Weekly Summary
This week we practised making shelters and hammocks, this turned out to be much simpler than tents so perhaps they will stay dry at camp…
We hope to get more practise in at future camps.
Summer District Activity weekend
What a weekend this has been! All the beavers, cubs and scouts had an amazing time taking part is as many activities as they could fit into one day!
One the first day we asked them to help setup the camp and like the camp fire:
They were all extremely well behaved and coped very well with camping away from their families, their Huka was also impeccable:
Next week
Next week we are giving the leaders a bit of a break, we will be cooking pancakes and playing Viking chess.
Events
https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/events.php
Kayaking session
Date: 14th July
Time: 13:30 – 15:30 (Please arrive at 13:00 to allow the cubs to get changed)
An exciting opportunity to get out on a lake in a kayak, it’s a beautiful spot with various swans and ducks.
The cost is £10 for a 2 hour session, the minimum age is 8.
Details of the location can be found here: http://www.edmonton-canoe.org.uk/lake-sessions/
And a link to the map is here: https://goo.gl/maps/eb6X7jUh6L52
You will nee to collect and drop off your Cubs from the HYMB centre, there is a car park and you can wait there if you like.
The cubs/scouts will love it and the water isn’t too cold now it’s warmed up.
Requests
Parents, please volunteer to help on the rota. https://www.onlinescoutmanager.co.uk/parents/programme.php
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