Tonight our three Beavers, Kian, Millie and Ryder, completed their swim up the river and renewed their promise as Cubs. Welcome to Arapaho!
Camp fire fork (Creative) 23/03/16
The Apache Scouts constructed ‘Camp fire forks’ which assisted them in completing part of their creative badge, but more importantly it also assisted them in eating lots of hot dogs and marshmallows. The scouts followed instructions / plans and made their own forks out wire and willow sticks, before trying them out on the open…
Park in the Dark
For our last meeting before Easter, Hessle Beavers had a chip shop hike, followed by a visit to the park. We walked from the scout den to the chip shop, and collected our supper to eat in the park. Much fun was had shining torches from the top of the climbing frames. We then presented…
A Million Hands
This week the middle group went on a visit to our local Sainsbury’s to look at it’s disabled access for their A Million Hands Project. They looked at how suitable the shop was to people with physical disabilities and mental disabilities such as dementia. It has nice wide aisles for wheelchair access and t-loops at…
Chef Badge
This week the older group did the practical part of their Chef Badge and cooked a 2 course meal each. They did a brilliant job as it was all edible and tasted great!
Sport Relief Mile 2016
On Sunday 20 March Hessle Beavers took part in the Sport Relief Mile at Swanland Playing Fields. We all made sure that we did some warm ups first, and then Olympic Gold medalist Luke Campbell started the race for us. Beavers and Leaders all did some fantastic running, jogging and walking going three laps of…
Wolds Challenge 2016 – Wetwang
Apache Scouts – Wolds Challenge 2016 The Wolds Challenge was held this year at Wetwang Nr Driffield. Apache Scouts entered the competition for the first time this year and completed the 12 mile walk in 4 hrs 30 mins. Prior to the event the team planned the route, marking checkpoints on their maps and selecting…
Beaver Cooks
This week we completed the final parts of our cooks badge which involved preparing three different dishes. For this we chose a pitta bread pizza with our favourite toppings, which we cooked on open fires, flapjack and fruit smoothies. We had a fun time chopping all the fruit and vegetables, and even got to learn a…
Dementia Friends
This week Beavers had a visit from Dementia Friends as part of their A Million Hands Project. They learnt all about how the brain works and how Dementia affects everyday tasks that we take for granted. At the end of the session they talked about how they can help by raising awareness.
Challenges Galore!
As part of their Teamwork Challenge Award the oldest and youngest Cubs were set some team challenges. Firstly they took part in the bleep test, encouraging their team and each other to keep running. Next they played minesweeper, with the older Cubs using their team leading skills to direct the younger ones through the minefield….
Cherokee Spring Camp
This weekend Cherokee Cubs went on their Spring Camp to Bramhope Campsite. Everyone had a great time taking part in the weekends activities which were; archery, pizza making, giant push ball, cooking on open fires & gladiators. On Saturday night we also joined another Cub Pack from the local District for a sing-song around the…
Welcome to Beavers!
Welcome to Sam, Mason, Alex, Tristan & Gio; our 4 newest members who have made their promise and been invested into the Colony!
National Railway Museum
Hessle Beavers had a fun day at the National Railway Museum, looking around all the trains, which helped them achieve their Explore Activity Badge. Favourite bits of the day were a ride in the Mallard simulator, recreating Mallard’s record breaking run at 126mph, the Punch and Judy show, an outdoor ride on the miniature railway and…
Pancakes!
Beavers had fun making and eating pancakes tonight, with lots of gooey filling combinations. We also played some team games with the parachute, and had a pancake flipping race!
Ping Pong Challenge
This term Hessle Beavers are working towards their Skills and Teamwork Challenge badges. Tonight we challenged them to invent something that could transport a ping pong ball approximately one metre. They could use Lego, K’nex or try their hand at some junk modelling, and we had some fantastic results.
Beaver Skills Challenge
One of the criteria for our Beaver Skills Challenge badge is to find out about looking after our teeth. We were delighted to welcome two visitors, Chris and Rachel from local dental practice Mydentist. They explained to the Beavers how to clean their teeth correctly and talked about foods that are good and bad for…
Minecraft Sleepover
To kick off our year of celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Cubs, 26 very excited Cherokee Cubs spent the night at the Den this weekend doing all things Minecraft! This included playing Minecraft on computers with tasks to complete, making edible Minecraft blocks by decorating cakes and making chocolate krispie buns. We had a competition…
Apache Scouts – 13/01/16 – Skills badge
The Scouts worked towards their skills badge by having an evening of learning how to sew on a badge, iron their necker, change light bulbs, change a bike tyre and also how to clean toilets.
