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….
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….
Cubs – Tie Dye T-shirts
This week, to ‘tie’ in to the Hindu Holi Festival of Colours the Cubs made their own tie-dye T-shirts. There certainly was plenty of colour splashed around the Ranche!
Sunflower seed & Games 11th March
This meeting gave the Monday Beavers a chance to grow the tallest sunflower plant of the Section. In Lodges they planted a sunflower seed in a pot to take home and plant in a suitable place at home and to…
Monday 4th and Wednesday 6th March – Mother’s Day
This week, we made paper bouquets of flowers to give to our mums and other special women in our life on Sunday. We also practised our reef knots, with some of our more confident Beavers teaching the newer Beavers how…
Monday 26th and Wednesday 28th February – Problem Solving Missions
We continued working on our Skills Challenge this week by completing 3 team missions. We wrote and cracked codes and crossed a “sinking sand maze”. On Monday we played “brain blast” – thinking of answers to various categories. On Wednesday…
Monday 19th and Wednesday 21st February – Cook badge
We continued with our Cook badge tonight by taking part in a quiz about kitchen hygiene and safety and taking part in an experiment about how quickly germs can spread!
Clip n Climb adventures for the Scouts
Despite the cold weather lending itself to winter activities, it wasn’t the usual skiing or snowboarding on the agenda for the scouts as they arrived at the chill factore! The newly installed rock up climbing area proved to be a…
Monday 5th and Wednesday 7th February – Cook badge and Health & Fitness part 2
This week we’re continuing our badge work by creating healthy savoury (bug) snacks, learning about how to keep our teeth healthy, sorting out healthy and unhealthy foods and creating posters to advertise healthy living to others.
Scouts Master Navigation Skills
The Scouts delved into the art of navigation, prepping for the longer evenings ahead. Led by the ever-supportive Grizzly Owen, the troop gathered for an intensive session that covered both the basics and the finer points of navigating the great…
