This week we had some special visitors from Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Dave, Gilder & Bobby came down to talk to us about how dogs can help deaf people in going about their everyday life. Bobby is a working cocker spaniel who is full of energy! He knows how to respond to cooker timers,…
Emergency Aid Stage 2
We moved onto our Stage 2 Emergency Aid badge this week and looked at some more serious casualties. We practiced ringing the emergency services and in particular the ambulance service. We learnt all the vital pieces of information we need to give them and what to do if we were ever in that situation. We…
Swimming Gala
This weekend 9 of our Cubs represented Cherokee at the Blacktoft Beacon District Swimming Gala, held at Ennerdale Leisure Centre. They swam as fast as they could and glided as far as they could to take them to 6th place! Well done Josh, Alfie, Jack, Soala, Charlotte, Amelia, Eddie, Ethan and Ben; you did Cherokee…
Disability Awareness
This week we continued to work towards our Disability Awareness Badge. We started the night off by playing 1 handed pass the parcel which the Beavers found very difficult to not use their other hand! We lost our eyesight for part of the night and had to use our other senses such as touch, smell and…
Emergency Aid Stage 1
This week the Cubs started and completed their Emergency Aid Stage 1 badge. They learnt how to treat minor cuts and grazes with plasters and bandages and how to open and maintain an airway by putting a casualty in the recovery position. They also discussed dangers around the home and what to do at the scene…
KC Stadium Tour
This weekend we went for a tour around the KC Stadium. We got to look through the door of the Chairman’s Suite, go inside a hospitality box, look around the home and away team changing rooms and sit in the players dugouts. We then went into the media room and practiced what it would be like…
Children In Need 2014
This week we got into the Children In Need spirit and came dressed as superheros! We spent the night getting creative with ‘junk’, making accessories for our superhero outfits and decorating Pudsey Bear biscuits to sell to families and leaders at the end of the night. We raised £42.25 for Children In Need and had…
Winter Camp Nov 2014
Winter camp is a joint venture with Cherokee. The camp this year took place at Blackhills Nr Bradford. The Cubs enjoyed the usual Archery, Shooting & the usual midnight walk (it doesn’t really take place at midnight). The Cubs spent Sat afternoon making Bobbing Arrows. The camp this year was close to Bonfire Night so…
Chief Scout’s Silver Award
Tonight Paul, our newly appointed Group Scout Leader, came down to present 3 of our Cubs with their Chief Scout’s Silver Award. Congratulations to Lily, Ben and Eddie! This is the highest award a Cub Scout can gain, a lot of hard work and time has gone into earning all 6 challenge badges, so well…
Road Safety, Science & Shoeboxes
This week we split up into groups to do a few different things. The Sixers helped put together our shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, with donations everyone has been bringing in as part of the Global Challenge. Those that hadn’t completed their Science Activity Badge went off to set beans and cress off growing,…
Birthday Bonfire Night
This week the Beavers were celebrating 2 occasions; bonfire night and Hessle Beavers 1st Birthday! We had sparklers and a scaled down bonfire to toast marshmallows on. Inside we made armpit fudge, it’s not as disgusting as it sounds, honest! We finished off the night by singing Happy Birthday to ourselves and having a birthday bun.
Blackhills Winter Camp 2014
Cherokee and Arapaho spent the weekend together at Blackhills Campsite in Bradford for their Winter Camp. We set off on Friday night, Halloween, so of course the building needed to be decorated accordingly! The Cubs went for a night hike around the site while the leaders had fun decorating. It was then supper and bed…
Investitures
Also this week we had some investitures to do. For those who made their promise at The Deep; Josh, Oliver, Owen, William, Amelia, Tabitha, Hannah & Josh, it was a reenactment so their families could watch. For William it was his turn to swim up the river from Beavers and renew his promise as a…
Eureka!
Hessle Beavers had a fantastic day out at Eureka! to celebrate their first birthday, and are all now qualified Grossologists!
Disability Awareness Badge
The beginning of the night this week started off by congratulating our District Quiz team on placing first! Then we started work on our Disability Awareness Activity Badge. The Beavers spent most of the night in silence to try and understand what it is like for people who can’t speak, and have to use other ways…
The Deep Sleepover 2014
On Fri Oct 17 Arapaho Cubs enjoyed a sleepover at The Deep. The Cubs & leaders enjoy a great evening because we get a personal tour of the deep inc the New Penguins. The Cubs made a badge of their own design & the Cubs put their see life design on a tee shirt, before…
Science Badge
This week we continued work towards our Science Activity Badge. This included making compasses, taking our pulses before and after exercise and looking at milk, food colouring and washing up liquid in solution. We also had a look at how our beans and cress had grown since last week.
