As part of our Teamwork Challenge, this week we played games in our Lodges that encouraged us to try being a leader and to practise being helpful team members. The games included hiding one person under a blanket and guessing…
Caving and Cooking
As requested at last term’s Log Chew, we had lots of fun using the caving system again. While half of us did caving, the other half made vegan peppermint creams. Using edible pens and skittles, we moulded and decorated the…
Litter picking
As part of our My World challenge, we invited a guest from Stretford Litter Pickers to talk to us about what she does to look after our local community. We then went out with her, armed with litter picker tools…
Creative badge
This week we worked on 3 parts of our Creative badge. We learned 2 campfire songs with actions which we’ll perform to each other next week. We used air dry clay to make some imaginative models! We drew around each…
Games night
We are excited to be back after the summer break! We welcomed 10 new Beavers across both Colonies and appointed some new Lodge Leaders. We played several games, including some team games which count towards our Teamwork challenge badge. We…
Teddy bear’s picnic
As the summer term comes to an end, we held a Log Chew for the Beavers to tell us what they liked best this term, what they want to do next term and which badges they’d like to try. Everyone…
Sunflowers
Back in March, we planted sunflower seeds and took them home to look after them. With plenty of sunshine, some of them have grown taller than the Beavers! On Monday, the tallest sunflower was 210cm and on Wednesday, 124cm. We…
Green Cross Code quiz
This week we followed a map around the park, looking for answers to 8 questions as we went. We even walked out of the park and crossed over Cromwell Road twice, demonstrating that we understand the Green Cross Code and…
Caving and Safety badge
We continued working on our Safety badge by playing Kim’s game with “dangerous” items from around the house, discussing why they might be dangerous and how to keep ourselves and others safe. We also completed a quiz about stranger danger….
