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What have we been doing at Beavers? - see the list below
of just some of the activities undertaken over the past year.
- Swedish Night
- Hilton Woods
- Gala Day
- Sleepovers
- Craft
- Songs
- Games
- Area Centenary Camp Visit
- Fordell Firs Activity Centre
- Health and Fitness
- Experiments
- Flight
- Watch House Visit
- Church and Graveyard Visit
- Dunfermline District Underwater Section Presentation
- Visits from / to 62nd Crossford and 116th Carnock
- Sunrise Ceremony (at night!)
- District Beaver Fun Day and Carol Service
- 10 Pin Bowling
- Origami
- Sports Night
- Badge Work
- Etc, etc, etc.
Goodbye to Vicente Darder (Rusty)
In November '07 we said goodbye to Vicente Darder - Assistant
Beaver leader Rusty who was returning with his family to his homeland
of Spain and we presented Vicente with a card and photo of the colony
to remind him of his time with the 83rd Scout Group.
Activities with the other Group Sections
In January the Cub section invited the Beavers Founder's
Day Parade and Church Service to one of their meeting nights where we
had bases galore experiments, senses, craft, skills and finished with
juice and a biscuit which they had decorated themselves at one of the
bases. A fun night but it also let our Beavers meet and get to know the
Cub Leaders and Cubs.
We have also had some of the older Scouts coming along
to our meetings and they have shared their scouting experiences with us
including the Scout camp at Hampshire 007and diving in the Red Sea. They
have assisted with craft and games in fact any activity the Beavers may
be doing.
Every week we have assistance from Explorers doing the
Service Section of their Duke of Edinburgh Awards. The Explorers help
with the programme planning and have over the last year ran several complete
evenings including the Swedish meeting, DOE Hike evening and a Indoor
Campfire night. Their skills are invaluable when the Beavers go up the
woods and require fires to cook their toast and marshmallows on.
Thank you to all who have assisted us over the last year
we hope you have enjoyed being at Beavers as much as we have appreciated
your help.
Beavers in the Community
Beavers enjoy getting out of the hall and over the year
we have been visiting some local places. We have been up to visit the
restored Watch House having previously followed the new Cairneyhill Heritage
Trail.
We had a visit to the Church and Graveyard as part of
our Faith badge and were again at the church for our Founder's Day service
having paraded with the village's other uniformed organisations from the
scout hall. We also make good use of Hilton Woods in both the summer and
for torch walks in the darker months.
The older Beavers also plant up our Beaver tub in the
Main Street and all Beavers over the summer months each take a week of
watering and caring for our tub.
Badges
At our weekly programmes our Beavers are able to do all
the Challenge badges available to them. Over the year we have also tackled
the Scottish Challenge badge, The Health and Fitness, Hobbies, Experiment,
Air Activities, Safety, Imagination and Faith badges. All of our Beavers
swimming up to Cubs over the last year have also gained their Chief Scout
Bronze Awards. We also offer the opportunity to do the Hike 1 badge prior
to swimming up to Cubs.
Thanks
We receive so much help from so many people allowing
us to offer a varied and fun weekly programme to our Beavers. The list
is too long to name individuals but please be assured any assistance given
over the last year has been really appreciated.
At present Beavers is full but names can be put on the
waiting list when age 5.
Dorothy Peters (Snowy Owl) tel 882190
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