Thank you to the 22 young people who helped us in the parade and litter picking at Hessle Feast today, as well as the Co-op for recycling the rubbish for us. A day full of sunshine and laughter and lots of rubbish collected.
Author: Beavers
HESSLE WEST OPEN GARDENS
Thank you to everyone that participated in the Hessle West Open Gardens event this year, in particular to the Hessle Scout Group Leaders that helped with the minibus. Each year the event supports local charities and Paul, our GSL, and Connor, Apache Scout, were today presented with a cheque for £300.
CYCLING THE HUMBER
Beavers completed their cyclist badge in perfect weather. We cycled from the Humber Bridge Car Park over to the bridge tower on the south bank of the Humber and back. Thanks to all the parents that joined us to make the trip possible.
Bike Festival
Cherokee Cubs had a fun evening at the Bike Festival at Goole Academy. They got to race against each other, try out lots of unusual bicycles, and watch the 3Sixty bicycle stunt team. This event also helped them work towards their cyclist badge.
POTTERY PAINTING
Thank you Saramique Studio for another great evening of pottery painting. We hope all the Cherokee Dads enjoy the fantastic Father’s Day gifts. We also welcomed Rachael, Deputy District Commissioner to present the Cherokee B team with their trophy for finishing in second place at the recent Campcraft competition, and invested Seth as our newest…
DEN BUILDING
Hessle Beavers and Beech Tree Beavers had great fun building dens in Nut Wood. Thanks to all our adult helpers, who we also think had a great time!!
2018 Jamboree on the Trail
Well done to everyone that took part to help make our 2018 Sponsored Walk, Family BBQ and AGM such a success. Whether you walked the route, cut the grass, prepared the food, cooked the food, or even just ate it, helped with road crossings, put the tables and chairs out or away, led the singing…
HUFFLEPUFF WINNERS!
Arapaho and Cherokee Cubs attended the 2018 Humberside Scouts County Cub Camp – ‘Fantastic Cubs And Where To Find Them’. As part of the Hufflepuff House, along with Cubs from Brayton Scarlet, 19th Grimsby (St Hugh’s), 1st Ricall, St Martins, Sewerby Methodist, Trinity Methodist, 1st Laceby and St Margaret’s of Scotland, they combined to win…
WINNERS!
What a weekend! Apache Scouts won the Scout Camp Craft Competition at Tablers Wood. They had a full weekend of challenges to complete, and managed them all. They also ran their own camp, setting everything up, cooking all their own meals, keeping everything tidy and camped without a leader. The team of five were fantastic…
WINNERS!
Arapaho and Cherokee Cubs entered teams into the Blacktoft Beacon District Camp Craft Competition today. The teams had eight challenges to complete each, and did so with great success. Twelve teams took part, with Arapaho girls finishing first with 110 points Cherokee boys second, with 98 points, Cherokee girls third with 92 points and Arapaho boys eighth. What…
St George’s Day 2018
It may have been wild and windy up on the racecourse, but we all had a brilliant day. Archery, circus skills, pancake making, Lego, Humberside Fire & Rescue, inflatables, volleyball, skate park, dragon making, pioneering, martial arts, glass engraving, climbing wall, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, to name but a few. With over 500 young people plus…
HESSLE FORESHORE BEACH CLEAN
Well done to the Cherokee Cubs, Beavers and their parents that helped at the beach clean yesterday. Working alongside The Deep and the Marine Conservation Society we all collected many bags of rubbish, as well as some more unusual items such as a car wheel and tools. This has helped the young people work towards…
Bronze Chief Scout Awards
Well done to three Beavers, Clemmie, Gilby and Jack who have achieved their Bronze Chief Scout Award. We look forward to seeing them wear their badges on their new Cub uniforms, as they along with Ben, Harry, Philip and Zico all swam up the first bit of the river to Cubs, We had a fun…
Water Aid – A Cherokee Million Hands Moment
Clean drinking water and good sanitation are essential, yet one in ten people around the world still lack basic access to clean water, while 2.3 billion – that’s one in three people – have nowhere adequate to go to the toilet. But it doesn’t have to be this way; in our lifetime, we can end…
A MILLION HANDS MOMENT FOR WATER AID
Hessle Beavers took part in a hike with a challenge for Water Aid. We walked from Hessle Foreshore into the Humber Bridge Country Park where we filled our milk bottles with water from the pond, learning about water safety whilst we were there. Beavers than had to carry their 4 pint (2.27 litre) cartons back…
WILLIAM’S DEN SLEEPOVER
Beavers and Cherokee Cubs had a fantastic time sleeping at William’s Den. They had plenty of time to enjoy the indoor equipment, had some outdoor team games and singing, made their own pizzas for supper and then got to choose where they slept in the play area. Another Programme Spark completed #PS41, sleeping somewhere unusual. …
BEAVERS INVESTED
Congratulations to Bradley, Charlie and Matilda who have made their promise and been invested into Hessle Beavers
CHIEF SCOUT SILVER AWARD
Congratulations to four Cherokee Cubs Alex, Connor, Ethan and Ewan on achieving their Chief Scout Silver Award. Also to Ewan for being our Cub of the Term for Autumn 2017. All were presented with their awards by Paul our GSL.
