Both Colonies met despite the bank holiday and completed 2 out of 4 activities needed for the Creative badge. Each Lodge put on a short performance of a well-known fable linked to the Beaver Promise. Everyone also had a go at…
Monday 29th April and Wednesday 1st May – Nature Craft
For part of our Outdoor Challenge, we had to do something using natural materials so we went out into the park to collect small twigs, pine cones, leaves and grass. Some of us were a bit ambitious with the size…
Monday 22nd and Wednesday 24th April – Decorating biscuits
This week we got our creative juices flowing as we decorated biscuits using butter icing and coloured icing tubes. Biscuit decorating was one of the activities the Beavers told us they’d really enjoyed last term and wanted to do again….
Monday 13th/20th and Wednesday 15th/22nd May – Archery and knots
Over the course of a fortnight, everyone tried their hand at archery and tying 3 knots – reef knot, clove hitch and sheet bend. Archery was very exciting and some Beavers even managed to hit the target! Knots were a…
Monday 8th and Wednesday 10th April – Games night
We kicked off our summer term with a variety of games, some old and some new. Some schools are still on holiday so we were quieter than normal but still had lots of fun.
Monday 18th and Wednesday 20th March – Easter
This week we celebrated Easter with an Easter egg hunt outside and by making chocolate nest cakes (therefore also finishing our Cook badge). We did our termly Log Chew where the Beavers share their ideas for next term’s programme and…
Sunflower seed & Games 11th March
This meeting gave the Monday Beavers a chance to grow the tallest sunflower plant of the Section. In Lodges they planted a sunflower seed in a pot to take home and plant in a suitable place at home and to…
Monday 4th and Wednesday 6th March – Mother’s Day
This week, we made paper bouquets of flowers to give to our mums and other special women in our life on Sunday. We also practised our reef knots, with some of our more confident Beavers teaching the newer Beavers how…
Monday 26th and Wednesday 28th February – Problem Solving Missions
We continued working on our Skills Challenge this week by completing 3 team missions. We wrote and cracked codes and crossed a “sinking sand maze”. On Monday we played “brain blast” – thinking of answers to various categories. On Wednesday…
Monday 19th and Wednesday 21st February – Cook badge
We continued with our Cook badge tonight by taking part in a quiz about kitchen hygiene and safety and taking part in an experiment about how quickly germs can spread!









