Last night the Scouts put on an evening of entertainment as part of their work for the Creative Challenge Award and for Founder’s Day. The show consisted of sketches, magic and drumming from members of our drum corps. One of…
Old Photos
I’ve just added some photos from old activities to the Gallery. See our trip to London in 2003, the Family Evening in October 2003, the Scout’s camp at Kibblestone in July 2004 and the Scouts wide game at a wet Bradwell Woods…
Visit to the Theatre and a Gold Award
On Tuesday evening, the Scouts were given a guided backstage tour of the Regent Theatre in Hanley by Mark, our Assistant Scout Leader. There was no show on, so we were able to go to areas the public never see. We even…
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…
Remembrance Sunday Parade
Our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts along with the Brownies and Guides, today paid respect to those who have been killed in wars, by parading round Porthill, led by our drum band and then by joining the congregation of St. Andrew’s Church…
Born Survivor Camp
The Scouts have joined many Scouts from the District and County on the Born Survivor camp at Kibblestone. The camp was to teach the Scouts outdoor skills in the style of our Chief Scout, Bear Grylls. Photos are in the…
2011 Group Annual General Meeting
Friday saw the Group’s Annual General Meeting. This is where everyone connected with the Group gets to see what each section has been up to over the last year and also to do the ‘formal’ stuff, approve the year’s accounts…
Scouts Camping at Gradbach
The Scouts are spending the weekend at Gradbach. They are not sleeping in tents this weekend, but under plastic sheets or in hammocks. They’ve also walked up to the Roaches where they did some bouldering. See the Gallery for more…
Royal Wedding Party
Tonight we held a special party for all the members of the Group in honour of the Royal Wedding. The Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Young Leaders and Leaders came dressed up as princes, princesses or in their best party outfits and…
Dragon Boating
The Scouts went dragon boating again at the weekend. Despite not repeating last year’s winning streak, they came a respectable 5th out of 13 teams. The overall winners were our friends from 14th Basford – congratulations to them!
Half Term Week (21st–25th February)
Please note Scouts and Beavers are meeting as normal this week, but there is no Cubs.
District Swimming Gala
The Scouts took part in the District’s Swimming Gala today. In first place came the team from 15th St. George & St. Giles, in second place was 87th Holy Trinity and third place was us! In the Leaders race, John…
Scouts Go Scuba Diving
The Scouts went scuba diving again in January and everyone had a great time doing so! The photos were taken by ‘sub-Mission Dive School’ and ‘Paul Silver Photography’ – More are in the Gallery.
Scout Camp at Consall
The Scouts recently camped at Consall Scout Camp. More photos are in the Gallery.
Chief Scout’s Visit to Kibblestone in 1963
In 1963 the Chief Scout visited Kibblestone for the day. During the day, a film of the event was made and it shows someone we think to be one of our Scouts! That’s him in the centre at the back….
