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THURSDAY JUNE 9th |
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The evenings are getting longer and brighter which means its perfect time for the Scouts to spend the evening volunteering with the Friends of Raphael's Park and do one of the muckyer jobs in the park, litter picking the river.
The Scouts are given a safety briefing, split into manageable teams, allocated a leader and led to water. Particularly black and in places stinky water.
We stroll up and down Blacks Brook using litter pickers to fill bin bags with plastic and other waste, a few socks and T-Shirts this year. |
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We also clear any blockages from the river which means moving a lot of wood up out of the water and away from the river.
Afterwards we return to the park entrance with four full bin bags, carefully peal our gloves off and wash our hands. |
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CLIMBING |
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At 3GP we like a bit of climbing and so this month we have had Beavers, Cubs and Scouts all giving it a go. The challenge is to make an activity like climbing different for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. For the beavers, it's about giving it a go. Some of the Beavers, need a bit more reassurance and support from the leaders, others will zip up to the top in no time at all.
Not all of the Scouts will make it to the top, but we encourage them to support and coach each other. Some of the Scouts ask for the most challenging routes. The Scouts also get taught about all the equipment and how to use it, some even learn to belay.
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To challenge the more adventurous Scouts we let them have a go at free Abseiling which is Abseiling without a wall for their feet.
Some Scouts had a go a belaying (Below)
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Initially two climbing routes were setup with Scouts climbing side by side. They then had a choice of abseiling with or without a wall.
Some Scouts were brave enough to have a go at the Infamous Hargreaves Dangler. This is where Scouts are encouraged to showboat by dangling from a ledge by their arms before swinging a leg up and over the ledge. Not for the faint hearted.
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The Beavers all had a go at a couple of climbs each. Some of them also had a go at taking some of these photos. |
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BLOOD RUNNERS |
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MAY 24th Our Tuesday Cubs and Beavers were visited by volunteer riders from the Essex Blood Runners. They explained how they transport Blood and plasma between Essex Hospitals. |
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GROUP AGM |
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SATURDAY MAY 7th
The Group AGM took place at Thriftwood Scout Campsite. Beavers from both colonies, Cubs from both Packs and the Scouts were there as well as most of our leaders. As well as the formal part of the meeting, our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and family members got to walk the rope bridge built by the Scouts that morning. The bridge ran right across the campsite. |
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The Beavers, Cubs and their families were able to try a couple of simple backwoods cooking recipes. Stew in a foil envelope and for more speedy gratification, popping corn.
We wanted to give mums and dads a little insight into some of what we do. |
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BEAVER PHOTOGRAPHY |
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FRIDAY MAY 6th
This week, our Friday Polar Bear Beavers were taking photographs.
The meeting started with a game on the green with the Beavers taking turns to use a camera to take action pictures. |
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| Back inside the Beavers learnt a bit about how cameras take pictures and how changing exposure settings can change the picture you take. |
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The Beavers then got to take different styles of picture with two different cameras. All of this will count towards the Beaver Photography badge.
Over the next few weeks the Beavers will put the pictures they have taken to creative use and be asked to take more pictures to complete the badge. |
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BEAVER AERIAL RUNWAY |
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FRIDAY APRIL 22nd
What has got our Friday Beavers sitting so calmly?
This is unusual, normally they are as lively as a clown with a wasp in his oversized trousers by this time of a Friday night. Something has focussed their minds. |
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It looks like some of the Scouts have been busy.
Pioneering an aerial runway counts for all sorts of badges for the Scouts, but more importantly, is good fun.
For Beavers, riding an aerial runway counts as a adventure for the Adventure Challenge badge and that was what tonight was all about. It was time for a mini Beaver adventure!
After all Beavers had had a go, some of them decided to help pull the other Beavers up the runway. All under the careful supervision of our Scout Patrol Leaders. |
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Of course, our Build team of three Scouts, one Cub, one Beaver and two Scout Leaders all had a few test rides too as did some of the Beaver Leaders.
After the meeting, some of the Beavers snuck back to the church green for an extra go whilst their parents chatted for a bit. It’s always nice when we have done something so good that the Beavers want to hang around for more and the parents want to see.
Of course by the time the last of the Beavers had been prised off the runway seat, the Cubs had spotted what were up to so they all had a go too. |
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BEAVER SCIENTISTS |
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Our Young Leaders planned the Science themed meeting this week. It was messy at times, but great fun.
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FEBRUARY 3rd |
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The Scouts were getting creative learning to perform magic tricks and illusions. Some worked better than others, the water trick below was very impressive until the not so glamorous assistant intervened.
The important thing was that all were entertaining. |
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HEALTHY BEAVERS |
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JANUARY 28th
This week our Friday Beavers continued to learn about healthy eating.
It wasn't all about learning, there was time for fun too. Tonight's meeting started with a game that required teams of Beavers to construct towers of rings and crawl through them without knocking them over.
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