3rd Hampton Hill Scout Group

Hope that you all had a great holidays and are ready for more Beaver fun!

Attached is the Beaver Programme Summer 2008 Programme. We’ll be doing lots on “Famous Scouts” and will be working towards some new badges.

For parents, I’m after lots of help now that Wend has moved onto Cubs. There will be a parents’ rota available in the Hall and any offers of help with be most welcome. I can’t run Beavers without you all pitching in once in a while.

If you would like to help out and can do any of these dates or activities then please do let me know. Thanks!

See you soon, Jane

p.s. Don’t forget St. George’s Parade on Sunday. Details below.

The Beavers had the chance to quiz Jon about his work recently. They also had some fun trying on some different uniforms and then made some boats!

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The Beavers enjoyed an active and energetic evening learning some basics of Martial Arts with a local Qualified Martial Arts Instructor.

They warmed up with some football and stuck in the mud then moved onto some stretching and jumping!

Take a look at the photos to see the Beavers in action! Where do they get their energy?

Many Thanks to Claire for giving up her time to spend a double session with both Colonies!

Some pictures of a recent ‘swimming up’ ceremony.

The River and Riverbanks are formed by the Beavers and the new Cubs are helped to swim up by a number of Cubs.

It looks like the Beavers swimming up enjoyed it and are looking forward to having even more fun at Cubs!

As ever the annual Hampton Hill Christmas Parade was a major hit … despite the awful weather!

“Marc really enjoyed the parade, despite the weather. He must have weighed 4lbs more when he came home, in his drenched sweatshirt.

Not one layer under the sweatshirt was wet, owing to his waterproof jacket under the uniform sweatshirt. He was on such a high when he got home.”

Mark’s Mum

The Beavers enjoyed another brilliant District Fun Day at Walton Firs. Reindeer hats, crate stacking and big roaring fires were the order of the day. They loved it!

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OK! So camp leader Paul and Akela Belinda beat me to it. But i can’t let this go without supplying my own ‘Beavers on centenary camp’ update.

It was four days into camp for me when the Beavers arrived, full of energy and enthusiasm, guess I was already running on adrenalin by then!

To kick off the evening a quick game of rounders was closely followed by dinner. 3HH were lucky enough to have our own hut, so we disappeared and laid out our beds – 7 to a dorm with a mix of girls and boys in each.

We joined back up with the other Beavers and went on a torch walk (not really dark enough) but kids and torches – say no more they love it.

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The Beavers enjoyed a ‘military’ evening when they are lucky to have a soldier visit the colony. They learnt all about the camouflage uniform, how heavy the rucksack was and what the field rations tasted like. Yum Yum – more vacuum packed chocolate pudding please!…

We had a cracking New Year party with friends from all over the District. Click on the photo below to see much more of our party!

Beavers ALWAYS get super excited about Christmas. And what better way to celebrate than by having our own special Christmas Sleepover?

The Beavers enjoyed their first sleepover during the cub camp at Chalfont Heights. The weather was simply scorcing. All the beavers had masses of fun and managed to soak each quite regularly with plenty of water fights.

Along with 150 other Beavers, 16 lucky Beavers from were Red Indians for the day at the District Beaver Fun Day (Walton Firs Scout Campsite).