Badger in a hammock
Category: Beavers Page 3 of 4
Let’s keep the last post of the year simple.
Thank you to everybody who ran everyday adventure for our young people.
The leaders who turn out each week, who plan and who train to earn qualifications.
The people in the background who build, paint, drill, saw and help us grow.
The paperworkers who let the leaders do the fun stuff while the subs are collected, gift aid completed, accounts audited, finances recorded, waiting lists managed etc.
Thanks to the parents who trust us with their kids and who budget and save to send their kids away with us.
Finally a thank you to our beavers, cubs, scouts and explorers who make The Fifth one of the best groups in the district.
Beavers have found
the adventure playground
The Fifth has doubled in size in 10 years and, to match the growth, we have had to buy an awful lot of kit. We welcomed girls in 2007 and that meant we needed more new tents, toilets and changing areas. We are careful with your money and we shop around for months to find the best deals for The Fifth. How about some examples?
It looks to be a very wet camp for Beavers this weekend.
Muddy knees and smiling faces.
Bring it on!
How about some facts and figures? Camping is the best thing that we do in scouts and we recognise that with badges for the young people as they move through the sections.
2,464 nights away among our 155Â under 18s
That’s nearly 7 years away.
Between the cubs scouts and explorers:
- only 5 young people have not been on a residential experience with us (and of those 5, 3 joined this term)
- all the explorers have been on a residential.
- I don’t include the beavers in this bit because they have 12 who do not have nights away badges but Badger and Squirrel have a sleepover planned next month
29 beavers – 17 have a nights away badge
and a sleepover is planned in July so that will round up the rest of them
- 11 have 2 or more
Cub Camp 2012 Group Picture
41 cub – 38 have a nights away badge
- 32 have 5 or more
- 14 have 10 or more
55 scouts – 53 have a nights away badge
- 40 have 5 or more
- 38 have 10 or more
- 19 have 20 or more
- 3 have 35 or more
Switzerland Trip 2011 Group Photo
31 explorers – all 31 have a nights away badge
- 29 have 5 or more
- 25 have 10 or more
- 22 have 20 or more
- 12 have 35 or more
- 9 have 50 or more
- 7 have 75 more
- 1 has 121 nights away
And every single one of these has been run by our 100% volunteer team of leaders
Check out what they had to do to earn this badge
They’ve completed six challenges during their time with the beavers
Well done!
Make a paperbag mask whilst its on your head. Hilarious results and the beavers loved it.
