This year Apache Scouts entered five teams into the District Camp Craft competition and came away with some fantastic results. The Scouts are scored on all the activities they take part in over the weekend, which includes setting up their own camp and cooking area, a selection of Cube / Taskmaster challenges, cooking all their…
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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…
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…
Apache Scouts – Scuba diving / Snorkeling experience
The Apache Scouts had a great time learning to Scuba dive and Snorkel at Winifred Holtby School, Hull. The experience was provided by Above and Below diving centre, based in Hull.
Apache Scouts- Gold Chief Scout Award
Well done to Thomas Procter, Josh Lancaster and Jacob Furniss on achieving their Gold Chief Scout award. The awards were presented by Paul Daniel, Group Scout leader for Hessle scout group.
Apache Scouts – Survival Skills
The Apache Scouts spent the evening learning Knife/Axe and Saw skills as part of the Scout survival badge. The scouts worked in patrols and rotated through four bases covering safety, law and the safe use and handling of the knives, saws and axes. Several parents assisted with the activities as well as leaders from from Navajo…
Backwoods Cooking on Hessle Foreshore 04/05/16
Apache Scouts had a night of ‘Backwoods Cooking’ on the Hessle foreshore. The scouts split in to teams and prepared their fires, looking at all aspects of preparation, fire lighting and cooking on open fires. The scouts then cooked rice dishes as well as camping ready meals. The new ‘Ghillie kettle’ purchased by Hessle Scout…
Apache Scouts – Evening walk 20/04/16
Apache Scouts completed an evening walk and navigation refresher, walking from Brantingham (Church) and finishing on Dale Road, Elloughton. Thanks to all of the parent helpers who assisted with the walk.
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…
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.
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
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….