News & Activities - 2023

Beavers – WOD Camp 2023
What an amazing time we had at the West Oxfordshire District (WOD) Camp 2023! The weather was wet and windy, in fact very wet and incredibly windy at times! However,

Beavers – Bowling
For our last weekly Beaver Meeting of this term, we all went bowling at RAF Brize Norton and scored more than a few strikes! Thank you to Eagle (Sarah) for

Beavers – Cyclist Badge
This week our beavers brought in their bicycles and we completed our cyclist Badge. Thank you to our brilliant parents for preparing the bikes and helmets so well, we had

Beavers – Roman Villa Visit
This week, the Woodland Beavers enjoyed a glorious evening at the East End Roman Villa for a Nature Walk and to play a wide game. Two lodges went looking for

Beavers – Woodland Visit
This week, the Woodland Beavers went to the Fat Squirrel Woodland to practice some scouting skills. The beavers learnt all about how to start a fire safely and, of course,

Endeavour Scout Troop Keeping Busy
The scout troop have been keeping busy lately in the Fat Squirrel Woodland. On May the 4th, they dressed up as Star Wars characters and wrote letters to scouts in

Beavers International Games Night and Investiture
This week, Woodland Beavers met on the sandy area outside the Madley Park Co-op for our International Games Night and Investiture. We all played: Boule – originating from France Quoits

Windmill Cubs – Bivouacs
We went for a walk in the woods and ended up building great bivouacs! The cubs had lots of materials they could use and everyone had their own ideas. Hence

Beavers’ Pioneering Project
Woodland Beavers have been pioneering. Pioneering in scouting, is often coming up with the best solutions to physical problems and then challenging ourselves to see if we can find an even

Beavers Make Coronation Crowns
Woodland Beavers have been celebrating the forthcoming Coronation of King Charles III by making crowns similar to the one he will be wearing on the day. You never know, should

Beaver St George’s Sleepover 2023
The Beavers held a St George themed sleepover on Friday 21st to Saturday 22nd April and what a fun time we all had. We played knight, princess and dragon games

Visit to Lambs
Kestrel Cubs and Endeavour Scouts visited Karl (Cub Leader) and Lottie (Scout Leader) at their lambing shed on Monday evening. They asked some very interesting questions and learnt all about

Gulliver’s Land – March 2023
Pre-Covid we were due to go to Gulliver’s Land for a sleepover. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks before we were due to go, we had to cancel the sleepover due

North Leigh Hike 2023
Huge congratulations to Lottie and the Endeavour Scouts team for putting on a great North Leigh Hike. The event took place on Saturday, 11th March 2023 and, collectively, 212 people

The Beavers Experiment!
Woodland Beavers have been experimenting! They used the sugar in the well-known sweets Skittles to experiment with the chemistry concept known as the concentration gradient – that is, that chemicals