Beavers 30th Birthday Postcard Swap
Hessle Beavers are taking part in the Beavers 30th Birthday Postcard swap. Last term as part of our Digital Citizen Badge we made postcards, and this week we went on a short hike to post them. We hope to get lots in return and are making a map of them to see where all the…
Apache Scouts
Welcome to Apache Scouts. Apache Scouts is a new troop based within Hessle Scout Group. We meet Wednesday evenings 7pm until 9pm at the Scout HQ (den), Southgate, Hessle, East Yorkshire, HU13 0AD. Our email address is apache@hesslescoutgroup.co.uk
Beaver Christmas
We had fun at our Beavers Christmas party. Lots of games, musical bumps, musical statues and our favourite of the night – build a snowman! We also invested three of our new Beavers – Robert, Elliott and George, as well as saying goodbye to two others – Finley who is moving up to Cherokee Cubs…
Ellis Marsters, The Chief Scouts Commendation
Arapaho Cubs are very proud of Ellis Marsters who has been awarded The Chief Scouts award. The award was presented by Liz Fraser who is our County Commissioner. This is one of the highest award given by the Scout Association. In recognition of his great presence of mind when he witnessed an accident where a man…
Apache Scouts – Christmas Dinner
Apache Scouts celebrated their first Christmas in style. Working within their patrols and using different cooking methods, they worked together to plan, coordinate and cook a Christmas dinner for us all. Turkey, roast potatoes, sausages and bacon, stuffing, carrots and Yorkshire puddings as well as gravy was on the menu, there was even room for pudding….
Come and Visit Hessle!
Working towards their Local Knowledge badge this week, the Cubs made a poster of all the reasons to come and visit Hessle!
Christingle
During November Beavers completed their Faith Activity Badge. This included a visit to All Saints Church in Hessle where Revd Barbara told the Beavers a story about doing their best and helping other people. They then completed a treasure hunt around church and each lodge wrote a prayer which they read out to everyone. The…
Busy Beavers
Hessle Beavers have been busy the past few weeks on three separate projects. The first is making some autumn leaf bowls from clay, and we look forward to seeing them all painted and varnished. The second as part of their Campcraft badge, they have started their own camp blanket, which we hope they will continue…
Volcanic Explosions!
Our older Cubs got scientific this week and made exploding volcanoes! This goes towards their Scientist Badge and don’t they look the part!
Beaver Promise
Tonight our five newest Beavers – Charlie, Georgia, James, Kieran and William made their promise. Welcome to Hessle Beavers!
Cakes & Construction
This week our 2 younger groups made a cake in a mug and talked about a balanced diet as part of the new Skills Challenge badge. Meanwhile our older Cubs worked in teams to see who could construct the tallest tower out of spaghetti and marshmallows.
Tesco Farm to Fork
Hessle Beavers have visited Tesco to complete their ‘Farm to Fork’ badge. As part of this we had a look along the cheese counter to find our favourite cheeses, looked at the fruit and veg to find out all the different countries that it comes from, went inside the freezer to see how cold it…
Beavers at Group Camp 2015
Sixteen Beavers have had a fantastic weekend as part of Hessle Scout Group 2015 Group Camp. We spent the weekend at Bradley Wood Campsite near Brighouse. This year the camp was organised by the Scout section with a police theme. We had lots of adventures, building police cars, undertaking challenges, cooking on fires, building bridges,…
Welcome to Cubs!
After completing their moving on award before the summer holidays; Connor, Oliver & Henry remade their promise tonight and became Cubs! Welcome to Cherokee!
Cyclist Badge
After our visits to Halfords, the cubs just had the practical part of their cyclist badge to complete. For this we had Steve who teaches cycling proficiency come down and put us through our paces!
