Last night the Scouts did a survival exercise, in which they had to prepare a fish, and cook it over an open fire. Had it been a real-life survival situation they would probably have starved to death while arguing about who was going to gut the fish! Here are a few photos:
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Thanks to James Rymer for the photos.
We are attending the District Camp this year at Silverwood Scout site on the weekend of 20th June. That is, Friday evening to Sunday teatime. It will be open to Cubs and Scouts and will probably cost somewhere in the region of £20. Watch out for the application forms coming your way.
Our district St Georges day event will be held on Sunday 20th April. Please meet at Darfield h.q. (next to the church and Cross Keys pub) for 1:45. I'll have a better idea of a pickup time after Tuesday so ask me Weds or Thursday. Please ensure full, smart uniform is worn and black shoes. I am proud that Ardsley is usually the best turned out Group. There will be a collection in church should you wish to contribute. Please feel welcome to join us on the day.
The fayre will be held on Sat 14th June at 1pm. We will be relying on any donations you might be able to pass our way. Watch out for a letter coming home with details of suitable items.
As we want to do more cooking and baking with all sections could we ask if anyone has any equipment they can donate to us. Things such as bun trays, cooling racks, weighing scales, rolling pins, cookie cutters, stainless steel pans, spoons of all sizes, vegetable knives, mixing bowls, and anything else I've forgotten to add that you use for cooking and baking. Also, we are always short of dishcloths, scourers, tea towels, hand towels, cleaning products such as bathroom cleaner, Dettol spray to clean tables, washing up liquid,hand soap, and the like. As someone keeps saying..."every little helps!"
Thanks,
Kim
From this week, Cubs can arrive from 6.25pm and come straight into the Main Hall. Parents must still bring them in and wait until a Leader says it's ok to leave. That's just to make sure that Leaders are ready to supervise at 6:30 and are not distracted elsewhere.
Kim
Beavers made Easter nests last week so Cubs wanted a go. So, this week Cubs split into Sixes and made buns with chocolate and eggs to decorate. They followed a recipe and weighed out their own ingredients etc. They did really well and needed little supervision so Akela and I promised we'd plan more cooking and baking in future. Chill paid us a surprise visit as well! He's been busy working but hopes to be able to come along more often, work permitting.
Next week Beavers will be having a Treasure Hunt in the churchyard next Wednesday, so don't forget a coat as we'll do it in the rain if we have to.
We will be holding our meetings throughout the Easter break.
Kim
Due to my work commitments, Beavers will meet on Wednesdays 5.30 to 6.45 pm as from Wednesday 19th March. I am sorry if this causes any inconvenience.
So, Wednesdays Beavers 5.30 to 6.45pm followed by Scouts at 7pm. Cubs as normal Thursdays 6.30 to 8.15.
Kim
Mothers Day Church Parade will be on....wait for it......Mothers Day! That's 2 March. Please be at hq for 10:10 in full,smart uniform with collection money optional. It should finish around 11:40 and is a family friendly service so please feel free to join us.
Camp: There are only 2 Scouts and 3 Cubs not going this year which is fantastic. Almost a full turn out. 2 of the 5 are on holiday or still in school but would have gone otherwise. If you haven't already done so, we need you to have paid at least £75 by now. If you want a kit list early then just ask me but otherwise we will give them out when we have our camp meeting.
Beavers have been making a totem pole, Native American headresses and Chinese lanterns of late. This is all to do with their 2008 Challenge Badge where we are looking at other countries. If anyone has anything interesting from another country to show us please let me know. Ideally, I could do with finding someone from another country to come along and talk to us. Anyone any ideas?
Cubs have been decoding ciphers and having a go at a practise piece of tie-dye. If they come out ok then I will be asking them to bring along a white cotton t-shirt to tie-dye and decorate.
Kim
This week Beavers completed the Creative badge by making instruments out of various containers and stationery items, bells etc. We made drums, shakers, banjos,coconut clackers and jingle sticks. We had a lot of fun (and made a lot of noise) playing along to "Old Macdonald had a band" and "I am the Music Man." Next week we will be doing the Air Activities badge.
This year we can wear a special challenge badge for the whole year to compliment some of our activities. Our programme incorporates special activities that I will tell you about as we do them. For example, in a couple of weeks we will be looking to North American Indians for our themed night. This links to America. Can anyone guess what all our activities are themed around? OK, we'll be having a Chinese night, an Indian night, a Canadian night...... any ideas yet? The badge can be purchased from me for £1. Unfortunately, subs don't cover the cost of this one so I can't just give it out.
Cubs this week, finished the Communicators badge by completing an obstacle course blindfolded. They had to listen to instructions shouted by their team. Not easy.
Can I ask if any parents/carers/family members or friends have an interesting job they could give us a talk about. Or do you know anyone with a skill to teach or a collection to show? Can you get us a discount on entry to a venue perhaps?
Kim
