THURSDAY DECEMBER 19th

The Scout Leaders presented another Gold Chief Scout's Award to one of our Patrol leaders. The Gold Chief Scouts Award is the highest award a Scout can be presented with. To complete the award, they need to complete all nine Challenge badges as well as six activity badges.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 19th

For the last meeting of term before Christmas, the Scouts were set a pioneering challenge. They had to construct sturdy A frames which the leaders attached to arial ropeways. The teams of Scouts also had to construct from paper and sticky tape, a box which could be used, to transport sweets along the aerial ropeways. The teams of scouts would then be able to transport the box one way or the other along the ropeway by pulling on ropes. The leaders filled the boxes with sweets at the far end of the ropeway. Meanwhile the Young Leaders were armed with balls, which they used to knock the sweet payload out of the boxes, generally distract the Scouts and disrupt the operation of efficient candy conveyance.

The most efficient teams won more sweets than they could stuff in their pockets!

DECEMBER 14th and 15th

The Scouts held a Christmas sleepover at the hall. After a game, they had to build shelters in the hall to sleep in before cooking dinner on a fire outside. After dinner the hall was turned into a chocolate factory as the Scouts set about making boxes of chocolates to take home.

Our Cubs were amongst 176 from across the district that spent the night practicing their Ninja skills at the District Ninja Warrior sleepover.

Thursday November 14th

The troop spent the evening at Crow Camp playing games and cooking on fires. We have done enough complicated cooking this term so this was just a bit of fun. Popcorn and Smores!

Thursday October 24th

The Scouts spent the evening being creative, making mini horror videos of Scouting Skills demonstrations that go very wrong.

THURSDAY AUGUST 22nd

The Scouts spent Thursday evening brushing up on fire lighting and backwoods cooking skills. They were tasked with cooking popcorn using tin foil and whatever sticks they could find. With one fire between two, the Scouts had plenty of opportunities to try out different techniques.

THURSDAY AUGUST 15th

Tonight's Scout meeting was a games night. The games had a distinctly Scout feeling to them as can be seen. Instead of ping-pong we had a rather sonorous round of pan-pong doubles. Each pan ringing out a slightly different note when it hits the ball.

THURSDAY MARCH 14th

This week the Scouts have been practicing their emergency aid skills.

SUNDAY MARCH 10th

Eight of our Scouts were in a very wet South Weald Country Park for the Romford District Scouts Orienteering Competition. As defending champions, we arrived with some confidence but on the day were beaten by 21st Romford.  The winning Explorer team consisted of a commendable number of ex 3rd Gidea Park Scouts.

MARCH 7th

For the next part of the Model Makers badge the Scouts had to meet an expert to find out more about Warhammer and model making. We were visted by a real expert who had recently returned from a Warhammer competition in the USA.

FEBRUARY 15th

The Scouts are trying something new this week. Warhammer is sponsoring the Scout section modelmaker badge, so we decided to take advantage of their kind offer of free materials.  The leaders registered the troop and were sent a large box of materials including kits to make small soldiers, paints, paint brushes, paint mixing pallets and instructions. Each of the Scouts followed the instructions to put together and start to paint two figures each.

The leaders were surprised and impressed how much this activity entertained, challenged, and occupied the Scouts. Some of the Scouts finished two figures in one evening, others have a little to finish of next week where we will learn more about Warhammer games and start to make some terrain.

Painting the figurines ->

FEBRUARY 2nd and 3rd

The Scout's first night away of the year was a night hike back to the hall. Twenty Scouts completed a hike away with a night away.

FRIDAY JANUARY 19th

Our Friday Beavers have been learning about the International World Scout Jamboree in South Korea.

JANUARY 26th

Our Friday Beavers have been learning about communication from cracking codes to using radios.

FRIDAY JANUARY 12th

Our Friday Beavers have been learning about flight making paper aeroplanes and paper helicopters.