Last weekend the Group held its third Family Camp. Following on from the successes of 2008 and 2010, we stayed at Kibblestone this year and had our base as the Fox Glen. Everyone arrived on the Friday evening and once…
2013 St. George’s Day Parade
Yesterday we took part in the annual St. George’s Day Parade. Over 500 Scouts, Guides and adult volunteers gathered at the Queen’s Gardens in Newcastle. For the first time it was lead by our Drum Corps, and we believe this is the first time a…
Cub Pack Info
Information about badges and forthcoming events for the Cubs. The Chef’s badge has been recently given out. If your son / daughter didn’t get this badge, they need to cook a three course meal e.g. Pate on toast; Sausage and mash; Apple pie…
Chef’s Badge
Last night, the Cub’s prepared a meal for invited guests to gain their Chef’s badge. Despite the awful snowfall, most of the Cubs turned up to prepare the meal. The specially invited guests, Nick – Group Scout Leader, John –…
2013 Census
Each year, every Scout Group, District and County has to collate various bits of information (mainly numbers of people in each Group etc.) so that the Scout Association knows how many Scouts there are in the UK and so they…
Morris Dancing
As was mentioned in the previous news item, one of the Cubs demonstrated how to do Morris Dancing. The rest of the Cubs were invited to join in and you can see their efforts in the video below!
Brave Beavers and Creative Cubs
Tonight the Beavers and Cubs have been very busy. For one of their badges, the Beavers had to do a small talk to everyone in the Colony and to some of the Leaders, on their favourite hobby. They stood in…
Planting Bulbs and Meeting an Old Friend
On Friday evening, the Cubs popped down the road to visit Regent Court to plant some bulbs and plants for the residents there. If all goes to plan, next spring there will be a wonderful display of flowers in the…
Lots of Old Photos
If you take a look in the Gallery, you will see that there are now lots more photos from various activities the Group has done over the last 20 odd years! Please take a look and see if the younger…
Lots of Photos
Rachael has been really busy sending me loads of photos and videos from some of the recent events the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have been taking part in. As you can see they’ve all been very busy! You can now…
BBQ, Olympics & 2012 AGM
This year for our Annual General Meeting, we decided to do something different. To mark this year’s Olympics, we thought that we would stage our own games! After having a BBQ lunch the games began. All the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts …
Bag Packing
Yesterday, along with Porthill Guides, we did a bag pack at Asda. We were raising money for the Church Hall where we both meet. We had a great turn out and thanks to the generosity of Asda’s customers, we raised…
2012 St. George’s Day Parade
Yesterday, despite the rain, members of the Group attended Newcastle District’s St. George’s Day Parade through Newcastle Town Centre. We had an excellent turn out and all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts looked really smart. For the second year the…
Barnswood, no Rhododendron and 99th Berry Hill
The Cubs were back at Barnwood Scout Camp last weekend for our annual camp with our friends from 99th Berry Hill Cubs. The usual great time was had by all and the rain on the Saturday morning and the very…
A Busy Weekend
Members of the Group have had busy and varied weekend. On Friday the Beavers and Cubs had their Christmas parties. The Beavers played silly games, had lots of food and had presents and the Cubs went to see Alvin and…
