Fruit Kebabs, 23/09/11

Games

North, South, East, West with 8 points of the compass progression

Four teams ball in bucket relay

Made fruit kebabs with melon, strawberries, grapes, bananas, satsumas and chocolate sauce.

Badge requirements achieved:
Fitness Challenge - Take part in a team game (bucket ball)Health & Fitness - Learn about foods that are good for you, Plan a healthy meal, Learn about personal hygiene
Healthy Eating - Make a fruit salad, Make a healthy snack, List some unhealthy foods

Quote of the month, September 2011

'Confident about making life better.'

Confident

People like being part of an organisation that’s confident about its aims.

Model Making, 16/09/11

Five new Beaver Scouts invested

Model making using newspapers, cereal boxes, plastic bottles, kitchen rolls, egg boxes. Lots of robots created

Games: Captains Coming, Clap and Catch

Badge requirements achieved:

Imagination - Build a model using a variety of objects

Promise Challenge - Take part in an Investiture ceremony (Beaver Scout Promise)

Imagination, 09/09/11

Game: Benchball

Drew pictures of any object from our imagination, created a story which included the pictures, and acted it out in front of the group

Badge requirements achieved:

Creative - Act or mime a simple scene

Fitness - Take part in a team game; take part in co-operative game (benchball)

Imagination - Write, tell or act a short story, poem or play

Introduction to Ariel Beavers, September 2011

Term dates
Final meeting before Christmas - Friday 16th December 2011
Christmas break – no meetings - 23rd & 30th December 2011
First meeting of New Year - Friday 6th January 2012
Easter Holiday – no meetings - 6th & 13th April 2012
Final Meeting before summer break - Friday 20th July 2012
First meeting of new Autumn term - Friday 7th September 2012 

Meeting Times   Friday evenings – arrive at 5.45pm, collection time is 7.00pm.

Uniform
When your child has been coming to Beavers for two or three weeks they may wear the turquoise Beaver Scout uniform sweatshirt which can be bought online (www.scoutshops.com) or from certain school uniform shops.

We will present the group neckerchief to your child once they have completed their training for the Beaver Scout Membership Badge and are ready to be invested as a member of the Scout Association.

Please ensure all uniform is clearly labelled with your child’s name.

Monthly subscriptions
Payment of subs is standardised across all sections (Beavers, Cubs, and Scouts).
Subscriptions are £10.00 per month, collected on the first Friday of every month. This covers all Friday evening activities, hall hire and maintenance, refreshments, and any badges awarded.

Due to the closure for two weeks over Christmas please pay £2.50 for every meeting attended during December 2011.

New Members
Boys and girls can join from 5 ¾ years to 8 years old:
- Anyone younger then 5 ¾ years will be placed on a waiting list until they reach the appropriate age.
- Boys and girls aged 8 to 10 ½ years old may join our Cub Scout section on Tuesday evenings.

Swimming Up to Cub Scouts, 31/08/11

Parents / Guardians,

Once your child turns eight years old, they are old enough to move up to the Ariel Cub Section. The Cub Scouts meet on Tuesday evenings between 6.30 and 8.00pm.

In order to prepare your child for moving up to Cub Scouts, your child is invited to attend Cub Pack meetings as well as Beaver Colony meetings for the next few weeks, starting from next Tuesday. They should wear their blue Beaver uniform and group neckerchief.

This provides your child an opportunity to adjust to a different style of meeting, meet their new Leaders and the other Cub Scouts. Many of the current Cub Scouts were also Beaver Scouts at Ariel.

There will be no increase in monthly subscriptions whilst your child attends Beaver and Cub meetings, the monthly cost will continue to be £10.00 per month.

The Cub Scout Leader (Akela) will be available after every Cub Pack meeting from 8.00pm to give you the opportunity to answer any queries you may have.

If you have questions, then please speak to one of the leaders.

Yours in scouting,

Beaver Scout Leader
Cub Scout Leader

Imagination Badge Letter, 30/08/11

Dear Parents / Guardians

This term the Beaver Scouts are going to be working towards their Imagination Badge.

A requirement is that they will have to build a model using a variety of objects. For this activity the Beavers will need to bring in some materials
such as:
Paper and cardboard of different textures & colours, Old magazines, Scrap material and fabric, Plastic bottles, Cereal packets, Shells and pebbles, Margarine tubs, Matchboxes, Cardboard tubes, Egg boxes, Wool scraps, Shoe boxes, Washing-up liquid containers, Yogurt and cream cartons, Soft drink cans.

Please bring these in during September and October.

Many thanks, and yours in scouting,

Beaver Leaders

Bravery

Actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris knows that might does not always mean right. He explains: Not long ago, after a day of filming my television series, I went alone to a small Texas cafe. As I sat in a corner booth, a large man towered over me and said with an edge to his voice that I was sitting in his booth. I didn’t like his tone or his implicit threat, but I said nothing and moved to another booth. A few minutes later, though, the big fellow was headed back in my direction. Here he comes, I thought, a local tough out to make a name for himself by taking on Chuck Norris in a fight. When he arrived at my new booth, he looked directly at me. “You’re Chuck Norris,” he said. I nodded. “You could have whipped me good back there a few minutes ago,” he said. “Why didn’t you?” “What would it have proved?” I asked. He thought that over for a moment and then offered me his hand. “No hard feelings?” he said. “None,” I said, and shook his hand. I had avoided a confrontation and made a friend.

I had won by losing.

Quote of the month, August 2011

'Rejoin the adventure.'

Adventure

We offer outdoor activities and adventure for everyone at every level.

Scouting Values, August 2011

Challenging: We don’t just climb mountains, we move them.

Impactful: Scouting changes lives. That’s a fact.

Positive: Help someone learn how to smile again.

Optimistic: If they can do it, you can do it.

Committed: You can’t change the world in a day. But together we can.

Informal: Got a few seconds? It might just change your life.

Humorous: Where did all that mud come from?

Friendly: Up to much on Thursday? Fancy 28 million new friends?

Surprising: Eleven of the twelve people to walk on the moon were Scouts. Surprised?

Striving: Let’s give young people a chance – one by one.

Inspiring: Two things matter in life: Follow your dreams and look after your friends (Bear Grylls).