A5 souvenir service booklets, through a commercial printers and the village group Iām involved in paid Ā£420 for 750 A5 32 page booklets for our annual event last year. Both of these were with coloured covers.
Trying my uniform on for the first time before going back and it being so big on me Iām going to need a reissueā¦ Or to support my local kebab house
Thatās a shade over 7 minutes per mile for 13.1 miles. Iāve met the guy and he didnāt (outwardly) look that fit to me! I know looks can be deceptive butā¦
Iāve done the Great North Run (which starts in Gods own City) 12 times and my quickest time in sports kit was 2hrs 08mins (9m per mile). We once did a team run in boots and 40lb bergens which took us 2hrs 35mins (11mins per mile).
Thatās hardly an āessential Serviceā it should be the last thing to restart, is that not right? Iāve include your own comment below in case you forgot!!
Itās a business, he takes money, pays tax etc keeps the economy going and the public sector (which we get funded through), given it is relies almost exclusively on handouts from the exchequer. What would you rather see the bloke have to sell his boat and go āon the doleā? If youāre in business and donāt look for and or take opportunities, then you wonāt be. Even if you work for someone and see what you think is an opportunity it would be daft not to mention it.
I stand by what I say we are not essential, in any way, we like so many things in the volunteer sector are a ānice to haveā in society. If we went no CFAV would suffer any financial loss ( bar a few hundred quid if you tick the boxes to claim), it would be a real shame for the 30 odd thousand kids across the UK and be lamented by people like us. But as many of us do already, we would volunteer elsewhere, as itās ingrained in our psyche. Likewise many cadets who have always seemed to do other things and fit the ATC around it, would do other things. Currently and in the last few years, cadets from our sqn have played football, rugby, cricket, netball, swam for local clubs, athletics, played instruments in orchestras, ensembles, bands, performing arts, martial arts, āScoutsā and one who volunteered at a food bank. Some of us staff are involved in other things and have to juggle them with the ATC, work and home.
Like the RNLI, Mountain Rescue, and countless charities that support people whoāve fallen through the net of the state. This country has a serious problem with expecting vital public services to be delivered by volunteers.