Both Colonies met despite the bank holiday and completed 2 out of 4 activities needed for the Creative badge. Each Lodge put on a short performance of a well-known fable linked to the Beaver Promise. Everyone also had a go at…
Monday 29th April and Wednesday 1st May – Nature Craft
For part of our Outdoor Challenge, we had to do something using natural materials so we went out into the park to collect small twigs, pine cones, leaves and grass. Some of us were a bit ambitious with the size…
Monday 22nd and Wednesday 24th April – Decorating biscuits
This week we got our creative juices flowing as we decorated biscuits using butter icing and coloured icing tubes. Biscuit decorating was one of the activities the Beavers told us they’d really enjoyed last term and wanted to do again….
Monday 13th/20th and Wednesday 15th/22nd May – Archery and knots
Over the course of a fortnight, everyone tried their hand at archery and tying 3 knots – reef knot, clove hitch and sheet bend. Archery was very exciting and some Beavers even managed to hit the target! Knots were a…
Monday 8th and Wednesday 10th April – Games night
We kicked off our summer term with a variety of games, some old and some new. Some schools are still on holiday so we were quieter than normal but still had lots of fun.
Monday 18th and Wednesday 20th March – Easter
This week we celebrated Easter with an Easter egg hunt outside and by making chocolate nest cakes (therefore also finishing our Cook badge). We did our termly Log Chew where the Beavers share their ideas for next term’s programme and…
Navigation
Over the past month our Scouts have been out and about in Longford park, compass in hand and waterproofs all over. Although it may have been wet and soggy, all our Scouts successfully navigated around our orienteering course! But how you ask? Scouts were each…
Explorer Activities
It’s been a busy few months for the Explorers. With there now being 36 Explorers in the Unit, we started off January by introducing some new patrols and Patrol Leaders and setting them against each other with some ‘friendly’ challenges….
