To finish off the winter term we had a Christmas Party this week. We had lots of fun playing games to win prizes and getting excited for Santa coming!
Author: Keeo
Cubs Christmas Party
This week we had a fun filled Christmas Party, to end what has been a great term. We had a good dance and played all the usual party games but the big hit of the night was the cardboard box game. This is where you have to pick the cardboard box up off the floor…
Baloo’s Birthday!
This week we had a bit of a celebration for Baloo’s 50th Birthday! He’s jetting off to Hong Kong this week so we won’t get to see him on his actual birthday, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a fuss of him before he goes! We had birthday cake and sparklers to celebrate and…
Hearing Dogs Visit
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…
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…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
Squash & Smoothies
This week we carried on working towards our Fitness Challenge badge. We had a visit from Kenny, a squash instructor. He showed the Cubs some video clips of squash being played before coaching them through some of the skills needed to play. Everyone then got a go using the portable wall. Meanwhile in the kitchen…
Annual General Meeting 2014
On Sunday 8th June, we held our Annual General Meeting. This year we did things a bit differently by having a barbecue in the brand new outdoor cooking area, with over 100 people attending! The kids had a great time playing about in the sun and parents read all about what the Scout Group has…
Billy Beaver Rescue Mission!
This week we learnt how to tie a reef knot and a loop knot. With these we then needed to make a rope long enough to rescue Billy Beaver from the shark invested water! We also made Fathers Day gifts and decorated biscuits.
Beavers Invested
This week our newest 5 Beavers were invested by Malak and Tic Tac. They are now full members of the Colony and can start earning badges!
Fitness Challenge – 2nd June
This week everyone started work on their Fitness Challenge badge. This involved a warm up session ran by our young leader Jack and then on to lots of different activities that tie in with their Athletics badge too. Everyone was given log sheets to record how much exercise they do, what food they eat and…
Welcome to Cherokee!
On the Friday night of our sleepover, 4 of our newest Cubs made their Promise and were invested into Cherokee Cub Pack. Welcome to you all!
Melton Bottom Sleepover
This weekend Cherokee Cubs went on their first night away of the summer to Melton Bottom Campsite, where we slept inside for 1 night. On the Friday evening 4 new Cubs were invested before we set off for a walk. However the heavens opened as we were about to leave! So after a small delay…
Alter Fires at Raywell – 10th May
This week we were up at Raywell to do some cooking on alter fires. This went towards the new Backwoods Cooking Activity Badge. Despite the rain, we managed to get 2 fires going using a flint stick. Whilst they died down ready to cook on, the Cubs went in search of green sticks to hold…
A Night at Raywell
This week we were up at Raywell Park for some outdoor activities. We took part in a scavenger hunt around the site looking for things such as something straight, something that feels rough and an interesting rock! We also had a go at a sisal trail. In pairs, one Beaver was blindfolded and the other…
28th April – Josh’s Judo
This week Josh brought his Judo things down to show the pack. By doing this he earnt himself his hobbies and martial arts badge. Well done Josh! If anyone else takes part in sports or hobbies apart from Cubs, bring any equipment or certificates in and you may earn a badge!
Swimming up to Cubs
Also this week we said goodbye to our 5 oldest Beavers as they swam up the river to Arapaho Cubs. Malak, Tic Tac & Keeo will be going to their first night of Cubs after Easter to watch them renew their promise as Cubs and award them their Moving on Award. We are sad to…
Easter Egg Hunt
Tonight was our last meeting before the Easter Holidays, so we had some fun! The Explorers set up an Egg Hunt in the church grounds while we made a basket to collect the eggs in. After finding almost all of them, we played some games for the rest of the night. Before it was home…
3rd April 2014 – Alternative Cookers
This week the Explorers set about making a new kind of cooker. It involved a large tin can, tin foil and a grill. They used charcoal as their heat source, which some were more successful at using than others!
Cooking on the Foreshore
This week we were down on the foreshore. We made some fires and cooked on them. Also this week, our newest members who have come up from Arapaho Cubs made their promise.