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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT 3GP

All our sections are now meeting every face to face. As the evenings draw in, we are working with St Michaels Guides and Brownies to put measures in place to make sure we can meet safely in the hall. Plans change regularly as we adapt to latest advice from Government, the National Youth Agency and the Scout Association. Parents should lookout for e-mails from the leaders to keep up to date.

NEWS

GROUP AGM

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.

Scouts

Bridge

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.

ST GEORGES COMPETITION

SATURDAY MAY 7th

Our Tiger Cubs came second in the 2022 St George's Competition and our Leopard Cubs came 3rd. The competition took place at Crow Camp and tested the cubs knowledge of the Country Code, lighting Fires, First Aid skills, Knots, Teamwork and Orienteering.

BEAVER PHOTOGRAPHY

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.


Back inside the Beavers learnt a bit about how cameras take pictures and how changing exposure settings can change the picture you take.

Beavers

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.

BEAVER AERIAL RUNWAY

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.

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.

Beavers

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.

Build Team

BEAVER MARSHMALLOWS

Tuesday 29th

Our Tuesday Beavers were at Thriftwood Scout Campsite tonight, lighting fires, pitching tents and toasting marshmallows over a fire.

ORIENTEERING COMPETITION

Celebration

On Thursday 24th our victorious Orienteering team led the celebrations by popping the cork on some non-alcoholic bubbly. Opening a champaign style bottle appeared to be something they hadn't done before (#skillsforlife ?) Now they are winners they had better get used to it.

ORIENTEERING COMPETITION

SUNDAY MARCH 20th

3rd Gidea park entered two teams of Scouts into the Romford District Orienteering Competition which was held at South Weald Country Park. As can be seen, one of our teams won the Scout event. What was really nice was that the other came second!

The winning team for the Explorer event contained an ex-3rd Scout. Our winning Scout team did so well, they would have come 3rd in the Explorer event.

BEAVER CARD SHOP

Friday March 18th

Our Friday Beavers have been preparing for Mothers day. By the end of the meeting, den 2 looked like a card shop.

SCOUT COOKING

Thursday March 10th

The Beavers and Cubs have been cooking pancakes recently so the Scouts decided to have a go. The Scouts were challenged to cook and flip pancakes on expedition stoves which are a lot less controllable and so a lot more of a challenge.

Scouts

BEAVER PANCAKES

Tuesday March 1st

Our Tuesday beavers celebrated shrove Tuesday by making pancakes. Each beaver cooked a pancake and trusted the leaders to flip without dropping or getting them stuck to the ceiling.

CHURCH PARADE

The colour parties had to exit the church via the rear doors this month as the main entrance was full of fur coats.

This months service had a Lion and the Witch in the wardrobe theme. All parishioners including the Beavers Cubs and Scouts entered the church via the wardrobe full of coats. A Narnia trail has been setup around the Church grounds for the preceding two weeks with our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts all enjoying visiting the checkpoints.

SCOUT COOKING

Thursday February 24th

This week each patrol had to cook a pasta carbonara from scratch. This was achieved with varying degrees of success.... and oil.

Cooking

BEAVER SCIENTISTS

Our Young Leaders planned the Science themed meeting this week. It was messy at times, but great fun.

NIGHT HIKE & EXPEDITION CHALLENGE

During the Autumn we would normally hold a night hike. We meet at the hall, check the Scouts are properly equipped and head out into the country side before walking back to the Scout Hall for a sleep over. Except, last Autumn, Covid numbers were on the up and we were all a little nervous about an indoor night away.

But a new term brought new optimism. The leaders looked at our badge records and noticed that only two of our Scouts have completed the Expedition Challenge. By adding a walk the day after the night hike and making sure the Scouts all cooked a meal, we could kill two birds with one stone.

A Night Away, a Hike Away, bits of the Navigator badge and the Expedition challenge all in under 24 hours!

The top picture shows Scouts relaxing at the end of day two having walked to Bedford's Park. The other pictures show the obligatory lost boot, night navigation and cooking.

FEBRUARY 3rd

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.

HEALTHY BEAVERS

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.

JANUARY 27th

At first glance this week's meeting looks a little laid back for the Scouts. We were brushing up on the basics of grid references by playing battleships, human battleships!

A curtain is put up across the centre of the Rowswell Hall and rings used to divide each end into a grid. Scouts then lay down to represent ships on the grid.

MONEYWISE BEAVERS

JANUARY 14th

This week our Friday Beavers were learning about healthy eating, balanced diets and value for money.

The meeting ended with the Beavers spending money that had earned during the meeting in a fruit salad shop run by our Young Leaders.

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