Longford Scouts are thrilled to celebrate the achievement of our Young Leaders, who have successfully completed a full first aid course – the same extensive training taken by adult volunteers. Over the course, the Young Leaders mastered vital skills including…
Scouts Show Creativity and Teamwork in Newspaper Challenge
The scouts put their skills to the test in an exciting and sometimes chaotic newspaper challenge last night, showcasing their creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities. The scouts were tasked with creating a catwalk outfit, building the tallest tower, and constructing a…
Tee Rex! Scouts at Dino Golf
Over the past couple of weeks, Longford scouts travelled back to pre-historic times for a round of dino-themed crazy golf! Through the volcanos and the rapids, they battled through the extreme cold to fight for victory, and to finish early…
Scouts First Aiders
The Scouts recently completed a first aid training session equipping them with essential life-saving skills. Key Learnings The Scouts learned the importance of quickly getting help during emergencies, what to say when calling 999, and how to reassure those involved….
Monday 10th and Wednesday 12th February – Builder badge
After planning our machines last week, the Beavers came armed with mountains of recycling this week and used tape, scissors and googly eyes to create a whole array of machines! After building, we briefly evaluated our builds with a partner.
Monday 3rd and Wednesday 5th February – Team building challenges
For our Skills challenge award, we needed to complete some team missions! In Lodges we tried to move a ping pong ball along a line of guttering pieces without dropping it and tried to solve a riddle involving a farmer…
Monday 20th and Wednesday 22nd January – Gardening
We started our Gardener badge by playing a game where each of the corners was labelled with a session and we had to run to the correct corner for each statement about trees, e.g. when do fruit trees have blossom? Then…
Fires, Teamwork, and Toasted Marshmallows
Our Scouts kicked off the new term with an exciting fire lighting session that put their teamwork and resilience to the test. Working in small groups, they set about gathering natural kindling and sharing tasks to create their very own…
Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th January – Health and Fitness badge
This week we completed our Health and Fitness badge whilst also ticking off requirements for our Skills challenge badge. We practised brushing a model of teeth and discussed how we keep them healthy. We took part in some agility games…
