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…
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…
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…
Monday 7th and Wednesday 9th July – Walking Quiz
Continuing to work on our Adventure Challenge, we went out into the park in our Lodges to complete a quiz that took us around the park, through Ryebank Fields and across a road. We had to answer 11 questions along…
Monday 30th and Wednesday 1st July
This week we tested our balance, daring and stamina with an obstacle course outside! We wobbled along a slack line, found our way blindfolded across stepping stones, jumped and crawled through tyres and jumped off a tall tower!
Monday 23rd and Wednesday 25th June – Bird feeders
For our Outdoor Challenge we needed to make something to help animals in the wild so this week we made bird feeders. We mixed bird seed with gelatine and filled yoghurt pots with the mixture. Once they’ve set in the…
Monday 16th and Wednesday 18th June – Outdoors art
With the lovely weather on our side, we ventured forth into the park to make our own natural paintbrushes. We used sticks and a selection of grass, leaves, flowers and feathers along with elastic bands to make our brushes and…
Monday 9th and Wednesday 11th June – Cards and games
This week, we made cards for Father’s Day this coming weekend. We also played some games including cup tower relays and the ship game on Monday and coin relays on Wednesday. On Monday we awarded another Chief Scout Bronze Award – congratulations!
Monday 2nd and Wednesday 4th June – Cycling
We struck it lucky with the weather this week when we went cycling at Turn Moss. In small groups, the Beavers picked their own routes through the woodland and across fields. We also talked about what to wear to keep…