Hessle Open Gardens
On Sunday 19th July, June and Wendy gratefully received a cheque for £400 from the Hessle West Open Gardens team. The team have supported Hessle Scout Group for the last two years which has assisted us in building our outdoor activity area and replacing the shutters on the den. This year the money will…
Beaver Adventures at Melton Bottom
Beavers spent their last meeting of the summer term at Melton Bottom camp site, completing some activities towards their Adventure Challenge Award. Everyone there had a go at crate stacking – testing their balance up in the air, and slacklining – balancing on webbing whilst walking both forwards and backwards. Beavers also completed a blindfold…
Welton Waters Activity Day
The cubs enjoyed a fun afternoon at Welton Waters Activity Park. After struggling into some very tight wetsuits the day began with some Cubs going sailing and others paddling in Rafted Canoes. The sailing involved steering with the rudder, holding the sails, tacking and leaning over the sides to balance. Races were had in the…
Cherokee Summer Hike
For the last meeting of the summer term Cherokee hiked from Brantingham to South Cave – a short walk with lots of steep hills. At the highest point of the walk overlooking some fantastic view of the Humber, our newest member, Grace, was invested. At the end of the evening Cubs were presented with challenge…
Day trip to Sewerby
Hessle Beavers have had a fantastic day out at Sewerby and Bridlington. We traveled by train from Hull to Bridlington (with many thanks to Northern Rail for their assistance), and then walked from the railway station to the land train on the sea front, where we climbed aboard for a trip up to Sewerby Hall…
Global Issues
Tonight we worked on our Global Issues Activity Badge, creating our own zoo of animals which are endangered. Lucas also demonstrated his new skill to us – playing the recorder.
Cherokee Summer Camp
Cherokee Cubs had a great time at their summer camp at Walesby Forest. On Saturday morning after cooking pancakes on an open fire for breakfast, they did crate stacking and a cave maze. In the afternoon they had fun on the water, including canadian canoes and water fights. Everyone was soaked, including the leaders. Tea…
2015 Camp Craft Winners
Well done to Jed and Connor, who teamed up with Harry from Gilberdyke to win the Blacktoft Beacon 2015 Cub Camp Craft Competition. The day included various challenges for them to complete including making fire without a match (where Connor had the best fire of the day), pitching a tent, map signs, First Aid, egg parachutes, code…
Summer Walk
The Cubs completed a 2 1/2 walk last night. The Cubs map reading skills were put to the test as the covered approximately 5 miles between Brantingham and Welton.
County Beaver Fun Day
Hessle Beavers have had a fantastic day, taking part in the County Beaver Fun Day at Raywell. The event had an international theme, with each district being allocated a different country. As Blacktoft Beacon we were part of Japan, and a big thanks to Kirkella and Unit 50 of the 23rd World Scout Jamboree who brought…
Music Night
The Cubs have been working on their music badge. In order to get their badge, the Cubs have to do a short musical performance. The Cubs were asked what musical talents they have, and responded with a fantastic range that included playing a guitar, a violin. a clarinet & a trumpet with some Cubs just…
Mini-beast Hunting
The Beavers got up close and personal with nature this week, carefully capturing mini-beasts and identify them under microscopes. They also continued their work towards the gardening badge by transferring the tomato plants they grew from seeds into hanging baskets and tackling some more of those nettles.
Silver Chief Scout Award
Congratulations to Finlay who was awarded his Silver Chief Scout Award this week! He’s put in lots of hard work both at Cherokee and Ferriby & Swanland Cubs to gain all of his challenge badges so well done!
Tent Pitching Practice
This week Cherokee have been practicing putting up the classic patrol tents ready for Summer Camp.
Annual General Meeting 2015
We once again held our AGM in conjunction with a family BBQ this year. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves in the sunshine and we thank you for attending.
Humber Rescue
As part of their World Challenge badge Hessle Beavers have to meet someone who serves in the local community – and who better than the fantastic guys at Humber Rescue. Beavers got to try on some of the equipment, find out how they use their radios, and best of all sit on the lifeboat.
Dads and Lads (Parents & Guardians) Camp at Walesby Forest June 2015
The Cubs and Parents/Guardians had a fantastic weekend at our annual & traditional dads & lads camp. All the dads joined in with the Cubs doing all the activities that included, making & cooking on open fires, Pioneering, wall climbing, raft building and a good old fashioned game of rounder’s.