For our first week back the Scouts worked together in small groups to suggest ideas for a new code of conduct for the Scout Troop with ideas including being kind to each other and respecting everyone and the equipment. After…
Apprentice Challenge
As part of our skills and teamwork challenge the scouts were tasked with creating a toothpaste based product for the 6 – 8 year old. This included designing the product, pithing the product and creating an advert. Coincidentally…
Quiz around Longford Park
In the last couple of January and First week of March we headed out into Longford Park to test out our knowledge of how much we knew about the park. We learnt some of the history of the park…
Team Building
Two hands are better than one. Four hands are better than two. We worked together in groups to work through a number of team challenges. Team building challenges included: Human knot – Starting in a circle, participants connect hands with two others…
Winter Night Hike
To begin the 2022 programme, we went with an old favourite, the classic night-hike! Walking from The Bowling Green, around Chorlton water park and the river Mersey, Oliver led the intrepid scouts along the dark (and often muddy) route. Despite…
Scouts Warhammer
Over the past 2 weeks our Scouts have been fiddling about with tiny pieces, and even tinier areas to paint, in order to make some amazing Warhammer miniatures. Using a bit of brute force, they each managed to build…
Xmas Party
Do our Christmas party we returned to our usual laser quest Pizza Hut. After running round laser quest for half an hour we went and demolished 20 large pizzas and a gallon of ice cream – yum
Capitalist Pioneering
It was a big night for Longford Scouts! They took part in Mini Pioneering with a twist… Scouts were subject to the hard world of finance and barter to make sure they had enough resources to build the tallest and…
Dragons Den
Money money money, not much money!! It’s a scout’s world! That’s right, it was dragons den night at Longford. Scouts brainstormed, designed, and pitched their own inventions to leaders. Leaders had the opportunity to buy or not buy their inventions….
