Woodland Beaver Colony's
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The beavers visited North Leigh Roman Villa to put their personal challenges to the test! The beavers had been working on the personal challenge, that they set themselves, for some

Scouts love camping and being able to put your own tent is one of the essential camping skill, so we start them early! After a quick demonstration of how to erect

Scouts love going to the woods and scouts love knots; this week, we combined the two! We practised the following knots: Clove Hitch Figure of 8 Knot Square Knot (AKA

The idea behind Geocaching is to have individuals and organisations set up caches all over the world and to share the locations of these caches on the internet. GPS users

It’s great to be back for the Summer Term and we have a few new faces! We sorted out our new lodges, played a game and a quiz that taught

This week, we had a chalk chase around Madley Park. We split into 3 teams and each team had a turn at laying down a trail for the chasers to

Six intrepid beaver hikers set out to complete the North Leigh Hike and were amazing from start to finish on this tough 8-mile, very, very muddy trail. I didn’t hear a

This week, after a minimum of 6 weeks of having a hobby, our colony showed us what their hobby was. We were really impressed by the many different hobbies and

This week, the beavers have been learning about some other countries. We started by asking the beavers what words they knew from other languages and every beaver knew some words

This week, the beavers have been learning about money, which was one of the badges that they really wanted to earn! We started by giving each of the beavers a

This week the beavers had a creative evening using a combination of their imagination and construction skills. Using Lego, K’nex and wooden blocks, they had to build something they thought

Thanks to Ant, Eagle and Bagheera for running our version of a Burns Night. To start, the beavers heard some poetry written by ‘Rabbi Burns’, then the Haggis was presented

We enjoyed a trip to Pizza Hut to celebrate the end of our Autumn Term (well nearly) and the approach of Christmas! Everyone ate well and we know we had

What a great time we had at the West Oxfordshire Beavers’ Festive Afternoon and there was so much to do! We had outdoor activities such as the Reindeer search, singing

We spent a cold night in Witney on the digital scavenger hunt looking for all things operated by technology. All of the beavers found cash machines, electronically operated doors and

The beavers have been learning about Fire Safety and had a great time visiting Witney Fire Station.Thank you so much to Station Manager Paul who talked to us about fire

The beavers have been learning about Remembrance. We started by watching a short video about Remembrance and how the poppy became the symbol of Remembrance. We also learnt about the