After planning our machines last week, the Beavers came armed with mountains of recycling this week and used tape, scissors and googly eyes to create a whole array of machines! After building, we briefly evaluated our builds with a partner.
Monday 3rd and Wednesday 5th February – Team building challenges
For our Skills challenge award, we needed to complete some team missions! In Lodges we tried to move a ping pong ball along a line of guttering pieces without dropping it and tried to solve a riddle involving a farmer…
Monday 20th and Wednesday 22nd January – Gardening
We started our Gardener badge by playing a game where each of the corners was labelled with a session and we had to run to the correct corner for each statement about trees, e.g. when do fruit trees have blossom? Then…
Monday 13th and Wednesday 15th January – Health and Fitness badge
This week we completed our Health and Fitness badge whilst also ticking off requirements for our Skills challenge badge. We practised brushing a model of teeth and discussed how we keep them healthy. We took part in some agility games…
Monday 6th and Wednesday 8th January – Games night
We were delighted to welcome all the Beavers back after Christmas, including some new Beavers in both colonies. We played several games, including some team games which count towards our Teamwork badge. We also took turns explaining the rules of…
Monday 16th and Wednesday 18th December – Christmas activities
We ended the term this week by playing pass the parcel, making Christmas lanterns and taking part in a Log Chew (where we talk about what we’ve liked doing this term and what we can do next term to make Besvers…
Monday 9th and Wednesday 11th December – Rock Up
In lieu of the usual district trip, the Beavers visited Rock Up to try some rock climbing. All had a great time tackling climbs, high ropes and the stairway to heaven obstacle. Many of the Beavers were unsure about heights…
Monday 2nd and Wednesday 4th December – Thanksgiving
As part of our My World challenge badge, we learned about the American celebration of Thanksgiving. We made pumpkin pie and we created paper turkeys showing things we are grateful for. We also played basketball which counts towards part of…
Monday 25th and Wednesday 27th November- Space badge
To earn our badge, we completed 3 tasks. We learned facts about the planets and made planet masks. We made constellation wheels and looked a diagram of constellations in the sky. We watched a video about space exploration and then…
