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,…
Category: Beavers
Hessle Beavers meet on a Wednesday evening from 5:45pm – 7:00pm. Our section gives children aged 6 – 8 years their first taste of scouting activities in a fun and friendly environment. The varied programme gives them the opportunity to earn a wide range of activity and challenge badges.
Our Colony is currently full, but if you would like to add a child to our waiting list please use the email address below.
For further information, please contact beavers@hesslescoutgroup.co.uk
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…
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…
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.
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…
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!
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…
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……
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!
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),…
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…
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,…
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!
Bug Hotel!
On 24/05/2014 we started to build a Bug Hotel! The Beavers brought along lots of materials from home, and also collected natural objects from around the scout den. With a little assistance several creatures have already moved in! This activity is part of our Environment Partnership Award.
18th May – Hessle Open Gardens Bus team
Hessle Open Gardens Organisation help local charities through their annual open gardens event. Last year they helped the Scout Group with funding for the outdoor activity area. This year they asked us to help them by running a minibus route around Hessle. The leaders stepped up to this challenge. They divided up the hours between…
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…
Green Cross Code
Beavers have started working on their next badges for the summer term, Outdoor Challenge, Safety Activity and Adventure Activity Badges. Tonight we learnt about the Green Cross Code, and then went out and about to learn how to cross the roads in Hessle safely using a zebra crossing and a pelican crossing. Our two young leaders…
Beaver Leaders Invested
On 30 April 2014 Malak and Tic Tac were invested as Beaver Leaders. They received a very loud B R A V O from all the Beavers.
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…
Country Park Hike
This week we went on our first hike. In 2 groups, we walked around the Humber Bridge Country Park. Whilst walking round we collected numbers and letters from small plaques in front of some of the trees, to complete the Friends of the Humber Bridge Country Park Tree Trail.
Mother’s Day Church Parade
This Sunday Hessle Scout Group went on Church Parade for Mothering Sunday. This was a first for Hessle Beavers so our new flag and Billy Beaver were blessed by Reverend Tim. All the Beavers helped give out flowers to ladies in the congregation.
Sport Relief Mile 2014
Hessle Beavers and their families completed 1 mile for Sport Relief on 23rd March. Some of us ran, some of us walked and some did a bit of both! Everyone had a brilliant time and hopefully together we have raised lots of money for a very good cause. If you would like to sponsor us…
Cooking on Fires 19-03-2014
This week we cooked on fires for the first time at Beavers! We made pitta bread pizzas, they tasted yummy! Thank you very much to Ian & Josh for coming down to help us build them.
Health and Fitness
As part of the Health and Fitness Activity Badge, the Beavers have to learn about personal hygiene. This week we welcomed three visitors to our meeting. Chris, a Dentist and Rachael, a Dental Nurse, who spoke out keeping our teeth clean, and Emma a Nurse helped us learn about hand washing.
Egg Drop Challenge
On Wednesday 26 February the Beavers were set a challenge. They had to undertake various activities to earn points to buy items to make a parachute for an egg. We then dropped the egg from height to see if it survived. As you can see by their faces, there was much excitement and anticipation!
Visit from ASDA
This week we had a visit from Suzy Ramsbottom, Community Champion at Asda Hessle Road. She came to make some delicious fruit smoothies with us as part of our Health and Fitness theme for this term.
Bronze Chief Scout Award
A massive well done to Connor on achieving his Bronze Chief Scout Award! He put in a lot of hard work to gain all of his challenge badges which enabled him to achieve the award. He is the first Hessle Beaver to get the award but hopefully won’t be the last!
Beaver Show and Tell
During this term, as part of their Health and Fitness Badge, Beavers are telling us about the different sports and activities they take part in. We have had talks on swimming, judo, tennis, football, dancing, athletics and kayaking so far.
Beavers Invested
Thanks to Audrey Harris for investing our seven new Beavers, as well as presenting Connor Daniel with his Bronze Chief Scout Award. They are all wearing their new badges and neckers with pride.
Fitness Challenge
[gallery orderby=”rand” type=”rectangular” ids=”1666,1665,1664,1663,1662,1661,1660″] This week 3 of the Explorers who play for Hessle Rugby Club came down to teach the Beavers about Rugby. This is part of their Fitness Challenge badge. They had great fun practising scrums and asking lots of questions.
Beavers Deep Sleepover
On 17 January Hessle Beavers spent their first night away at The Deep along with other Cubs from the Blacktoft Beacon District. The had a guided tour around the attraction before making a badge and decorating a t-shirt each. They also listened to a talk about the equipment the divers use and got to try…
Beaver Christmas Party
Wednesday 18 December was our last colony night before Christmas. We had a party with lots of fun games and food! We also received our Promise Challenge Badge and Faith Activity Badge.
Beaver Faith Badge
On Wednesday 4 December we visited All Saints Church as part of our Faith Activity badge. We wrote and read out prayers, did a treasure hunt around church, and practiced carrying our flag.
Christingle Service
On Sunday 1 December we went to All Saints Church for the Children’s Society Christingle Service. We each received a Christingle to take home.
BEAVERS INVESTITURE
Our first 15 Beavers made their promise to Audrey Harris, County Training Adviser, and long serving member of Hessle Scout Group on Wednesday 27 November 2013.
Welcome to Hessle Beavers
Welcome to the newly formed Hessle Beaver Colony. Our first meeting and ‘log chew’ will be held on Wednesday 6 October at 5.45pm, where we look forward to welcoming our new members. If you would like further information, or to be added to our waiting list, please contact us at: beavers@hesslescoutgroup.co.uk