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….
Beaver Camp
Last weekend, 38 Beavers from across all 3 colonies set up camp for a night at Dunham Park Scout Camp. We enjoyed grass sledging, archery, pioneering, pond dipping, fire lighting and the Beaver trail, not to mention the adventure playground!…
Father’s Day craft
This week we made cards for the weekend using paints and our handprints! While half of us got messy in the new room, the other half played fathers themed games in the main room. One of the games was based…
Nature Scavenger Hunt
Luck was on our side this week as both Monday and Wednesday had dry and sunny evenings for our nature scavenger hunt. In our Lodges, we completed a list of nature themed missions, including finding leaves bigger than our hands,…
Beavers 40th Birthday
This year Beavers are 40 years old so we held a party to celebrate! There was pass the parcel, balloon party games, bunting decorating and of course, cake! We also invested 5 Beavers.
Pizzas and knots
Half of the Beavers made pizzas using pitta bread and a selection of toppings, as requested in last term’s Log Chew. At the same time, the other half of the Beavers practised tying knots – reef knot, figure of 8…
Lego Challenges
The Beavers enjoyed a fun evening of Lego challenges, working in teams to complete a tower-building relay, creating models for others to guess Pictionary-style, and spending time free building. These activities helped tick off parts of their Creative and Skills…
Emergency Aid
This week we completed our Emergency Aid level 1 badge, which also ticked a few boxes on our ongoing Outdoor Challenge badge and the Safety badge. We had 4 bases comprising: dealing with cuts using plasters and bandages, phoning 999,…
Wide Games
We started off the new term welcoming lots of new Beavers and also appointing some new Lodge Leaders. We made the most of the lovely weather heading out into the park to play wide games. There were 3 teams each…
