One of our favourite back to basics campsites is Boarfold. Our scouts had a weekend camp and our beavers joined us for the day on Saturday. Scout activities over the weekend were a short night hike around the site, some…
Story time
Perhaps you’ve heard about Jack and the Beanstalk, but did you know there are lots of tales about Jacks and lots of tales about Giants. There are stories about Arthur and the round table; stories about the origin of the…
Our Scouts’ Code of Conduct
Scouts held a Troop Forum to talk about Scout Values, see how many Scout Laws they were able to recall and together to come up with their Code of Conduct by consensus. Earlier Akela had introduced the scouts to a…
Eggs at and around Easter
Cub Scouts have been painting egg shells. This time of year many communities celebrate the start of Spring or celebrate religious or cultural events at this time by decorating eggs. We looked at some egg decorations from 60,000 years ago…
Looking back on 2023
Here are a few things we didn’t have time to post over the last year. Building the tallest spaghetti towers (with appropriately selected marshmallows) Who can build the tallest spaghetti tower in the time limit: a teamwork challenge. Which approach…
Bat Walk In Platt Field
On 3rd October just as dusk was falling, 23rd Manchester Cub Scouts met in Platt Fields with Kelly, Chris and Jenifer from the South Lancashire Bat Group to go and look for bats. Last week, 23rd Manchester Cubs dictated the…
Farewell Bagheera
As this term closes, we say good by and farewell to one of our volunteers, Bagheera, as she heads off after completing her studies here in Manchester. Bagheera joined us in June 2021 from Cholrton. She became assistant section leader…
Cubs Our Camp Blog
It’s been a few weeks since our Adventure camp. This week, we had a reflection session. Cubs were asked to write about their experience for the blog. (Cubs who were unable to make it were asked to discuss with others…
