Family Camp

This weekend we thoroughly enjoyed the family camp with the beavers and scouts, everyone was extremely well behaved and we managed to squeeze in the following activities:

• Rifle shooting
• Photo hunt
• High ropes
• Indoor climbing
• Gladiator
• Map reading/navigation
• Night hike
• Fire lighting

We have created a photo gallery for the weekend:

2018 – Autumn Family Camp

Next week

This week is half term, there is no meeting until 30th October.

Events

https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/events.php

Fireworks night

Date: 6th November, 19:00-20:15

Location: 52nd EFS Scout Hut.

This is another family occasion for beavers, cubs and scouts.  Please do bring siblings to enjoy the bangs and flashes.

Burgers, sausages, tea etc will be served.

There will also be a charity collection.

Poppy Appeal

Date: 10th November, 10:00-17:00

Location: George Lane, Woodford

This is a  fund raiser by all sections of the 52nd EFS Scout group (Beaver, Cub and Scout) for the British Legion accompanied by parents/carers/friends – please note that you may have to accompany your own child as we will not have enough leaders to safeguard your Scout (as we need 2 adults per group).

We shall be handing out special Scout Poppy badges to all who participate (at our section meetings after).
Scouts may wear this with pride on their sleeves -sew on the same side as activity and stage badges.

Please do your good deed for the day by helping with the Poppy appeal. Meet between the Boots/M&S shop at the time that you have put down and for the duration.( 1hour, 2 hours etc…) then hand over to the next set of parents/children when they come. Please also be patient and respectful with each other as sometimes journeys may be delayed. 

Your Scout will be in FULL SMART UNIFORM at South Woodford public shopping area with your parents/their friends, collecting for the Poppy appeal. You can walk up and down the high street or stay still but will always meet around the boots/M&S area

District Quiz

Please join us for the annual cubs scout quiz, full details below:

Location: Wanstead Scout Hut, 72 Hollybush Hill, London E11 1PE

Date: Friday 16th November, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Refreshments will be served at half time.

There is a limit of 6 cubs, so first come first served.

Cubs need to be in uniform.

Requests

Parents, please volunteer to help on the rota. https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/programme.php

We have not had any volunteers for the last couple of weeks, which makes it very difficult for us to plan the meetings.  The 52nd group is run by volunteers and we really need help of parents on the night.  If we don’t get volunteers we will start to nominate parents for each week.

Please also note that once you have booked for an externally paid event, if you do not notify us in time, you are obliged to pay for it. As a matter of courtesy we hope that you can understand why we request this and how it affects spaces, leaders required to attend and the potential damage to our reputation. Please respect this and let us know via OSM.

All bookings MUST be made via OSM and payments should be automated as it saves us much time in administration.We may be requesting an additional charge for any manual payments in the future.

Yours in Scouting

52nd EFS leaders

Weekly Summary

This week the cubs learnt about navigation and grid references, which will help them with at least one of their activities at the weekend and future camps/hikes.

Next week

Next week is half term, there is no meeting until 30th October.

Events

https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/events.php

Autumn Camp

Date: 19-21 October

Location: Tolmers Activity Centre – https://goo.gl/maps/f44kFvudDD32

An exciting family weekend for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, we encourage parents to come along and see what fun we have on camp and during our meetings.

We really need more adult helpers, so please do join in the experience.

The activities have been confirmed as the following:

• Rifle shooting
• Indoor climbing
• High ropes
• Gladiator
• Fire lighting

The site is Tolmers Activity Centre, we have book a hut that sleeps up to 34 people.  Parents and carers are welcome to stay, as long as they are DBS checked.  Due to the layout of the accommodation, parents/carers will not be able to sleep in a room with their cubs.

The cost is £15/per person for the entire weekend, this covers the food whilst the 52nd EFS group will cover the costs for camping and activities.  Parents/carers staying for the weekend will also be charged £15/each.

The address is:

Tolmers Activity Centre
Tolmers Road
Cuffley
Herts
EN6 4JS 

A map for the location is here: https://goo.gl/maps/e58N6sdSpEH2

This will be an indoor camp for Cubs, Beavers and Scouts.

Poppy Appeal

Date: 10th November, 10:00-17:00

Location: George Lane, Woodford

This is a  fund raiser by all sections of the 52nd EFS Scout group (Beaver, Cub and Scout) for the British Legion accompanied by parents/carers/friends – please note that you may have to accompany your own child as we will not have enough leaders to safeguard your Scout (as we need 2 adults per group).

We shall be handing out special Scout Poppy badges to all who participate (at our section meetings after).
Scouts may wear this with pride on their sleeves -sew on the same side as activity and stage badges.

Please do your good deed for the day by helping with the Poppy appeal. Meet between the Boots/M&S shop at the time that you have put down and for the duration.( 1hour, 2 hours etc…) then hand over to the next set of parents/children when they come. Please also be patient and respectful with each other as sometimes journeys may be delayed. 

Your Scout will be in FULL SMART UNIFORM at South Woodford public shopping area with your parents/their friends, collecting for the Poppy appeal. You can walk up and down the high street or stay still but will always meet around the boots/M&S area

District Quiz

Please join us for the annual cubs scout quiz, full details below:

Location: Wanstead Scout Hut, 72 Hollybush Hill, London E11 1PE

Date: Friday 16th November, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Refreshments will be served at half time.

There is a limit of 6 cubs, so first come first served.

Cubs need to be in uniform.

Requests

Parents, please volunteer to help on the rota. https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/programme.php

We have not had any volunteers for the last couple of weeks, which makes it very difficult for us to plan the meetings.  The 52nd group is run by volunteers and we really need help of parents on the night.  If we don’t get volunteers we will start to nominate parents for each week.

