Beenleigh Scouts Soil Spread Working Bee Cancelled - All done thanks to a parent and Bob Cat!

Firstly to all those that were coming to help with the soil spread on Sunday, thank you, thank you, thank you., That would have to be the biggest response ever to a call to arms for a working bee.

 

But thanks to the Whalen Family, who had a Bob Cat, on hand we no longer have to attend as it has been done for us. I can not thank Greg enough for taking time out of his day to attend to the ground for us. Huge thank you is still not enough.

 

For those that are disappointed that it is called off - yes I can hear you all sobbing and stamping your feet in frustration, we do need to organise a working bee in term 3 to get the fence repaired.  

 

Thank you again to everyone who offered to bring Wheelbarrows, shovels, rakes and many extra hands. Enjoy your Sunday off.

Regards and Yours in Scouting,
Stephen Hughes (Bagheera)
Group Leader
0433 322 638

What assistance can you offer?

Hi everyone,

 

Now that things are settling down and most of my hats I have been wearing are coming down to one,  it is now time for me to focus on Group matters. One of the core things that I would like to find out from everyone is what resources we have within our family pool. By this I am looking to put together a list of tradesmen and other services that families within the group can provide from time to time.

 

Now I am not asking to donate your time every time we need help, as there are times when we have to pay for fixes or repairs. I am seeking from everyone what professional type services they can provide to the group. I am very keen to tap into an electrician, builder, gardening services etc. For paid work I would prefer to offer work to those within the group first before seeking outside assistance.

 

In the next three years I have a group plan that will see some changes around the den, assuming we can get the grants for them or can fundraise to cover these costs. As is always the case when you are trying to find the right person, you don't even know they exist under your nose. This came up when discussing the proposed shed design with a Scout Family member. 

 

Proposed changes in next twelve/eighteen months:

• Make over of the Scout Cupboard (similar to the Cub cupboard)
• Possible quote for a Kitchen makeover
• Potential work in the shed for shelving and cupboards for lock away storage or patrol meeting room. 
• Grounds garden project
• Seating around the Campfire area. 
• Lighting improvements around the den

This is just a few ideas that we need to resource and have guidance or professional assistance with.

 

If you are prepared to offer your services please let me know and I will add you to my contact list. I am also offering you a chance to advertise your business services too with a business card area for you all to tap into. A pin board will be set up for you to add your cards too in the next month. 

 

I look forward to hearing back on what is available to us.

 

 

 

Regards and yours in Scoutng,
Stephen Hughes (Bagheera)
Group Leader
0433 322 638 0433 322 638

Seeking Joey Scouts

The Beenleigh Scout Group is seeking your assistance in helping to promote the Joey Scout section to your family, friends, co-workers and schools. Our Joey Scout section needs an increase in membership, as the majority will move up to Cub Scouts by December, leaving that section with only a couple of Joey Scouts. Nobody like to see sad Joey faces :).

 

This section is the little known section and it runs from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm on a Tuesday, provides a great introduction to Scouting for all children 6 -7.5 years of age. They get to have a heap of fun, do lots of activities, enjoy a sleepover or two at other dens, and the work they do can earn them the Joey Scout Promise badge.

 

If you can assist in helping promote we have flyers at the den we can provide to hand out at schools. I am also keen talk with various school leaders to see if we can promote in the newsletters they distribute. 

 

We all know how great it is to be in Scouting so please spread the word and if you have people interested please have them contact me for more information. 

 

Regards and yours in Scouting 

Stephen Hughes (Bagheera)
Group Leader
Beenleigh Scout Group
0433 322 638

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Mum's Trivia night

The Cub Scouts treated Mum to a Trivia night on the Jungle Book and Scouting History last night.

We had 7 tables of very excited Cub Scouts and gracious Mum's and Grandother's who were happy to be invited to a night about them.

Round 1 was on the Jungle Book and as always there are always debates and discussions on the answers. In the middle of this round an activity was thrown in that was very interactive.

Everyone was invited outside to be apart of the action song 'Singing in the Rain'. Now what Mum and grandmothers didn't know was that the Cub Scouts had practiced this the week before and there was plenty of excitement this week as they got to see parents doing this funny song.

The song basically sings the chorus aof 'Sinnging in the Rain' and then gets to a point where we stop it and do some actions. Actions are Thumbs Up, elbows in, knees bent, knees together, toes in, butts outs, head up, mouth open and finally tongues out. We then sing a gobbled up sound word  - roochacha twice.The idea is to repeat and each time you add an extra bit and repeat the chorus. Nothing looks funnier than all the Mums and grandmothers getting to put it all together. It was a fun acivity.

We continue on with the Trivia and complete Round 1 and total up that round. From here we go into round 2 but start by working out what should not be in a non personal first aid kit. Everyone gets the soap, suncream and antisceptic cream wrong and lose points. Bagheera is wicked! :) People did put Bagheera to task on them but all these items can be harmful to people. Now reality says we should have suncream on hand at all times pand Cubs/Leaders need to know who can and can't wear it.

Round 2 is on Scoutong History with questions around when Scouting started, who was BP (Lord Robert Baden-Powell and the founder of Scouting). The other half of this round was about the Beenleigh Group's history.

In the end we finish off with a 'Thread the Rope' game which sees everyone trying to thread rope through their clothing and out the other side. Some decided they wanted to hold everyone on the one piece of rope. With a tall and short next to each other it looked funny at the end.

Mum's and Grandmothers were then treated to coffee/tea and cake to end the night.

All had a great night and the high level noise ensured all attending were happy and excited Cub Scouts.

If you want a.laugh the 'Singing in the Rain' song was filmed.  Apologise for the bad singing but we all can't be Michael Bubble! :-)

Air Activities

Today the Cub Scouts went to Air Activitues. This is centered around the aerodynamics craft and activities plus an opportunity to fly in a small plane.

The activities included;

• Building a glider
• Making a kite
• Navigating a map via compass coordinates
• learning rules abut flying kites, wmhere na d wehn not to fly the
• understanding how an hot air balloon works, and
• making a parachute

The Cubs Scouts had an greatt ime and the smiles on the faces as they returned from thier 15 minute flight in a 5 seater small plane was just fantastic.

Back to basics

Last night the Cub Scouts held a Back To Basics night where the idea was to have anight with no lights and do activities from the past.

Game one was to do a torch hunt for corks in the grounds of the den.

Then the Cub Scouts worked on blackboards and chalk, having to draw Australian animals and reef knots. Talk about the skill of drawings and the enthusiasm on taking up the challenge. Certainly was a different concept for them. The Cub Scouts were told of why we use Chalk and slate back in the days.

Finally they worked on their skits for Region Camp and theu are lookong polished.

Well done to Elliott for his appointment to Second and earning his Leadership badge.

Also congrats to Ben S for earning his Gold Boomerang and Ryker for Pets Level 1.

Term 4 Kicks off

So we are back and we have come back on a high.

First we had to shuffle the deck and reorganise of Sixes, this is always a challenge and  one that works well once it is all in place.

Second we invested four new Cub Scouts - 3 from Joeys - Tony, Cody  & Jacob plus  Kaitlyn who has been waiting patiently for the day to arrive.

After what was a long parade we got into a night of drawing coat of arms for our banner for Cub Scout Region Camp. These wonderful symbols of each Cub Scout will fly high at Camp.

A couple of games thrrown in and another long parade - lots of badges to hand out, and it was all over.

It was good to see so many back and it is great to be back on deck and into the swing of things.

There are more changes on the horizon but they can wait till another day!

Till next Tuesday - keep smiling and see you all then.