Sleepover at The Deep
This weekend Cherokee along with Cubs from all over the district stayed the night at The Deep. The night started off with a guided tour of the attraction. It was then time for supper before making keyrings and decorating t-shirts. Half way around our tour, our newest members were invested, Josh, Oliver, Owen, William, Amelia,…
District Beaver Quiz
This weekend we entered a team into the District Beaver Quiz at Kirkella Scout Hut. Ewan, Edward, Sam & Millie did Hessle Extremely proud by placing first with an amazing 41/50 questions right! This means that they will now go on to represent the District with Amik Beavers at the County Quiz in November. Linda…
Fire Station Visit
This week we went on a visit to Calvert Lane Fire Station. This is for the Beavers Friendship Challenge where they have to learn about someone who serves the community. They learnt all about fire safety at home from a video and talk and got look round all of the fire engine. The firemen even…
Emergency Aid Badge
Tonight the Beavers completed the last parts of their Stage 1 Emergency Aid Badge. Over the past 2 weeks they have learnt about dangers around the home, how to get help, what to do at the scene of an accident, how to open an airway, how to put a casualty in the recovery position and…
New Beavers Invested
Tonight our newest 6 Beavers made their Beaver promise and were invested into Hessle Beaver Colony. Well done to Alex, Connor, Finley, Ewan, Henry & Sam, you can now start earning lots of badges to go on your new uniform!
Parents & Guardian “dad & lads” Camp September 2014
Squirrel Wood, Nr Doncaster. This is the only camp that parents are allowed to attend. This year Arapaho Cubs helped Squirrel Wood celebrate their 70th birthday that did includ a Birthday Cake. Squirrel Wood put on a party that included a full day of activities concluding with a talent contest entered by our very own…
Arapaho Cubs – Backwoods cooking
The Arapaho Cubs had a night of backwoods cooking, cooking sponge cake with chocolate inside an orange, baked on an open fire. The final results varied in appearance but all tasted great. The Cubs also learnt how to light a fire with matches and flint and steel, just like ‘Bear Grylls’
Autumn Fair
You’re very welcome at our Autumn Fair! Saturday 11 October, 9:30am – 1:30pm, All Saint’s Church Hall.
Welton Waters
This week we went to Welton Waters Activity Centre for our re-arranged end of term treat! The Beavers were split into 3 groups and rotated around rafted canoes and gig sailing. They had to work as teams to move themselves around on the water and race against other teams. The session earned them all the…
Billy Beaver’s Summer Adventures
Billy Beaver has had some fantastic adventures during the summer holidays. He has been to two International Scout and Guide Camps. For the first two weeks he was at WINGS 2014, in Windsor Great Park, helping out with the IT systems and archery. He was so good with the IT that he was then invited…
Kwahadi Dancers
On 10th August the Kwahadi Dancers came all the way from Amarillo, Texas to perform their magical, traditional Indian dances at Hessle Town Hall for us. The Scout Group hosted them at Raywell campsite the same as when they visited in 2009. To celebrate our friendship with the group we presented them with one of…
Billy Beaver on Holiday
Tic Tac has received a message from Billy Beaver to say that he has gone on holiday for a couple of weeks. Let’s hope he has fun and posts us a few pictures so that we can see what he is up to……
Arapaho Cubs – Fire Station visit
The Arapaho Cub pack enjoyed an organised visit to Calvert Lane Fire Station , on Tuesday 22nd July. The Cubs had a safety talk as well as organised activities and a tour of an operational fire appliance. Fun was had by all for he last night of the term.
Water fight!!! “Best Scouts Ever”
So much water wet didn’t cut it. End of term BBQ and Water Fight.
Water Fun
For the last night of term the Beavers had some fun with water. This included seeing who could make it travel the furthest, carrying it blindfolded, transporting from one bucket to another with sponges and of course a water fight! Nature even gave us a helping hand at the end too with some rain!
Seaside visit
On Thursday 17th July Hessle Explorers organised a Blacktoft Beacon District Explorers end of term seaside visit to South Shore at Bridlington. The event was attended by Explorers and leaders from Hessle, South Cave, Kirk Ella, Howden and Snaith. Everyone had fish & chips provided by Linda at Mushy P’s fish & chip shop followed…
Hessle Open Gardens
On Sunday 6th July Paul the Explorer Leader gratefully received a cheque for £600 from the Hessle West Open Gardens team. This money was a follow on from some donated the year before to start the build on the outdoor activity area at the rear of the Scout Den. The money this year is intended…
The Indians are coming……..
