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Endeavour Scouts – Grass Sledging
For the last meeting before the Summer Break, the scouts had a trip to Stonesfield to enjoy a warm evening of grass sledging. There were thrills and spills but it
Group Day 2021
We’re going back to Youlbury this year for our Group Day on Saturday, 18th September 2021 – Hoorah! Group Day is a very special day because our beavers, cubs and
Duck Race 2021
The 1st North Leigh Scout Group are glad to announce that our annual Duck Race will be taking place on Sunday, 5th September 2021, on the river Evenlode. The Duck
Woodland Beavers – Activity Day
On Saturday 3 July we went to Youlbury Scout Camp for an activity day. We tried Go Karting, archery, shelter building and had a treasure hunt. We went on a
Woodland Beavers – Camp Craft
This week in our meeting we practised camp craft. Each lodge put up a tent and found out about camp cookers. We then had a tent inspection! After all that
Woodland Beavers – Summer 2021 Map Reading
It’s been good to be back meeting face to face . We were practicing our map reading tonight. We did grid references, points of the compass and a map based
Making Water Filters for Survival Skills
This evening, the scouts made water filters as part of their survival skills badge.
Covid-19 Witney Hero – Windmill Cubs
We are really proud that our Windmill Cubs Leadership Team has received a Covid-19 ‘Witney Hero’ award. You can read the details about the award in these letters: Award Award
Face-to-Face Meeting to Start Again
Hoorah! As I am sure that you are all aware, today marks the start of Step 2 of the Government’s Roadmap out of Lockdown and, once again, we have been
Face-to-Face Meeting to Cease Again
Since the third national lockdown came into force on 4th January 2021, we are once again having to cease face-to-face section meetings. Hopefully, the switch back to virtual meetings will
Woodland Beavers – Xmas 2020
This year we made Yule Goats .. No really … Look them up ! We have been meeting on Zoom and doing lots of different things so we did something
Face-to-Face Meeting to Start Again
Hoorah! As I am sure that you are all aware by now, the second lockdown has ceased with effect from 2nd December 2020 and we have been given the green
Face-to-Face Meeting to Cease Again
As I am sure that you are all aware by now, with the second lockdown taking effect from 5th November 2020, we are having to cease face-to-face section meetings again.
Woodland Beavers – Socially Distanced Walk
Most of our meetings have been on Zoom but we did manage a socially distanced walk this term before it became too dark to meet outside.
Cyclist Badge
We usually do the same activities in the two groups we split into, but this week half of the Cubs did their cyclist badge, and the other half did their
Bug Houses
This week we made and filled bug houses! Kaa made most of each box – they’re made from recycled wooden pallets, even the nails too! The Cubs then hammered the
Mini-Challenge Night (Face to Face at Last!)
After a long long loooong time, we’re finally back and meeting face to face!! Last time we met in person was back in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so
Summer Orienteering Challenge!
Despite lockdown, we’ve kept on Scouting using Zoom meetings, which is amazing (that’s the 21st Century for you!). Now that we’ve stopped for the summer holidays we want to set
Bingo!
This week we played Bingo! We started with three Virtual investitures, taking our total up to four! We then moved onto a Cubs version of Bingo, using camp-themed images We