Snap Bang, 02/06/2012

Ariel Scout Group (@ArielScoutGroup) 02/06/2012 08:07 Beavers: over to the park, played snap bang & football. Then north, south, east, west. Played sleeping beavers & sang God Save The Queen!!!!

National Anthem, 25/05/2012

Ariel Scout Group (@ArielScoutGroup) 25/05/2012 22:49 Beavers: nine investitures, practiced national anthem for jubilee party next Sunday, football in the park followed by cold drinks! #verywarm

Quote from a Parent, June 2012

One of the most powerful ways to understand adventure is through sharing stories from our Members and supporters.

‘My son was in Cubs and when the Leader asked me to help at the camp, it felt like the natural thing to do. The camp was brilliant. I really enjoyed the camaraderie and seeing the children helping one another. Scouting plays such a huge part in children’s lives. It was great to see them playing happily in the woods, getting dirty and coming back hungry and exhausted. I was a Venture Scout years ago and now I’m about to take up an appointment. It’s great to be back in Scouting.’ 

Sarah Tustin, parent

A Bicycle

Have you ever thought about how a bicycle works?

Most of us just hop on and let it take us where we want to go without giving it a second thought. A closer look shows it takes a lot of different pieces doing their part and working together to make transportation happen.

When you push the pedal with your foot, a lot happens to make the wheels turn. The pedal turns a crank that turns a gear, which pulls a chain that turns another gear, which turns a hub, which pulls the spokes, which turns the wheel, which pulls the tire that pushes against the road to make the bike go.

When you want to stop, you pull a lever that pulls a cable against a housing, which causes another lever to move, which pushes a pad against the wheel. Changing gears involves levers, cables, housing, springs, and pulleys working together. If any one part fails to work when it is supposed to, the whole system fails to work.

When one system fails, the bike can still be ridden, but not in top form.

You are the parts, just like on the bicycle. Our patrols are like the pedalling, braking, and gear-changing systems.

The senior patrol leader is like the rider. He directs a pedal or a lever—your patrol leaders—to do their part and they in turn ask you to do yours. If you choose not to do your part, your patrol suffers and the troop doesn’t work well. The troop is our vehicle to adventure, fellowship, and good times. And each of you is a very important part.

French International, 18/05/12

French international themed evening. Opening ceremony in French, then having 4 bases: painting, croissants, croquet and languages.

build an Eiffel tower out of straws and Sellotape. The highest freestanding structure wins a small prize

Clock game in French

Quote from a Scout Leader, May 2012

One of the most powerful ways to understand adventure is through sharing stories from our Members and supporters.

‘I started as a Beaver Scout Leader as part of my bronze Duke of Edinburgh. I enjoyed this so much I am still doing it. The thing that keeps me in Scouting is the friendships I have made. Scouting also makes a great talking point in a job interview.’

Graham, Group Scout Leader

Parachute in the Park, 11/05/12

27 Beavers including four new members! Played parachute games in the park including cat & mouse, then collected the balls in teams and blanket game!

Queen's Diamond Jubilee Party, 03/06/12

Sandwiches, 04/05/12

Created sandwiches!
One was made from cheese, jam, ham and turkey
Another from jam and chicken tikka
Interesting tastes!

Played some traditional games, including: moonrocks, compass game, clap and catch, beavers and waterats, dodgeball.

Learnt and tried backwoods cooking (chocolate buttons and banana) and took them home to taste!

Ariel AGM - Annual Report for Beavers

In the past 12 months, we have completed a wide variety of activities, including: making pancakes, cooking mini pizzas with personalised toppings, decorated Halloween masks, produced healthy eating posters, undertook a keep fit session, assembled a collage from pictures of birds of prey and reptiles, orienteering, went on the sponsored walk at Woodgate Valley Country Park, marched on the St George’s Day parade, made paper aeroplanes, visited Snibston Discovery Museum in Leicestershire, participated in a cowboy quiz, tent construction challenge against the clock, played kwik cricket, had a water fight with water balloons, played football and had a penalty shootout, brewed hot drinks, designed pirate flags, grass sledging, acted out stories for imagination badge, scaled the obstacle course created from active kids equipment, manufactured pirate t-shirts for the pirate camp in July, balloon games, rounders, watched Toy Story 3 on the projector, built giant models of robots, a fighter jet and Hogwarts castle from recycling, prepared fruit kebabs with optional chocolate sauce, searched for eggs during an Easter treasure hunt, made hot drinks (hot chocolate and tea) for our ‘which biscuit is best?’ competition, measured how our heart rate changes before and after exercise, travelled to the Old Rep theatre on the train in the snow, made chocolate cookies from scratch with the cubs, backwoods cooking, night line, skunk tag, went bowling, assembled our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, learnt how to tie a lasso, had sparklers and hot dogs on bonfire night, constructed ‘Chatterboxes’, feather blowing races, space hopper relays, took part in the District football competition, designed front covers for Roald Dahl books, attended Remembrance Day, created flying saucers, renewed our promise at St George’s Day, had sleeping bag sack races, invented and mimed stories in groups, snowball fights and snow angels, joint new year party with the cubs, planted cornflowers and tomatoes, word searches, manufactured Christmas cards, find your shoes in the dark game, designed glitter decorations for scout hut tree, team building and trust exercises, Halloween costume party, made sandwiches for the healthy eating badge, had a Wild West sleepover with the cubs, crafted pirate hats and eye patches, attended cubs to see the animal man and his creepy crawlies, saw George’s Marvellous Medicine at the theatre, played with our multi coloured parachute, celebrated 25 years of Beavers, invented and acted out winter themed stories, participated in a newspaper snowball fight, decorated a 10 metre banner with paint and handprints, had a pirate party with the cubs, ventured on the discovery trail in Selly Oak Park