Remembrance Sunday 2017

We were pleased to join the Sunday service again this year at St Andrew's in order to mark such a poignant day in our calendar.

District Quiz Winners 2017!

Whilst its always nice to win things, to retain the trophy we'd won in 2016 was particularly satisfying. So, well done to Tom, Harry, William L., Ed, William D and Euan.

Here they are with Ian, ADC Cubs for West Warwickshire.

Visit to St Andrew's Church on 10th October 2017

We have been to the Church for services, but on Tuesday we went along as part of our meeting to find out about this grade 2 listed building in the village. Made out of Wilmcote Stone, Reverend David Benskin told the Cubs a little about its history (built 1841), the importance of parts of the church and the significance of what he wears. He was also able to help one Cub by explaining that St Andrew being a follower of Jesus was unrelated to any Instagram account!

 

 

RNLI Night.

Personal safety was a theme throughout September and as part of that, two RNLI volunteers came to a meeting to talk about safety on the beach, in the sea and near water in general. That aspect is important, because there are lots of rivers and canals in our area and we didn't want the Cubs to be thinking that their safety only needed thinking about when on holiday.
The Cubs learnt about the flags and signs, heard stories about some of the rescues and had it stressed to them that if they find themselves in trouble, its better to float than get tired trying to swim against the flow.

September's Activity Day at Blackwell Adventure

The Cubs had a great weekend camp at Blackwell Adventure in May, but they weren't able to do all the activities that they wanted to. So, last month, we spent the day at the centre and the Cubs abseiled, zip wired, crate-stacked and had a tree tops adventure. Plus, they had a go at the assault course too. This was all part of the Adventure Challenge Award for those that needed to complete those modules as well as a day of general fun!

Supporting the Younger Beaver Scouts

This year in particular, we have encouraged our older Cub Scouts to help the younger ones in our Beaver section. It's been lovely to see them helping with activities and showing others how to do things. Often it has been part of the Team Leader Challenge Award.

Cooking Outside

One of our most popular activities is cooking outside; it doesn't matter whether it's simply toasting marsmallows, cooking sausages, creating S'mores or doing a Nettle Stew - Cubs love it! We did all of these evenings during the summer and early Autumn and often went home with that lovely smell of woodsmoke.

Tesco's Farm to Fork Trail

In June, we returned to Tesco in Stratford-upon-Avon so that the current set of Cubs could go on their Farm to Fork trail. The Cubs had a great time finding out about fish, cheeses, fruit & veg from all around the world, how the bread is baked and where & how it is all stored in their building. They also got to taste breads and cheeses! Thank you Tesco!

Four more Chief Scout's Silver Awards

It's great when our Cubs work to complete all of the seven Challenge Awards; that means that they get their Chief Scout's Silver Award. Not all of them get to achieve this (mainly because they aren't with us for the full 30 months or more), but we have a great record as a Cub Pack and we're proud of it. Each Cubs has done at least 61 different modules to a standard and had to earn at least 6 different Activity badges - quite a task! So, well done to Sonny, Tristan, Phoebe and Aimee. The badge was presented by Ian, the ADC Cubs for West Warwickshire (back, right).

West Warwickshire District Camp

This year our main camp was at Blackwell, which is near Bromsgrove. We joined the eight other Groups in West Warwickshire and had great fun doing lots of different things. The Beavers joined us from Saturday morning and it was great to all camp together on Saturday night. Here's just some of what we got up to....

May - time to Camp!

We held a Practise Camp towards the start of the month, so that the less experienced Cubs knew what to expect as well as us helping the younger Beaver section with their first night away. We camp outside, but use our facilities in the main building rather than the marquee.