Please also note that once you have booked for an externally paid event, if you do not notify us in time, you are obliged to pay for it. As a matter of courtesy we hope that you can understand why we request this and how it affects spaces, leaders required to attend and the potential damage to our reputation. Please respect this and let us know via OSM.

All bookings MUST be made via OSM and payments should be automated as it saves us much time in administration.We may be requesting an additional charge for any manual payments in the future.

Yours in Scouting

52nd EFS leaders

Weekly Summary

This week the cubs were lucky enough to visit the Woodford fire station, they got a tour of of the fire engines and practised using the hoses.  We finished up with a Q&A session, the fire fighters very impressed with the cubs as they asked some excellent questions.

Next week

Next week the cubs will be learning about navigation and grid references, will will help them on the Autumn camp.

Events

https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/events.php

Autumn Camp

Date: 19-21 October

Location: Tolmers Activity Centre – https://goo.gl/maps/f44kFvudDD32

An exciting family weekend for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, we encourage parents to come along and see what fun we have on camp and during our meetings.

We really need more adult helpers, so please do join in the experience.

The activities have been confirmed as the following:

• Rifle shooting
• Indoor climbing
• High ropes
• Gladiator
• Fire lighting

The site is Tolmers Activity Centre, we have book a hut that sleeps up to 34 people.  Parents and carers are welcome to stay, as long as they are DBS checked.  Due to the layout of the accommodation, parents/carers will not be able to sleep in a room with their cubs.

The cost is £15/per person for the entire weekend, this covers the food whilst the 52nd EFS group will cover the costs for camping and activities.  Parents/carers staying for the weekend will also be charged £15/each.

The address is:

Tolmers Activity Centre
Tolmers Road
Cuffley
Herts
EN6 4JS 

A map for the location is here: https://goo.gl/maps/e58N6sdSpEH2

This will be an indoor camp for Cubs, Beavers and Scouts.

Requests

Parents, please volunteer to help on the rota. https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/programme.php

We have not had any volunteers for the last couple of weeks, which makes it very difficult for us to plan the meetings.  The 52nd group is run by volunteers and we really need help of parents on the night.  If we don’t get volunteers we will start to nominate parents for each week.

Please also note that once you have booked for an externally paid event, if you do not notify us in time, you are obliged to pay for it. As a matter of courtesy we hope that you can understand why we request this and how it affects spaces, leaders required to attend and the potential damage to our reputation. Please respect this and let us know via OSM.

All bookings MUST be made via OSM and payments should be automated as it saves us much time in administration.We may be requesting an additional charge for any manual payments in the future.

Yours in Scouting

52nd EFS leaders

Weekly Summary

This week the cubs learned how to make rope out of twine, which is exactly the same process when using vines on their long hikes or camps.

Next week

Next week we are going to the Woodford fire station, details for the location can be found here:

https://goo.gl/maps/f9XuvimhtBK2

This is always a great meeting, cubs will get a tour of the fire station and operate some of the equipment.

Please drop off your cubs at the fire station 6pm and collect them at 7pm.

Events

https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/events.php

Fire station visit

Date: 9th October 2108

Time: 18:00 – 19:00

A firestation visit to see the fire engines, operate the equipment including the fire hose, sitting in the truck and wearing protective clothing

Parents are welcome to accompany their cubs. Places are limited so please book early for a free place.

Leaders, please indicate if you are attending too so that we know how many leaders we have.

Location

2 Snakes lane west.

https://goo.gl/maps/87sDYFzeeek

Understand about:

• What to do in the event of a fire
• How fires start
• How to call emergency services
• Parents to drop off and pick up at fire station and not at scout hut.

Please call your leader in case of any emergency we will contact you via group sms/text likewise

Please walk, take a bus or car share if you can.

Autumn Camp

Date: 19-21 October

Location: Tolmers Activity Centre – https://goo.gl/maps/f44kFvudDD32

An exciting family weekend for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, we encourage parents to come along and see what fun we have on camp and during our meetings.

We really need more adult helpers, so please do join in the experience.

The activities have been confirmed as the following:

• Rifle shooting
• Indoor climbing
• High ropes
• Gladiator
• Fire lighting

The site is Tolmers Activity Centre, we have book a hut that sleeps up to 34 people.  Parents and carers are welcome to stay, as long as they are DBS checked.  Due to the layout of the accommodation, parents/carers will not be able to sleep in a room with their cubs.

The cost is £15/per person for the entire weekend, this covers the food whilst the 52nd EFS group will cover the costs for camping and activities.  Parents/carers staying for the weekend will also be charged £15/each.

The address is:

Tolmers Activity Centre
Tolmers Road
Cuffley
Herts
EN6 4JS 

A map for the location is here: https://goo.gl/maps/e58N6sdSpEH2

This will be an indoor camp for Cubs, Beavers and Scouts.

Requests

Parents, please volunteer to help on the rota. https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/programme.php

We have not had any volunteers for the last couple of weeks, which makes it very difficult for us to plan the meetings.  The 52nd group is run by volunteers and we really need help of parents on the night.  If we don’t get volunteers we will start to nominate parents for each week.

Please also note that once you have booked for an externally paid event, if you do not notify us in time, you are obliged to pay for it. As a matter of courtesy we hope that you can understand why we request this and how it affects spaces, leaders required to attend and the potential damage to our reputation. Please respect this and let us know via OSM.

All bookings MUST be made via OSM and payments should be automated as it saves us much time in administration.We may be requesting an additional charge for any manual payments in the future.

Yours in Scouting

52nd EFS leaders