Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

"In all of this, it is the spirit that matters. Our Scout law and Promise, when we really put them into practice, take away all occasion for wars and strife among nations".

District Sports Day

Points were awarded as follows: 1st Place 3 points,  2nd Place 2 points, and 3rd Place 1 point, awarded to everyone who came in one of these positions in both the heats and the finals.  (we were guided by the Cub section on the point scoring)

 

The results are as follows:

 

7th Place    

Northfield Methodist 3 points

6th Place    

Bartley Green 4 points

5th Place    

Eagle 11 points

4th Place    

St Joseph & St Helens 13 points

3rd Place    

Quinton 15 points

2nd Place   

Ariel 43 points

1st Place   

Phoenix 45 points

Water World

Challenge each of your patrols to huddle and try this exercise in problem solving.

Problem: You must measure exactly 1 gallon of water out of a 20-gallon barrel. You have only a 5-gallon bucket and a 3-gallon bucket. How can you measure exactly 1 gallon?

Solution: Fill the 3-gallon bucket and pour it into the 5-gallon bucket. Refill the 3-gallon bucket and pour it into the 5-gallon bucket until it is full. The remainder in the 3-gallon bucket will be exactly 1 gallon. A simple solution to a problem that appeared complex!

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

A Lady Cubmaster was teaching a Cub Natural History, and asked him:

"What is a rabbit covered with - is it hair, or wool, or fur, or what?"

The Cub replied: "Good gracious, Akela, haven't you ever seen a rabbit?".

Sports Day Practice, 07/09/12

Ariel Scout Group (@ArielScoutGroup) 08/09/2012 08:05 Beavers: in the park to practice egg & spoon race, relay race & bean bag throwing ready for @reavalleyscouts District Sports Day! #stopwatch

Ariel Scout Group (@ArielScoutGroup) 08/09/2012 08:11 Beavers: also practiced tree identification skills using the leaf shape  🍃 and bark texture, spotting an oak tree & a maple tree #normaltree

Reach Higher

Tape a large piece of paper on a wall at your eye level. Ask two or three Scouts to come up and make a mark on the paper with a marker as high as they can reach.

Thank them for their effort and allow them to return to their seats. Tell the troop that we can all usually do better than our first effort. Remind them that you asked the Scouts to reach as high as they could. Ask the same Scouts to come back up and see if they can do better than their first effort. (It never fails that they will always reach two to three inches higher on the second try.)

This is a good opportunity to emphasize doing one’s very best, and to give every project one’s “second effort” on the first try.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

"As a Scout, you are the guardian of the woods. A Scout never damages a tree by hacking it with his knife or axe. It does not take long to fell a tree, but it takes many years to grow one, so a Scout cuts down a tree for a good reason only – not just for the sake of using his axe. For every tree felled, two should be planted."

Can’t to Can!

Every now and then we hear a Scout use the word can’t: “I can’t hike 15 miles” or “I can’t tie that knot,” etc. It’s at that point I’ll stop the meeting and ask the Scouts to give the Scout sign and repeat after me, “On my honour I will do my best!” Then I step up to our chalkboard, write out the word can’t in big letters, and ask the boys if that word appears anywhere in the Scout Oath or Law. At that point, I erase the “t” and explain to the Scouts that their trail to the Patrol Leader rank will be much easier if they start telling themselves they can do it instead of using that other word. Before I walk away from the chalkboard, I write a big “I” in front of the can and leave it there until the next meeting. The first thing they see the next time they walk in is the words “I can!”

Olympics, 20/07/12

Ariel Scout Group (@ArielScoutGroup) 20/07/2012 19:43 Beavers: 3 investitures + hurdles, giant feet, cones, balancing bean bags & buckets + shotput + created Olympic torches pic.twitter.com/Cmovh9pm

Weather, 13/07/2012

Ariel Scout Group (@ArielScoutGroup) 13/07/2012 19:36 Beavers: Weather theme! Snowball spoon game ⛄ & created Weather Clocks! Then "Be a Type of Weather" game!! #imagination pic.twitter.com/GvrfLQiH