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Star Wars Night
May the 4th be with you! Tonight we had a Star Wars themed evening of activities! We started off by playing a game to learn the difference between stars and
Getty Museum Challenge
This weeks challenge deserves a post all of it’s own! The Getty Museum Challenge is a ‘viral’ challenge set by the Getty Museum to get people to recreate famous artwork
Detective Evening
This evening we teamed up with Mystery Incorporated to try to solve the mystery of the Man Crab! We started by watching a video to test our awareness, and Mystery
Recycled Instruments
We made instruments from recycling tonight! We gave the Cubs the choice of making maracas from plastic water bottles, drums from a tin can and balloon, a rainmaker from a
Easter Decorations
We decided to decorate hard boiled eggs this week, as it’s Easter Monday! We showed the Cubs some examples then let them get to work on their own eggs –
Easter Virtual Camp 2020
The Coronavirus may have stopped us meeting up face to face, but it hasn’t stopped us having fun! On Friday 10th April 2020, we had our first ever virtual camp
Windmill Cubs go Virtual!
For our first attempt at virtual scouting we decided we’d start with something simple! Unfortunately face-to-face meetings have been put on hold for the foreseeable future, but that won’t stop
Woodland Beavers – Last meeting before lockdown
We didn’t know it but this was our last meeting before lockdown. We did out safety badge, learning about water safety, road safety and safety in the home. After this
Woodland Beavers – Xmas 2019
Every year we make Christmas cards and go to sing carols at Madley Park House. These are our cards this year.
Woodland Beavers Camp at Brownsea Island
The beavers had an amazing time visiting Brownsea Island with the rest of the North Leigh Scout group. We stayed in a house on the beach while the rest of
Windmill Cubs Camp at Brownsea Island
We joined the Beavers, Kestrel Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers from North Leigh at Brownsea Island to celebrate the Group’s 100th birthday! Brownsea Island was where Baden Powell held the very
1st North Leigh Centenary Camp
If you hadn’t realised, 1st North Leigh Scout Group is 100 years old this year! (Only a few leaders have been around since then, I’ll leave it to you to
Chip Shop Walk 2019
We end our summer term with the yearly Chip Shop Walk from North Leigh to Long Hanborough. Along the way we identified trees and other natural objects such as rabbit
Crocodiles of the World Trip!
The beavers had an amazing evening at crocodiles of the world, who had opened especially for us! We saw crocodiles, alligators, snakes and lizards. The beavers even got to stroke
Woodland Beavers at the West Oxfordshire District Camp – June 2019
The West Oxfordshire District Camp is a camp for all district scouts and the Beavers had a great time camping out for the night. This was the first real outdoor
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