3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group

We will be running a cakes and refreshment stall at the Hampton Hill Summer Festival Event this Sat 16 July from midday on the Holly Road Recreation Ground.

Hampton Hill Summer Festival July 2011

Please come and see us and help us raise funds for the Group.

If you want to make/donate cakes please bring them to the Scout Hall on Friday evening from 7pm or on Saturday morning from around 10am when we will be setting up on the Recreation Ground.

If you can spare an hour we would also appreciate any help with setting up (from 10am), running the stall from 12 noon and taking the stall down (late afternoon). Thanks.

We look forward to seeing you there!

As a special promotion we have some 3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group ‘Groupwear’ (such as the embroidered Polo Shirts) at special prices! We also have some other special offer reduced price items available. These items are on sale at the 3HH Scout HQ – please ask your Section Leader.

Also, we are now taking Orders for more Groupwear items. See the letter for details 3HH_ClothingLetterFeb2011. These items are invaluable on Camps and many other activities and Section Meetings. Please ask your Section Leader for an Order Form. All Orders must be placed by the end of February.

Once again both Sainsbury’s and Tesco have started their voucher schemes ‘Active Kids’ and ‘Schools and Clubs’ and this year your Scout group is registered for both. These are excellent schemes which in previous years have supplied the group with tents, cooking and camping equipment along with games and activity bits and pieces as well, so by donating your vouchers you’ll be helping to keep your subs and camp costs lower as we use these schemes to replace tired equipment.

There are two boxes in the HQ by the kitchen hatch, one for each supermarket so relieve those bulging wallets and purses of all those unwanted vouchers and help your group both get the kit it needs and save your cash!

We’ve posted the fantastic Beavers spring 2011 programme for this coming. We’re doing loads of fab stuff this term.

But please remember, to earn your badges you really need to make it to Beavers as much as possible, especially for the challenge badges as these are the ones that ultimately count towards your Chief Scout Bronze Award.

In what has now turned into a firm favourite for the end of term celebration, both colonies of Beavers once again headed for the Sandown slopes.

The weather stayed fine, the Beavers had a riotous time and some were even lucky enough to be swum up to Cubs that night! What a brilliant time everyone had and a perfect way to mark the start of the Summer holidays.

The “early” colony…

And the “late” colony…

Click on the photos to see more of their adventure

A big thanks to all for the donations. Despite starting our collecting efforts quite late in the scheme, we still amassed 592 vouchers which we’ve banked ready for 2011′s scheme.

Congratulations to the latest Beavers who have worked really hard and earnt their fabulous Chief Scout’s Bronze Award. This badge is the highest award available in the Beaver Scout Section and marks the culmination of lots of hard work, adventure and most importantly .. FUN!

Bliss, the special care baby charity, provides vital support and care to premature and sick babies across the UK. 3HH’s Beavers decided to get involved with the “cake a difference” week in order to fundraise for this great charity.

After a rather messy cake decorating session, the parents came back a bit early to enjoy a tea party hosted by the Beavers. There were lots of cakes munched, everyone had loads of fun and we managed to raise a whopping £100.20!

Thanks heaps to everybody for the support. And a special thank you to everyone who made cakes.

Please click on the photo below to see more of the Beavers’ recent pirate fun day at Walton Firs.

Please click on the photo below to see more of the Beavers’ pirate sleepover.

Please click on the photo to see more of what the Beavers got up to at Sandown Ski Centre on a Colony trip out!

Please find attached this term’s Beaver programme.

The winter sports evening is now full, but there are a couple of spaces left on the pirate sleepover – just let me know if you would like a space. Also this term is “Twickeree” which is a large camp held at Marble Hill Park. Beavers will be invited to attend on the Saturday 20th June.

I will send more details soon. Cheers Jane

Beavers. I’ve posted the term’s Beaver Spring 2009 programme for you here to have a look at. We’ve loads of fun stuff organised and will be having a crack at our Friendship Challenge badge as well as becoming medieval knights.

See you soon, Jane

Our Beaver Scouts need YOU!

We have a fantastic opportunity for some Adults to join in the fun and assist us with the continued running of our two Beaver Scout Colonies on a Friday.

In order to keep running such a fantastic programme we do need some additional help and support. We are actively seeking two Assistant Beaver Scout Leaders to provide valuable support to our Beaver Scout Leader.

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The mad professors in white coats came along to do some really cool experiments with the Beavers this week.

The Beavers kicked off by testing the strength of eggs by crushing them with monstrous amounts of heavy books. Eggtastic! Then they experimented with mixing alkaline and acidic potions just like in a weird laboratory.

Afterwards the HQ was awash with flaming lava flowing across the floor and plumes of choking smoke spiralling up as Mount Etna erupted (well sort of…). The professors showed everyone how to make some real exploding volcanoes for themselves !! It’s amazing how much fun you can have with home made play-dough, food colouring, vinegar and bicarb of soda. Simply Awesome.

Have a look through the photos to see more of what we got up to.

A huge thanks to the Mad Professor family for coming along and wowing the Beavers.

Many of 3HH’s Beavers enjoyed an awesome day out at the annual Richmond Upon Thames District Beaver fun day; this year the theme was unsurprisingly all about the Olympics.

Beavers from all over District met up at Walton Firs and had a simply brilliant time enjoying lots of different activities.

And for a lucky few, some Beavers also stayed over for a sleepover!