Drake Beavers
The Drake Beaver Section has been busy beavering away this year, doing all sorts of fun activities!
Over the summer a new account was opened to allow the section to start online payments for subs and camps, and should be up and running by October. This will allow easier administration giving back valuable time that has been spent taking in payments and organising at the beginning of each weekly meeting. Hopefully everyone will take up online payments as many parents regularly ask if they can pay online.
We now use emails to notify any up and coming events making it easier for parents to let us know who can make it.
The section has grown to nearly 30 beavers on the books over the past 6 months with the help of some very enthusiastic parents spreading the word, as their beavers have enjoyed the varied scouting programme for weekly meetings, camps and day events supplied.
So far this year been on :-
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A Circus themed camp during the Easter break. They all really enjoyed practising their circus skills.
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A few came along to group camp and got involved in many activities with their parents, for the Saturday afternoon.
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They joined Monday cubs at Summer Camp and loved staying in tents. The cubs seemed to naturally take responsibility of the beavers when they were in groups for activities. Both beavers and cubs enjoyed swimming, cooking, an amazing camp fire and other onsite activities.
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End of summer trip to the beach making sandcastles for crabs, paddling and sack races.
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A further end of summer trip to Adventure Island.
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Badge work covered growing their own plants, making bird feeders and hover crafts plus a visit to Wat Tyler RSPB and the best visit from RC Exotics learning about and handling reptiles and various insects and furries!
Dates Planned so far
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10th/11th November Christmas Camp at Skreens, Chelmsford
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!4th/15th July Summer Camp at Kingston Ridge, Laindon
A big thank you to all the leaders and young leaders of Drakes Beavers, and to the parents for their support, allowing us to give the children what we hope is a fun and varied scouting programme, and look forward to telling you all about the fun and adventures had, in the coming year at our next AGM.
Any parents wanting to experience the fun we have and lend a hand please come and see me.
Thanks Hazel