Just a reminder! The Beaver promise is:
- I promise to do my best, to be kind and helpful, and to love God
12 May Leaf printing and map making
19 May Out and about in the village, making a map believe it or not!
26 May Let’s be creative! BRING A FRIEND!
2 June Half term – no meeting
9 June Cooking night
16 June NO MEETING ON THE WEDNESDAY
17 June The Group AGM – the hut will be open to the Beavers to eat their own picnic tea from 6.00pm
19 June Fun day! A crazy Saturday at the field with all sorts of daft goings on to raise money for the new hut
23 June Pond dipping - start and finish at the Tunnel Mouth Car Park, Stoke Road
30 June Outdoor cooking
7 July Football crazy!
14 July Emergency aid
21 July Yippee, Schools Out! Start and finish at the Salcey Forest Car Park
Don't forget, there are a number of staged activity badges that your child can earn and which we can not really do much about during the evening – for example Information Technology, Musician or Swimming – more information can be found at on the Scout’s web site at
www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/hqdocs/badges/beaver-activity-index.htm
We’ve recently re-defined our Code of Conduct as the 10 Golden Rules – last done in 2006 believe it or not – and the youngsters came up with some really good ideas that they would accept as shaping their conduct, and the Leaders’ response to such behaviour! The rules – including the ideas shaping the issue of the yellow and red card – are on the notice board, and follow:
On the plus side:
- always have fun,
- do our best,
- be nice to everyone,
- be respectful,
- listen when spoken to,
- play by the rules, and
- respect the hut and the equipment.
However, we must not:
- use rude words,
- use violent conduct, or
- leave other people out.
- a leader or helper might show us a “yellow card” and we would have to sit quietly on a box, and not take part in the meeting until we were asked back by the leader or helper,
- if our behaviour was truly awful we might get a “red card” that stopped us taking part in the next game or activity.
In the past year the young people and the leaders we have had great help from the Mums on an informal rota last year – many thanks to all you now “Cub-Mums” (Rachel and Alison in particular!). If you would like to come along one evening then please feel free to put your name on the list on the Beaver cupboard door, or let me know via email or on this blog.
As usual we will continue to try provide a wide range of activities to introduce the Beavers to Scouting, from our participation in the fabulous Show in March to outdoor activities such as treasure hunts and raft building down by the Tunnel Mouth. The "big outdoors" provides a great classroom for self-development and team building, as well as the opportunity for having a laugh with some friends and trying out new things.
We also have a grand plan – to try to provide enough opportunities in the programme for each of our Beavers to earn all six Challenge badges whilst they are with us, as well as to provide challenges and opportunities to earn the Activity badges. Hopefully each of the Beavers will then be able to earn the Chief Scout’s Bronze Award before they move on to Cubs – it sounds so engagingly simple doesn’t it? Would yo like to help make it happen - if so, let me know!
Jonathan
