PANTO CLASH!

Just to let you know that, as organiser of this outing, I am aware that Oakhill School has arranged a school concert on the same evening. Unfortunately, if you choose not to go to the panto I cannot give you a refund. Sorry.

Beavers

Well Done Beavers - you all received your Global Challenge Badges tonight. Don't forget your homework next week. You have to make a poster about healthy foods and unhealthy foods. You can draw pictures or cut out pictures from magazines (ask Mum first!) or use pictures from a computer. It's for a badge so do your best! Bring it next week and you can get your Healthy Eating badge.

And parents, just in case you are wondering, we have some new Leaders on the Team - Emma, Steve and Lynne - supporting Sara, Emily and me!

panto details

Please meet at the Academy Theatre at 6pm as we need to be seated for the performance to start promptly at 6:30. When you arrive please tell me so I can tick you off my list. Parents, can you take coats home with you unless you have got a ticket to stay. I will hold all the tickets and hand them over altogether as that's easier for the staff. There will be sweets and light up wands and suchlike on sale that you can buy before the performance so parents can you see to that before you leave if your child wants something. There will be an interval when we can buy sweets, drinks, crisps, icecream etc so if your child will want something you will need to send them with some money. It's up to you how much money you send, I am not setting limits.

Children need to wear uniform tops and neckers. Pick up will be approx 8:45 but it is not possible to be specific as it ends when it ends. Please wait in the foyer from 8:30 ish. That's all I can think of for now.

December Dates for your diary

16th December will be panto night for all the Group who have got tickets.

17th December - no Cubs tonight as we saw you all last night.

20th December will be our Family Christingle Service

23rd December there will be Beavers

24th December - Christmas Eve so no Cubs!

30th December - no Beavers tonight.

31st December - sorry Cubs - it's New Years' Eve

Both Sections as normal from then on.

Scouts - Ian will let you know what your section is doing

panto update

If you have ordered a ticket but not paid for it yet could I ask you to send in the money next week. I have to pay for them as soon as possible now. All 81 tickets have been taken so sorry if you wanted to go but left it too late.

Scouts Win District Swimming Competition

Six Scouts represented Ardsley at the District Swimming Gala on Saturday 7 November: Ronan, Emily, Ewan, Thomas, Wesley and Lawrie, and I'm very pleased announce that we were overall winners! We are lucky to have two very talented young swimmers in Ewan and Thomas, who won all their events, but they had excellent support from Ronan, Emily, Wesley and Lawrie. In this event it's the overall team score that decides the winner and every member of our team gave a hundred per cent. They can be very proud of their achievement. Unfortunately we just lost out in the relay, which would have made it a clean sweep, but our team was much younger than the team from Hoyland that beat us, which bodes well for coming years.

Well done everyone who took part. Next year we will be defending champions so I hope you'll turn out in force to try to retain the trophy.

CHURCH PARADE UPDATE

I'm afraid only 13 Cubs came to attend this very respectful and important service. The ones who did come were extremely well behaved throughout what can seem to be a very long service with unknown hymns and an awful lot of prayers and talk. Very different to the usual interactive Family Services we attend. So, well done you lot. We are proud of you.

SWIMMING GALA UPDATE

Cubs - a poor turnout this year - only 4 came to swim for our Group. Niall, Lucy, Jack B and Amy. However, they were fantastic and won heats and finals galore and swam their hearts out. The scoring system meant that we came third overall but our Cubs are winners in our eyes! I will order your medals tomorrow kids!

Scouts - I'll let your Leader post his own blog but Kim and Akela were very proud of our ex-Cubs. You thoroughly deserved your trophy!