Colony Meetings

It must be one of the oldest Scout activities. Marshmallow toasting. The weather may have prevented us from being able to toast outside, but we still got to practice striking matches to light candles and safely roasting our marshmallows. Some of which were squeezed between biscuits to make smores.

Whilst we prefer to complete our badge requirements together as a Colony, we do sometimes have #Badges@Home activities.

And here's one of our latest, James's gardening robot. Designed to do the gardening so parents can have more leisure time. A super idea.

We began our Faith Activity badge. Talking about prayers and reflections, with each Beaver then making their own link in our chain by decorating with words and pictures that reflected people, places etc. important to them.

We had pictures of world, family, pets, Christmas trees. A great variety, and our chain is now added to our board.

This week we took the Beavers on an Urban Night Hike. Super support from our regular team of Young Leaders and for our outdoor activity we also had additional adult volunteers for the evening. Siobhan and Dave.

We took the opportunity to visit some of the houses with lots of external Christmas lights. Some wonderful houses the Beavers loved. And at least one street, that'll remain nameless, that one of our Beavers described as "...home of the Grinch..."!

This week, we talked about how although for many of us Christmas is one of the best times of year, with the opportunity to catch up with family and friends, and yes presents. For some it can be a difficult time.

And doing our little bit for some of those who might find Christmas more challenging, we made some Christmas cards that'll be sent to one of the care homes in the Rugby area.

This week, as part of our Skills Challenge Award the Beavers had a go at using their imaginations to decorate biscuits. Lots of biscuits.

It was also an opportunity to remind ourselves of the importance of washing our hands before preparing food.