Explorers
The Cubs, Scouts and Explorers held their summer camp at Blacklands Farm in Sussex during the last week of July. Check out the pictures below.
In October, the Scouts visited Thorpe Park for a day. The weather was great and the braver Scouts went on all the big rides while some were happy to just go on the flying fish!
In August, 27 Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and Leaders went to Blackwell Adventure for our Summer Camp.
We had great weather and took part in many activities including Climbing, Kayaking, Swimming, Pioneering, Fire Lighting and others. We also visited Drayon Manor Park for a day. Check out the pictures to see what else we did.
For this years St Georges day we tried something different. In the morning, we had a Church Parade at The Salvation Army. The Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers joined in with the children’s church which runs from 10.30 until midday.
After this, we had a picnic at the Vines park in Rochester before joining the rest of the Groups from the Medway towns for the Parade through Rochester and the Service in the Cathedral. This year, the Service was lead by Tracy Wood who also runs the Salvation Army Childrens Church.
During the Service, the Singing Company (the young peoples choir) sang some songs. As some of the members of are also our Beavers and Cubs, we’ve included the video here.
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.
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.
Also, 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.
On Sunday, 21st October, some of our Scouts and Explorer Scouts visited London for the day.We took the train to Blackheath and walked through Greenwich park to the National Maritime Museum. After that, we took the Thames Clipper to Tower Pier and walked across Tower Bridge to HMS Belfast.
We had lunch at a restaurant near to HMS Belfast and then walked along the South bank to the London Eye.
This Monday, 24th September, we are going to Buckmore Park again. The confusion last week was caused by the Security Manager having changed his mobile phone number over the summer, so although we had booked to go, as you will all remember, we couldn’t get in!Meet at the usual times in the car park behind the Sports Centre. Bring suitable clothing and a torch as it may get a bit dark. If it’s been raining heavily througout the day, we’ll be at the hall instead. See you there.