Camp100

Wow! what a weekend we all had from 17th to 19th June 2016 at the Heart of England Showground near Meriden. We joined 1200 other Cubs and their Leaders for a full weekend of activities. The Cubs had lots of choice. And we mean lots! Amongst other things they made themselves into French Citizens for the Opening Ceremony Parade, built shelters, ate bugs, learnt how to make fire without matches, climbed, canoed, rowed, jumped, shot (archery, shooting and nerf guns), made lots of things, danced, played steel drums ... plus other things that they are still remembering! Here's just a few photographs of a truly memorable weekend:

Getting ready for this year's Camp

We have two Practise Camps recently to get us ready for the County Cub100 Camp in just a few days time! Everyone has had a chance to camp at our our meeting place for the night, so we're now ready for the big weekend. Just four days to go!

Local Knowledge badge

We have been out walking for the last two meetings - finding out more about Wilmcote and how the village has grown. In particular we walked to two of the old Quarries to see where the stone came from. Perhaps we saw the very spot where the stone for the floor of the Houses of Parliament was cut from!

Mini Pioneering Challenge

It looks a bit like another fire layout; actually it was a mini pioneering challenge and was part of the Adventure Challenge Award. The Cubs were asked to build a frame, put a base on it off the ground and light a mini beacon fire to go on it. Here's Luke, William and Jack doing their challenge. As our youngest Cubs, they did really well!

Backwoods Cooking

The main badge activity in April was our preparation and badge night for Backwoods Cooking. The Cubs had to cook something in a pot (they made a stew), on a stick (a sausage then marshmallows) and in foil (baked banana with chocolate). Great fun!

 

St George's Parade in Alcester

Our annual parade was in Alcester this year. A number of Cubs had specific responsibilities, so well done to them. They all looked very smart!

 

 

The Shirley Pipe Band led the parade to and from St Nicholas' Church.

 



Scarlett and Martha read a prayer in the service

 

Jessica was a flag escort, Kieren carried the flag and Alfie was the other flag escort.

 







Beavers to Cubs: Our "Swimming Up" Ceremony

It has been a year since any of our Beavers were old enough to move up to Cubs. This year there will be 9 of them! We do a simple ceremony, but it's great fun for the older Beaver to do on their last meeting in the Colony. We did two Beaver "swim ups" this week. Let's follow Luke:
First Luke is on the Beaver side of the river:

 

Then Luke goes "into the river" as a Beaver...

 

 ... then he emerges as a Cub Scout, in his green top:

 

 Finally, Luke is welcomed to the Pack by Akela and, in this instance, Sonny and Olivia.