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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

North Leigh 18 Mile Hike back for 2020!
2020 Event Sponsors Are you ready? Registration opening for 1st January 2020!We are back for 2020 and we are going to be bigger and better! Having moved our date for

Remembrance Day 2018 – 100 Year Anniversary
The Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts joined members of Girl Guiding and people from North Leigh to commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One, as well as remember

Group Day 2018
Although the weather could have been better, Group Day this year was great fun! Everyone had a go at two of the Youlbury activities, including climbing, abseiling, 3G swing, archery,

Beaver Sleepover!
9 gallant and adventurous beavers braved danger and dragons at the weekend in our knights and dragons themed beaver sleepover! They all had loads of fun learning about St George
St Andrews day celebration with the beavers!!
On the 29th November we learnt all about how the Union flag is made up of the flags of: St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. We also learnt that

Remembrance Parade 2017
This year 6 Beavers took part in the Remembrance Parade with the other Scouts and Guides from North Leigh. We marched all the way to the church, we’d practiced marching

Aunt Sally and Skittles!
We had a great time this week even though it was raining the beavers went to the Masons Arms to play Aunt Sally and Skittles. Aunt Sally is an Oxfordshire

Group Day – Saturday 23 September 2017
The 1st North Leigh Scout Group (which includes Beavers, Cubs & Scouts) had a Group Fun Day on Saturday 23 September 2017. It gave us the chance to all join

Mini Beast Hunting
The Beavers had great fun yesterday looking for mini beasts in the woods behind the school.Their task was to find as many as they could and take pictures of them!

First Beaver Meeting Back!
It was Beanie Beavers first meeting on Wednesday. However, he wasn’t the only new Beaver, we welcomed four new Beavers and also our new Beaver leader, Kite! We got to

OxonJam – Beavers
On the first Saturday of half term the Beavers visited OxonJam! OxonJam is a county camp, that saw over 4,500 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers, Young Leaders, and Leaders from across

Painting
There were only four Beavers at tonight’s meeting, as it clashed with the school play, but we still made the most of the sunny weather! We made simple tripods from

Marshmallow and Spaghetti Towers
This week, the Beavers were tasked with building the tallest towers they could out marshmallows and spaghetti! They split into two teams, planned out their design after a team discussion,

Village Litter Pick
3 Beavers and 11 Cubs took part in the annual village litter pick – one group looked for litter along Common Road, whilst the other group tackled Windmill Road. We

Planting Seeds
The Beavers had a go at planting seeds this week! They planted mixed lettuce, lollo rosa lettuce, and cress. Once they had filled their trays with soil, they divided it

S’mores
This week the Beavers went to Sophie’s Woodland to cook s’mores. They managed to toast their marshmallows on the fire, with many of them cooked to perfection and very few

Duck Race – Back June 11th 2017
The Racing Quackers will be back for a fun filled family afternoon. The North Leigh Duck Race will be returning June 11th 2017 – put it in your diary

Group Day
On Group day North Leigh Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and the Leaders all join up for a day of fun and adventure at Youlbury. The day gives the scouts of ages

Duck Race 2016
Quackers! Each year in June North Leigh Scout Group holds a magnificent duck race! A key fund raising event we invite the wider community to come and have lots of