CHEROKEE CHEFS
The older Cherokee Cubs completed their Chef Badge by cooking a two course meal. The delicious dishes included Butternut Squash and Chickpea Tagine, Pasta with Salmon and Peas, Chicken Skewers with Tzatziki, Chocolate and Raspberry Pots and Mini Banoffee Pies. They invited the rest of the Cubs and parents to have a taste before they…
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Beavers had a fun week taking part in the Programme Sparks Winter Olympics Challenge, and even Edward the Sparks Bear came to watch. We competed in a ‘No Snow Biathalon’ where we had to slide up the room and then shoot cups with nerf guns, ‘Ice Hockey’ where rather than being on ice, the puck…
Hessle & 1st Laceby Beavers Blastoff!
Two colonies joined together for a sleepover and completed their space and builder activity badges. Staying in the Nyeri Centre at Raywell Park they made spacesuits and helmets, with a jetpack for their back as well as pot bags so that the Beavers do not lose their cutlery and crockery at future sleepovers. Outdoor games…
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Cherokee Cubs had a fun evening at the panto, both watching and taking part in local drama group Saints and Sinners performance of Jack and the Beanstalk. Who knew that the teletubbies could be found at the top of a beanstalk!
#YouShape Lego
Hessle Beavers undertook some #YouShape activities this week. First Gilby was colony leader for the week, swapping neckers with TicTac. He did a great job encouraging others to take part in activities and running our opening and closing ceremonies. Beavers then undertook the Lego Models challenge, where they worked together as a team to choose…
CHEROKEE INVESTITURES
Cherokee Cubs have invested three new members – welcome to Catriona, May and Sophie.
KHEDRUBJE KADAMPA BUDDHIST CENTRE
As part of their World Challenge and World Faith Badges, Cherokee Cubs visited our local Buddhist Centre. They discovered lots of interesting facts about Buddhism and the history of the centre, as well as doing some meditation. A big thanks to Neil for sharing all this information with us.
Scottish Sparks
Hessle Beavers spent an evening immersing themselves in all thing Scottish as part of the World Challenge badge. We played games of beanbag curling, designed our own tartan, and had tasters of haggis, tatties and neeps and irn bru! #PS4
MINECRAFT MISSION
Cherokee Cubs spent a weekend engrossed in all things Minecraft, but not just on a computer! We made creepers from junk boxes, a huge Minecraft sword cake, hama bead Minecraft keyrings, played creeper bowling, and a #Youshape request from the Cubs was to build their own Minecraft house from cardboard boxes, which gave hours of…
PROGRAMME SPARKS
Hessle Beavers completed the first of the Humberside Scouts Programme Sparks tonight. They have submitted their ideas for the badge design, and Billy Beaver got to meet District Bear!
Bronze Chief Scout Award
Congratulations to Sam on achieving his Bronze Chief Scout Award, presented to him by our GSL Paul. During his time in Beavers Sam has also been awarded 19 of the 20 activity badges available to Beavers as well as 7 different staged badges – quite an achievement in 2 years!
Chief Scout Silver Award
Well done to Oliver, Connor and Henry on achieving their Chief Scout Silver Award – the highest badge that Cubs can receive. They were presented with them by our GSL Paul.
Cherokee Cubs Shield
Congratulations to Ethan who was presented with the Cherokee Cubs Shield for being the most helpful Cub at the It’s Christmas Camp 2017.
ROCK UP!
Beavers had a great time at Rock-up for their Christmas treat. Up and down the walls several times, with no fear at all! We also waved farewell to Sam and Charlotte as they swam up the river to Arapaho Cubs.
