Beaver News - 1st Stretford (Longford) Scout Group
Beaver News

Beaver News

Despite it being half term for some, we met for an early Halloween celebration. We decorated monster biscuits, ate doughnuts on string without using our hands, tried to bounce eyeballs into cups and dressed our friends up as mummies!

We continued our teamwork challenge this week by building pyramid catapults. Each group of 3 had 6 sticks, one cup, some elastic bands and lots of masking tape to make their catapult. At the end of the meeting we tested out their fire power using ping pong balls!

For the Teamwork award, Beavers have to demonstrate that they can be a good leader as well as a kind and helpful team member and friend. We ran 2 activities this week to help them show this.

The first was goal ball, a game played wearing blindfolds and a ball with a bell inside where players have to score a goal by rolling it past their opponents and over the goal line. 

The second activity was matching up the habitats, tracks and diets of 5 common UK animals. The answers were printed on cards and spread around the room for the Beavers to collect and organise.  

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 18:45

Monday 23rd and Wednesday 25th Sept - Leaf Art

For our My World badge, we completed 4 nature activities - leaf necklaces, leaf rubbings, leaf collages and a nature quiz. We also awarded a Bronze Award to one of our Monday Beavers.

For part of our My World challenge, the Beavers had to meet someone who helps the community and then do something helpful themselves. One of the volunteers from Friends of Longford Park came to talk to us about the litter picking they do and why it is important to keep the park clean. The Beavers were then given a litter picker each and  let loose in the park to collect as much rubbish as possible! 

For the last meeting of term, the Beavers were invited to bring a soft toy along for a picnic. We played some games and enjoyed some food. We said goodbye to 9 Beavers who are swimming up to Cubs and gave out the final Bronze award of the term. 

We also announced the winners of our weekly points competition and the tallest sunflowers! 

The tallest 3 sunflowers for the Monday colony were: Alexandra 221cm, Edward M 203cm and Joseph 140cm.

The tallest Wednesday sunflowers were: Alix 219cm, Ruaridh 200cm and Rupert 174cm.

We were hoping to do some fire lighting and bread toasting but the weather was against us. Monday’s Colony did get outside to collect wood and light small fires in barrels while Wednesday’s Colony stayed inside and lit candles instead. Everyone also took part in our termly Log Chew, where the Beavers tell us what they would like to do next term ahead of our Leader planning meeting. 
Congratulations to Kai and Stella who received their Chief Scout Bronze awards!

To count towards our Adventure and Outdoor Challenges, this week we are taking part in an obstacle course. There were 6 obstacles to overcome in small teams, including climbing, jumping and balancing. 

This week, we took advantage of the lovely weather and went for a walk around the park and local roads. While walking, we answered quiz questions about things we could see or read and we demonstrated our understanding of the green cross code by crossing Cromwell Road. 

This week we took to the paths of the park to demonstrate our cycling skills. Split into 3 groups, we went on a short ride, showed our control and manoeuvring skills on the slab, and learned how to pump up a tyre and why it’s important to wear a helmet. 

 Longford Scouts is an active Scout Group based at the Ranche in Longford Park, Stretford in Manchester. We accept boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18. We are a registered charity.