Escape Room!

Would you be able to break out? This week our explorers took on the challenge of working in teams to escape from various rooms in timed conditions! But only only one group got out, and the rest were stuck forever…

Survival Skills!

Survival skills are essential for any Scout, knowing how to create fires, build shelters, and use tools such as axes and saws correctly are all important. Over the past three weeks our Scouts have been creating Rocket Stoves, otherwise known as Tin Can Stoves….

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Mon 3rd Feb Creative Activity

This week the Beavers are doing part of their Creativity Activity Badge. unfortunately I was so interested in their creativity with the poem they were interpreting that I did not take any pictures of that part of the evening but…

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Swimming Badge

On the evening of Saturday 1 February 30 Cubs, Scouts and Explorers attended Stretford Leisure Centre to work towards completing our swimming badges. Through the evening we swam, treaded water, dived for bricks of the bottom of the pool and…

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Navigation – Map Reading

Recently our group has been studying OS maps and compass’ more than ever – since mid-January Scouts have been practicing their map reading skills in a controlled indoor environment. Every Scout can now take a bearing, identify key landmarks on an…

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