Woodland Beaver Colony's
News & Activities

This week we went on a Stick Story Hike as part of our Explorers Badge. A big thank you to Ant for organising the session. This is the last time

This week we were in Sophie’s Woodland lighting fires! All of our beavers were successful in lighting a little fire of their own using a ferro rod and cotton wool

This week we made Japanese Fish Kites and we also made origami fish! Japanese carp kites, or koinobori, are a tradition, started by samurai families, symbolising strength, courage, and perseverance.

This week we worked on our Musician Badge! A really big thank you and well done to Hedgehog who led a great session to help us to achieve our Musician

This week we worked on our Space Badge! A really big thank you and well done to Owl who led a great session to help us to achieve almost all

This week we learnt about Chinese New Year. We started by having a game of Chinese Ladders. This is very similar to the usual game of ladders except that each

The Beavers have been working on their Disability Awareness badge. We watched a video to learn about what a disability is, then we learnt about some of the disability aids

Thank you to Ant for running our Science Session. We learnt how to make lava lamps and rainbow disk spinners. We had lots of fun, managed to achieve 2/3 of

What a great sleepover we had and what a lot of things we got up to. After we had arrived, settled in and carried out the formal start to our

Well done to everyone who came along in their odd sock, there were some very strange combinations! Odd Socks Day is a day when schools, workplaces, and individuals join together

This week, the beavers learnt about Remembrance and why we wear poppies. After watching a short video, we painted Remembrance Stones.  We also carried out our annual fire evacuation practice –

With Remembrance Sunday approaching and also as part of our Skills Challenge Badge, this week Karl (Chil from Kestrel Cubs and world-renowned necker roller) and Lottie (Endeavour Scout Leader) kindly

This week, as part of our work on World Challenge Badge, Woodland Beavers received a visit from Maria, who serves our community by helping at the Witney Food Bank. The Witney Food

This week, we went on our Autumn Scavenger Hunt Hike. We were lucky with the weather as there was no rain but there was quite a bit of mud about.

This week, Katie, a young leader with Kestrel Cubs, came in to teach us all about Emergency Aid.  Firstly, Katie showed us a picture of a cycling accident, where the