Finally for 2018 - Four, yes four, more Chief Scout Awards

Its been a really strong year for our older, longer serving, Cub Scouts to complete their Chief Scout's Silver Award. As a reminder, that's the highest a Cub can achieve, and it requires all seven Challenge Awards to be awarded plus at least 6 Activity badges (that bit is pretty straight forward!). So, many congratulations to William and Sam who were presented their badges and Award certificates at a Pack night by the ADC Cubs for West Warwickshire. Meanwhile, just before Christmas, Christopher & Matthew were presented theirs by Sub Lieutenant James Sanders RNR who leads the   Redditch & Bromsgrove Sea Cadet Unit. The Cubs were there to collect the RN100 badges that the Scout Association have produced to recognise the 100 year association between the our organisation and the Royal Navy.

Blackwell Activity Centre Day in October 2018.

The Cubs (and one older Beaver) spent a full day at the Blackwell Activity Centre, near Bromsgrove in October. We did this last year and we may well make it an annual event. During the day, they raced go-karts, did crate-stacking (they just love that activity), zip-wired, climbed trees and worked as a team on the Assault Course. A brilliant day!

Another Chief Scout Silver Award.

Well done Luke. You are the latest to achieve the Award and you can be very proud of your efforts. As the certificate says, this is the top award for Cub Scouts and requires completion of all 7 Challenge Awards and more than 6 Activity badges (Luke has 20!).

Backwoods Cooking

Backwoods cooking is the term used when we cook outdoors (e.g. in the back woods) and not - as some of the Cubs think - backwards cooking! It remains the most requested activity that we do and the Cubs love it. Across May & June we worked on this badge, cooking a variety of things in different ways.

Gardener badge

This is a new badge for 2018 and the Cubs worked on all the modules between April to July. The dry weather didn't help the growing at times, but we gave it a go! After all, not all planting is successful, is it?

Get In Camp 2018.

What a weekend this was in May. Its impossible to list everything the Cubs did across the six zones available to them on the Saturday and Sunday. Suffice to say that it created memories for life!

Hedgehog Friendly Town & Rubbish Friends

It was an honour to host three guests for our last meeting in April. Year 7 students Kyra and Sophie spoke passionately about their work saving hedgehogs (did you see them on the One Show?) and Becky involved the Cubs in the work of Rubbish Friends and the impact of litter on all wildlife. Thank you - we look forward to helping you in the future.