At this time of year, we normally take part in Newcastle District’s St. George’s Day parade in the Town centre. It was not possible to do that this year, so we made a video of our Beaver, Cubs, Scouts, Young…
Porthill Scouts: Online for Twenty One Years
One Sunday afternoon around Easter 1999, two of the Group’s Leaders had finished some paperwork and decided that what the Group needed was a website. This was in the the days of slow dial up internet connections (via the phone…
2020-04-09 Thanks to Key Workers
Our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Young Leaders and Leaders show their appreciation to key workers.
2020-03-17 Coronavirus Update
17/03/2020 Dear parents, Yesterday the government announced that due to the coronavirus epidemic, everyone in the UK should now avoid non-essential travel and contact with others. Following this, the Scout Association have suspended all face-to-face activities, Scout meetings, activities and…
2020-02-28 Pancakes & Investitures
The Beavers had a pancake party on Friday, followed by eight new Beavers being invested and two Beavers being presented their Chief Scout’s Bronze award. A big welcome to our new Beavers and congratulation on all your hard work to…
2020 Membership Fees
Dear Parent / Carer Scout Association Membership Fees 2020 The Scout Association’s annual membership fees are now due. The fee for this year is £43 per member. Porthill Scout Group do not keep this money, it has to be paid directly to…
2020-02-21 Glow Sticks and Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers
On Friday, the Beavers had a glow stick party. They made dinosaurs, fish and a boat with the glow sticks, played games with them and finally had a glow stick camp fire! The Cubs and Scouts held a joint meeting….
2020-01-17 Cubs Climbing at Kilnworx
The Cubs started the new year in style by going climbing at Kilnworx in Burslem. They all did rock traversing, bouldering and climbing. More photos are in the gallery.
It’s 2020 and We’re Back!
We hope that everyone had a great Christmas and new year. We’re all ready to start Scouting in 2020 (the new Roaring Twenties?) and we have some exciting things planned for the year – watch this space! All our sections…
Happy Christmas to All!
That’s it now for 2019! All the Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Leaders and adult helpers from 1st Porthill Scout Group would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Scouts return on Tuesday 7th January…
Collecting Crisp and Bread Packets!
Over the last 2 months the Beavers have been collecting empty crisp packets and bread packets so they can be recycled. Bread and crisp packets are not normally collected in the usual household recycling, but ours are being taken away…
Burdi Boys Gang Show 2019
On Friday our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts went to watch Potteries North District’s Gang show, Burdi Boys. In the cast were Beaver Leader Rachael (she was also Producer), Scout Leader Paul, Explorer Jasmine and Cub Erin. A slight historical aside…
Cubs and Beavers Halloween Camp
Over the 1st weekend of November, the Beavers and Cubs had a Halloween Camp at Kibblestone. The Cubs stayed out all weekend, while the Beavers just came out for the day on Saturday. On the Saturday, everyone was showed how…
Remembrance Day 2019
Following on from last year’s epic parade, on Sunday, Remembrance Day, our Remembrance Day Parade started at St. Barnabas Church, Bradwell and was again led by our Drum Corps. Our young people were joined by the Basford and St. Wulstan’s…
1st Porthill Scout Group Remember Those Killed in War
“When you go Home, tell them of us and say, For your Tomorrow, we gave our Today” John Maxwell Edmunds 1916 Our Scouts who were killed in The Great War and Second World War We Remember all killed in war…
