2 Feb '16 - Go Outdoors

A great night at Go-Outdoors where we discussed equipment pitched tents and climbed on the climbing wall.

Care for your kit.

An evening of ironing shirts and neckerchiefs, sewing badges and polishing shoes.


Not much to show except a photo of some lovely clean and shiny shoes.

Cork Guns

First week back and a great night earning cups to be shot at and making a gun to shoot corks with.

A really fun night with sticks, rubber bands and g1ue guns.

The gun.

The firing squad.



The targets. (Risk assessment completed - I decided the risk of being hit was zero after seeing the first few attempts at hitting the cups!)

Spring Programme 2016

Sorry it's a bit late but here are our plans for the Spring Term 2016

12th Jan	Cork Guns
19th Jan	Care for your uniform
26th Jan	Brain Game
2nd Feb	Go-Outdoors
9th Feb	Pancake Day
16th Feb	Half Term Break
23rd Feb	Badge Night
1st Mar	Navigator 3 badge
8th Mar	Millisons Wood
15th Mar	PL Led programme
22nd Mar	Ice Skating

Fire Lighting

Things are getting better.  Last time we did this the number of fires lit was a dismal Nil.  Sad Face.

This time, working in pairs and with marshmallows to toast as an incentive, all fires were lit, many with no intervention from us.

First to light the fire and first to earn their marshmallows.

Operation Bald Eagle Camp

October 9th saw 12 Scouts travel to the Rhydd Covert Scout Camp Site for an activity packed weekend.  3 teams of 4 scouts from Meriden competed with 46 other teams.

Starting with a getting to know you activity on the Friday evening there were then 30 activities to complete on the Saturday.

Then the main event.  Starting just as night fell on Saturday evening there were 14 bases around the camp site needing the Scouts to navigate in the dark to each base, complete a challenge and then move on to the next base.

Needing a combination of team work, communication and individual ability, as well as a determination to overcome some tiredness, the bases were really well designed to use a wide range of skills.

This was the first time we had taken part in this camp and we were really impressed with the Scouts. Overall, this is a combination of the Friday, Saturday day bases and the Night Hike challenges,
"Herraty United" came 15th
"Lockered & Loaded" came 21st
"All Cashed In" came 22nd

There were also certificates given out for the best team on each of the night bases, and we won one!
"Herraty United" came first on the Illumination base.  Fantastic work.  Really well done to the team.

Herraty United

Lockered & Loaded

All Cashed In

Slow bicycle race

Pedal karts

Flippin' pancakes!

Mess tent

Scout Tents

All ready for the night hike

Slightly tired on Sunday morning

Presenting the awards

Our winning team

Ready Steady Cook

Scouts get to choose from a pile of ingredients and cook 2 courses.  It was all quite nice really.  I'm not sure why I am surprised.
Timing is still an issue.  You have 50 minutes... GO!
Within 5 minutes the water is boiling and the rice is in the pan.