News & Activities - 2019
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
Camp Fire songs at Madley Park House
In preparation for our upcoming camp we practiced our campfire songs and went to Madley Park House. We performed our full range of campfire songs in front of a packed
Air Activities
The Beavers have been working on their Air Activities level 1 badge. This included designing their own aircraft and making paper planes before seeing how well they flew. Mike and
Fire Lighting!
We went off to the woodland and with the help of the scout leaders all the beavers had the opportunity to learn how to light a fire! We all learnt
Duck Race 2019
This year’s duck race is on Sunday 14th July! Here’s all the information you need to know: What is a Duck Race?We float about 1700 plastic ducks along the river
Taking Photos in the Woods
We used the photography skills we learnt last week to take photos on the hike that we went on this evening! We gave the Cubs a list of things they
Woodland Beavers – Toasting Marshmallows
Joff the Scout leader ran a session for the Beavers teaching them how to light fires without matches (don’t worry they need a lot more practice) and then we toasted
Stop Motion Animation
Tonight we started our photography badge! We started off by looking at good and bad photos, so that we knew some of the things we wanted to avoid, like putting
PGL 2019
This weekend we went to PGL in Liddington! We arrived on the Friday evening and met Dan, our group leader. We then unpacked, and went to dinner! Next we went