Regular Training Night (Nov 13th)

Hello Parents/Guardians & Cadets,

Below are the announcements for this week. Please read this email along with the respective attachments in their entirety. This Thursday will consist of regular training, the dress will be C5 (Green Field Training Uniform) or white shirt and black pants, if your cadet has not been issued C5. Cadets are always to bring with them a water bottle, a notebook, and a pen/pencil to take notes during their training. A reminder that doors will open at 6:30 pm to cadets. Please ensure that your cadets do not arrive earlier than this time. 

At the end of the evening, doors will open to parents at 8:50 pm for our final announcements for the evening, and cadets will be dismissed at 9:15.

HYDE PARKA SANTA CLAUS PARADE

On Saturday November 22nd, the Hyde Park BIA is hosting its annual Santa Claus Parade. 27 Squadron will be participating in this parade to spread some holiday cheer with the community. Cadets can sign up to participate in this parade over the next three Thursdays. Dress is C1 (Blue Dress Uniform with medals), C5 (Green Field Training Uniform) if no C1 dress, or white shirt and black pants, if your cadet has not been issued C1 or C5. The weather will be cold, so cadets are to bring their parkas, toques, gloves to stay warm. Please refer to TEAMS for more detail regarding location and timing.

DRILL TEAM PRACTICE

Drill team practice continues this Wednesday. Please refer to TEAMS for more detail regarding the location and timing. Participation in the drill team provides cadets with an opportunity to make new friends, develop strong attention-to-detail skills and discipline, while learning cool precision drill that will be displayed at an area-wide competition and at the local squadron. All cadets are highly encouraged to participate. It is important to note that when the competition season approaches, the team will consist of 15 cadets that will be selected through tryouts based on their execution of all drill movements taught during the earlier practices.

BAND PRACTICE / MUSIC TRAINING

Band practice will resume this Saturday from 0800-1000 hrs (8 am - 10 am) at HMCS PREVOST. Dress will be civilian attire. No musical background is required for cadets to participate. Cadets will be taught the fundamentals of music theory prior to being assigned an instrument. If your cadet participates in a music program through school and has access to an instrument, it would be extremely helpful for them to bring it to practices. There is a limited number of instruments at our disposal to loan out. Participation in music training enables cadets to obtain cadet music proficiency qualification levels which can be worn on the dress uniform while developing very valuable and transferable skills.

AIR RIFLE MARKSMANSHIP FAMILIARIZATION

Air rifle marksmanship familiarization will resume this Saturday from 0800-1200 hrs (8 am - 12 pm). Dress will be civilian attire. Cadets that wish to be a part of the air rifle marksmanship competition teams and/or the air rifle biathlon marksmanship team are strongly encouraged to attend as these familiarization shoots will also serve as tryouts for the competition teams. Cadets will have the opportunity during these sessions to obtain marksmanship qualifications which can be worn on the dress uniform. 

NOTE: Cadets who have been registered as participants in the biathlon competition are expected to be at this practice.

ABSENCE REPORTING AND ATTENDANCE

If your cadet is unable to attend a training night, please ensure that an absence report form is filled out to excuse their absence. It is important to note that once a cadet has been absent for over 30 days without an excused absence (4 consecutive weeks of unexcused absences), they will be removed from the effective strength of the unit. The absence report form can be found here: https://forms.office.com/r/dRVZ6q3QDB

CADET365, ROUTINE ORDERS, CHAIN OF COMMAND

It is important that your cadet is checking their Cadet365 Outlook and Microsoft Teams regularly to ensure they are receiving the most up-to-date information. Each week, weekly routine orders  (see attachment for your reference) will be distributed via their cadet email detailing the upcoming week's training along with any additional information for upcoming events and activities. It is expected that ALL cadets read this document. If they have difficulty accessing their account, please reach out via email to Lt Amoah (charles.amoah@cadets.gc.ca) as soon as account access issues are encountered. 

It important that cadets begin to take the initiative to read communications and communicate with their superiors when they have questions. Each cadet has been added to a flight which has a senior cadet in charge. They can communicate with their flight seniors via their designated flight Microsoft Teams channel they have been added to. This ensures streamlined communication channels and efficient responses to questions, issues or concerns. Cadets should not be reaching out to adult staff directly to seek answers to minor questions or information that is addressed in the routine orders or can easily be answered by their senior cadet in charge. Communications of this nature from cadets will not be responded to, but rather redirected to the appropriate level in their chain of command. 

Parents are always encouraged and able to reach out if they have questions or concerns; however we encourage you to give your cadet the responsibility of staying informed, clarifying information using their chain of command and keeping you informed, as it is an important life skill they should be developing that will serve them well beyond the cadet program.

DRESS INSTRUCTIONS

For details on how to wear the uniform correctly in accordance with the set standard, cadets are required to consult the Cadets and Junior Canadian Rangers (CJCR) Dress Instructions. This should be the primary reference for what the standard is for hair, facial hair and placement of insignia and badges. If a cadet is confused by what is presented in the instructions, they can use their chain of command to direct their question to a senior cadet of the Standards department for further clarification. Dress instructions can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/cadets-junior-canadian-rangers/cjcr-policy/cjcr-dress-instructions.html.