Over the last fortnight, the Beavers have all tried their hand at archery, using bows and arrows to try hitting foam targets. They’ve also practised their knots, including reef knot, clove hitch, sheet bend, shoelace bow, figure of eight and…
Monday 5th and Wednesday 7th May – Games night
We started inside with “Corners” to give late comers a chance to arrive. Since it was a nice evening we went outside to play “Minefield”. We then came back indoors for a bit of “Mind reading” before finishing with a…
Monday 28th and Wednesday 30th April – International badge
This week we completed our International badge. We played some games from other countries including China and Norway. We also learned about Beavers and tasted food from different countries and said hello and goodbye in different languages.
Monday 21st and Wednesday 23rd April – Treasure hunt
We kicked off the summer term with a treasure hunt. We used maps to find 10 points on the existing orienteering course in the park. Some of these posts also had treasure (sweets!) hidden nearby! We also wrote down each…
Monday 31st March and Wednesday 2nd April – Easter Performance
To tick off part of both the My Skills challenge and the Creative badge, we used boom whackers in our Lodges to learn a (loosely) Easter themed nursery rhyme and then perform it to the rest of the Colony. The performances…
Monday 24th and Wednesday 26th March – Mother’s Day and Log Chew
This week we put together cards for Mother’s Day. We thought about what activities we’d like to do next term, what badges we’d like to earn and voted for our favourite thing from this past term. We also played a few…
Monday 17th and Wednesday 19th March – Team building part 2
Half of the Colony went out into the park and used maps with basic grid references to navigate to specific locations and answer questions. The other half used spaghetti and marshmallows to build free standing structures and then of course…
Monday 10th and Wednesday 12th March – Skills
This week we continued ticking off activities counting towards the Skills challenge badge. We practised laying a table and some of us even tried it blindfolded! We decorated cakes for (early) Red Nose Day. We learned to tie shoelaces and…
Monday 3rd and Wednesday 5th March – Global Issues part 2
For the second half of this badge, we made water filters using bottles, sand, cotton wool, charcoal and gravel. We also watched a video about fair trade and tasted some fair trade chocolate and bananas.
Monday 24th and Wednesday 26th February – Global Issues part 1
We started our Global Issues badge by considering endangered animals and recycling. We matched pictures of endangered animals to their habitat, picture, risk and a fact. We answered quiz questions about what items can be recycled and sorted some recycling…