NATIVITY WITH A TWIST
Arapaho Cubs were stars of the stage when they performed their Nativity with a twist. Cubs on a hike, shepherds, wise men, an innkeeper and an angel all featured during the evening, alongside lots of traditional carols sang by both the Cubs and the audience. A well deserved entertainer badge has been earned by all…
It’s Christmas!
Cherokee Cubs had an excellent weekend at Blackhills Campsite, Bradford. The theme for the weekend was all things Christmas, and we started on Friday night decorating Christmas Eve boxes, ready for filling with goodies over the weekend. On Saturday we went for a walk in search of perfect sticks for making picture frames, which we…
Co-op Local Community Fund
A big thank you to everyone at the Co-op in Hessle, for inviting us to be part of their Local Community Fund, and especially to all the Co-op members for helping to raise the money. This morning we joined staff in store to receive a cheque for £1917.13 – a fantastic amount that will help…
Remembrance Sunday 2017
What a fantastic turn out from all our young people and leaders today – over a hundred of us. Smartly dressed in uniforms with smiles on faces despite the cold weather. Well done everyone!
Camp Award
Well done to Oliver who was presented with the Cherokee Cubs Shield for being the most helpful Cub at the DIY Camp 2017.
Welcome to Cherokee
Another investiture into Cherokee Cubs – welcome to Alex!
NEW BEAVER SCOUTS
Seven new Beavers have been invested. Welcome to Alfie, Arthur, Ava, Oliver, Philip, Seraphina and Zico.
HUMBERSIDE POLICE LIFESTYLE
A group of our scouts took part in Humberside Police Lifestyle project during the summer. Lifestyle is a project that was set up in 1989 to challenge young people to get involved with their communities, using their spare time to make a real difference, inspiring them to make positive choices and want to help others. Well…
WELCOME TO CHEROKEE
Four new Cubs have been invested into Cherokee. Isabelle and Douglas during our walk around the Fish Trail in Hull City Centre, and Jacob and Oliver in the den.
EUREKA!
Beavers had a brilliant time at Eureka, the extraordinary fun-packed day out for kids. We explored the different zones of the museum, All About Me, Spark Gallery, Living and Working Together, Imagination Space, Sound Space pushing buttons, playing and discovering. This helped Beavers to achieve their Explore Activity Badge.
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Hessle Scout Group were well represented at All Saints Church Harvest Festival today. Well done to those that played an active part in the service, carrying the flags, helping with the sermon, readings, collection, prayers, bread and wine, and in particular everyone that donated to the harvest food collection. This will be distributed to the…
BEAVER CHEFS
This term Beavers are working towards their Chef Activity Badge. Last week we made pizza, and this week we have visited Pickering Road Community Orchard. What a brilliant night – we saw a sparrowhawk, a rainbow, tasted different varieties of apples and apple juice, picked apples from the trees, saw the bee hives and wandered…
Swimming Up The River
Three more Beavers finished swimming up the river and into the cub den. They were then invested as Cubs. Welcome to Arapaho Mason, Robert and Sriram.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Our GSL, Paul, presented Cherokee Cub Leader Baloo with his Chief Scout’s 10 Years Service Award, in recognition of his service to scouting.
CHEROKEE DIY
Cherokee Cubs had a great weekend at Bail Wood Campsite, near Aldbrough. Whilst there they completed their DIY badge in Baloo’s pop up workshop! They made bird boxes, welly boot removers and catapults, and were even inventive with the off cuts of wood from the above, making them into Christmas bells to decorate the scout…
CHIEF SCOUT SILVER AWARD
Congratulations to Callum who completed the final part of his Cub World Challenge badge during the summer holidays at our Backyard Wildlife Event. This enabled us to present him with his Chief Scout Silver Award at his first night at Navajo Scouts.
HUNGRY HIPPOS!
Cherokee Cubs enjoyed their first meeting after the summer holidays, trying out the new hungry hippos game. It was a big hit, great fun and we saw some brilliant teamwork! Four Beavers also finished swimming up the river and into the cub den. They were then invested as Cubs. Welcome to Alex, Georgia, Kieran and…
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Last weekend some members of Apache Scouts and Cherokee Cubs attended the first of the Backyard Wildlife Workshops run by Anna from the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. An excellent morning making bird boxes and bird food. Looking forward to the next workshop on Saturday building hedgehog houses and painting tyre planters to brighten up the garden…