Edna’s mystery baking challenge It was certainly a challenge, as each step was missing key details such as quantities and oven temperature, for an added level of difficulty! After working out what it was they were supposed to be creating,…
Games & Quiz Night!
After a few more serious sessions over the last few weeks, this week was a little more relaxed as we ran a series of games and quizzes. Oliver’s Generation Game We started with Ol’s generation game. The scouts were shown…
Healthy Living
This week we learned about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and how best to maintain a healthy mind and body. To start with we learned about healthy eating and the different food groups making up a balanced diet….
Pancakes & Valentine
At our meeting on the 8th of February we had various games involving replica pancakes. First the “simple” one just tossing the pancake and catching it then we moved onto tossing on the move, whilst blindfold and facing backwards then…
Virtual First Aid!
This week we were joined by the British Red Cross for a virtual first aid course. The scouts learned about the do’s and don’ts of first aid and the right steps to take when in an emergency situation, including ensuring…
Bingo and Soap Carving
We started the meeting off with a few exiting rounds of bingo! Ratty’s favourite number name being ‘fat lady with a cane’. After this, we relaxed with a satisfying activity of soap carving. Our challenge was to carve out a…
My Skills -Teeth, Exercise, Food
This week we have been looking at My Skills Challenge Award. We looked at teeth and why different animals have different types of teeth. From Teeth it was a natural step to look at food. We asked the Beavers about…
Burns Night
For our meeting on Wed 27th Jan we celebrated Burns Night but without any Haggis or bagpipes. Instead we worked on creating some basic poetry and designed a basic tartan. We also revisited the progress being made on the Beaver’s…
Virtual Buddhist Temple Visit
This evening we were joined by the leaders of the 1st Buddha’s Light Scout Group for a virtual temple visit The scouts were shown a short video introducing them to the history of the Buddha, and a presentation of some…
Magic Show!
This week we were joined by a member of The Magic Circle who performed a show for us! In one trick he read minds, guessing words people were thinking of and names of films. In another, he turned a glass…
