This week, we combined learning about nature for our World badge with some artwork, as requested in our last Log Chew. We identified leaves and make leaf wreaths with paper plates. We also painted pine cones and “planted” them in…
Monday 6th and Wednesday 8th October – Team Challenges part 2
We continued taking turns to be a leader or a good team member with 3 new challenges – drawing pictures by holding pieces of string attached to a pen, crossing a “river” with stepping stones and completing jigsaws. Tonight we also…
Monday 30th and Wednesday 2nd October –
For part of our Teamwork badge, each Beaver has to take a turn at leading an activity. This week, we took part in 3 challenges in our Lodges – building towers, human noughts and crosses and making Promise paper chains.
Monday 22nd and Wednesday 24th September – Experiments and Gardening
This week, the Monday colony earned their Experiment badge by carrying out 3 experiments, before watching a “coke and mentos” finale! The Wednesday colony went to Lime Road Pocket Park to help the community by planting daffodil bulbs ready for…
Beavers Saturday 20th September
A busy morning experimenting. The Beavers all had an opportunity to try three different experiments. Demonstrate the fire triangle using candles and glass jars. Change the density of water by adding salt to it. What happens to your egg sitting…
Monday 15th and Wednesday 17th September –
This week we started our Sports activity badge. Two Lodges faced off in a game of cricket while two played football, before swapping over. On Wednesday, we tried human table football instead of regular football. On Monday we also had…
Summer Camp
his summer our group headed to Welshpool for an incredible camp that brought together all sections for adventure, teamwork and plenty of fun in the great outdoors. Our Scouts and Explorers kicked things off with a full week away. Cubs…
A Fresh Start to the Term
We kicked off our first week back at Scouts by welcoming the Cubs who have moved up, making sure they felt part of the group straight away. We also took some time to rework our patrols, getting everyone settled into…
Monday 8th and Wednesday 10th September – Badgework
This week the Monday colony got cracking with part of the World challenge by visiting the Longford Park allotments and meeting some of the volunteers. They harvested potatoes, did some weeding and picked and tasted tomatoes. The Wednesday colony carried…
Monday 14th and Wednesday 16th July – Teddy bear’s pizza picnic
For our final meeting of term, we invited our teddy bears to join us for games and pizza! We played games with the parachute and then did our “swimming up” ceremony for the Beavers who are moving to Cubs. We…
