4th Medway Scout Group

All sections have been enjoying the Summer term and holding some of their meetings at Buckmore Park.

Last Night, the Beavers did some tracking whilst the Cubs build camp fires and cooked sausages and marshmallows (not together, obviously!)

Later, the Scouts and Explorers Scouts cooked three courses of Kebabs on fires - a meaty kebab, a vegatable kebab and finally a desert kebab consisting of strawberries, bannana and marshmallows.

We also said goodbye to a Scout who had come up through the Beavers and Cubs to the Scouts - he’s mowing to Essex and hopes to be able to continue his Scouting at the Salvation Army Scout Group in Basildon.

The Scouts went on Patrol camps to Downe Scout Activity centre over the May day bank holiday weekend.

The Scouts had prepared their own equipment, written their own menus and shopping lists and camped as Patrols for the weekend.

The weather was really good and everyone had a good time - I’m sure they’re all looking forward to putting the equipment away at the next Scout meeting.

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Check out the new Medway Towns Scout district website at http://www.medwaytowns.org.uk. There’s a link on the right hand side so you don’t have to remember it.

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Sorry for the lack of exciting news on the web site - I’ll try and post some photos from the end of last year this week.

All the sections start back on Monday 12th January.

The Scouts and Explorers are meeting at the Car Park of the Community Centre on St Marys Island next Monday, 29th September at 7.45pm. Here’s a map if you need directions.

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As the dark nights draw in it’s a great oppourtunity for the Scouts and Explorers to do some activities at Buckmore Park.

Last week, they did a mini incident hike around the park using some great ideas provided in Scouting Magazine.

All Sections hve started woking towards the Group Environment Award.

Over the last few weeks, the Beavers and Cubs have been reusing things - during the first week, they made useful things from one weeks recycling. This included a telephone, a model space ship and a snakes and ladders game. The Beaver and Cub team that were judged to have produced the best work were given some fair trade chocolate.

The following the Beavers and Cubs put on a fashion show using clothes that were ready to be recycled.

The Scouts and Explorers have started planning for a short video about how making a small change can make the world a better place. Some intial filming has been done but there is a lot work left to be done before the film movie is available to view.

The Scouts and Explorers spent a week at the Blackwell Adventure with other Salvation Army Scout and Guide groups from around the UK.

After setting up on the Saturday, everyone got together for a welcome evening and played games to get to know other people.

On Sunday, our Scouts and Explorers had a go on the 3G Swing and Archery. In the evening, a member of the Salvation Army from the West Midlands gave a talk to everyone.

On Monday our Scouts went to Alton Towers during the day and in the evening took part in a series of

activities run by a team from the Salvation Armys International Development department. The games were designed to challenge the way we think of 8 key development areas and everyone was encouraged to think of 3 ways they could make a difference to make the world a better place.

On Tuesday, we went to the Nottingham Climbing Centre to complete some of the requirements for the Scout Climbers Badge and the Explorers Climbing badge. The instructors were excellent and helped all the participants achieve more than they expected during the day.

In the evening, Maurice Porter, a Scouter and Salvation Army Officer performed a magic show.

On Wednesday, we took the High all aboard challenge in the morning and rode the pedal karts in the afternoon. In the evening, everyone got together for a Fun Olympics Evening.

On Thursday, the Scouts did grass sledging in the morning, swimming in the afternoon and cooked a delicious rainbow trout in newspaper of the fire in the evening. Everyone got together for a final campfire beore staying up very late to say goodbye to everyone.

Friday saw everyone packing up and saying their final goodbyes before the journey home.

It was an excellent week where the Scouts and Explorers were challenged with activities and how they live. Click on the photos below to browse through our slide shows.