The Kwahadi Dancers are a magical combination of Scouting, Indian Lore, and showbiz. The group from Amarillo, Texas are touring the UK and Europe and they will be performing in Hessle Town Hall on Sunday 10 August 2014 at 7.00pm – 9.30pm. Everyone is welcome to join us. Family tickets £12 (2 adults + 2 children),…
Commondale Camp – 11th-13th July
Arapaho, Cherokee and the Scouts joined together for the weekend to head up to Commondale near Whitby for a camp. We left on Friday evening and got to Raven Gill Campsite in time to get everything set up before it got too dark. There was then just enough time to go for a night walk…
Commondale Camp – 11th-13th July
Arapaho, Cherokee and the Scouts joined together for the weekend to head up to Commondale near Whitby for a camp. We left on Friday evening and got to Raven Gill Campsite in time to get everything set up before it got too dark. There was then just enough time to go for a night walk…
Gilwell24 – 2014
Our Explorers joined 5,000 other Explorers at the Gilwell24 event 11th to 13th July at Gilwell Scout Park, Chingford. The event ran from 0900 on Saturday and finished at 0900 on the Sunday, it was a great success as the photos will show you. Everyone had a fantastic time and most managed to continue with…
Arapaho Cubs – Backwoods Cooking
The Arapaho Cub pack had an enjoyable time this week (08/07/14). Half of the pack completed an orienteering course around ‘Little Switzerland’ whilst the other half completed their Backwoods Cooking badge, by cooking on a stick and making hot chocolate. The cubs have learnt fire safety, and also how to light fires and cook using…
County Monopoly Run – Hull 2014
On the 28th June our Explorers joined 130 other Explorers from the rest of the county to take part in the Monopoly Run in the city of Hull. The event took place on the same day as the Lord Mayer parade, there were street acts, fairground rides, live music and of course 130 Explorers running…
Group Camp 2014
The Explorers joined the rest of Hessle Scout Group for the annual Group Camp on 19th to 21st June 2014. They all enjoyed the weekend with 117 young Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers attending. The activities included climbing, archery, rifle range, grass sledging, hike, assault course, snake and reptile handling, climbing frames and water slides….
Bivvy Building – 30th June
After our week off to recover from Group Camp, this week we went to Nut Wood to build bivvies. We split into 3 groups and went to go scout out the best location. The Cubs then went to collect all the dead trees and sticks needed to build their bivvy. With a bit of Leader…
Arapaho Cubs – Pioneering – Egg drop challenge – 01/07/2014
The Arapaho cubs took part in pioneering / craft projects, based around eggs. Half of the group constructed structures (made out of spaghetti and marshmallows) that would hold an egg above the ground and be unsupported. The cubs had to design and build the structure working as a team. The second group of cubs designed…
Pond Dipping
This week the Beavers were out and about at Noddle Hill Nature Reserve to have a go at some pond dipping! Mark, a park ranger from Hull City Council, came down with all the equipment needed and showed us how to catch some creatures out the water. The Beavers then had to identify, with the…
Athletics – 16th June
Continuing with our fitness theme, this week we worked on our Athletics activity badge. The Cubs split up into their sixes and went around 4 different events; 100m relay, 25m egg and spoon, 25m skipping and sargent jumping. All were scored and the red team came first in every event so came first overall too,…
Sushi & Juices with a bit of Rounders
This week we did a bit more work towards our Fitness Challenge. The Scouts were told to bring a fruit or veg with and we had some interesting ones! We started off the night with a game of kick rounders. Then in small groups we went inside to make the sushi and juices while other…
Football World Cup
This week we based our meeting on the Football World Cup. Everybody, including Billy Beaver, picked one of the countries playing out of a bowl at random to follow through the tournament and whoever has the winning team will get a prize! The nights activities included designing our own football kit with icing on biscuits,…
Scouting Awards Presented
At the Blacktoft Beacon District AGM on Thursday, some of Hessle Scout Groups leaders were presented with Scouting awards by Linda, our District Commissioner. Margaret from Cherokee Cubs received her 5 Years Service Award, Josh from Scouts and Wendy from Beavers have now completed their leader training so received their Wood Badge. These are 2…
12th June – Alex invested on the shore
We invested Alex tonight down by the river side during the orange chocolate brownie cooking challenge with a twist. Hessle Explorers out in the open air!