Over the last few weeks Cubs have had the opportunity to make use of the climbing wall at Oxford Brookes University. Some Cubs are confident climbers, others less so, but everyone had a good go and challenged themselves to get
Cubs Go Climbing
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Beavers Carry Water
This week, Beavers joined the Million Hands project, and learned about millions of children around the world who do not go to school because they have to walk several miles to get water for their family. Beavers had an opportunity
Cubs Join A Million Hands
1st Tackley and Heyford Scout Group have signed up to the Million Hands initiative. The Scouts kicked it off a few weeks ago, and tonight the Cubs learned about the work of Water Aid, and why they do what they
Cubs Learn About Disability
This week, Cubs started work towards their Disability Awareness badge. Cubs discussed the different types disability, including invisible ones. We learned to finger spell our names and to sing a song with Makaton signs. Then Cubs had a go at
Scouts Tippy Tap
This year, 1st Tackley and Heyford Scout Group are going A Million Hands and will be working to help Water Aid. This week the Scouts kicked us off by building a tippy tap – a tap operated by a foot
It’s Christmas!
This week we had a whole group party to celebrate Christmas. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts had fun playing games and doing Christmas crafts. There were even mince pies and mulled wine for the parents. We asked the children to bring
Scouts Get Arty
Over the last couple of weeks Scouts have been busy working towards their Artists badge, designing and creating stencils for some spray art. A few weeks ago they had only used one colour. This time they were challenged to use
Cubs Navigate In The Dark
This week, as part of their Navigator 2 badge, Cubs set off on a night hike. They had a set of written instructions to guide them through the route, and took it in turns to tell the group which way
Beavers Make Pizza
This week Beavers made pizzas from scratch. This recipe will make 4 thin crust pizzas. 11oz pizza and pasta flour (the village shop sells it) 1/2tsp dried yeast 170ml water 1/2 tsp salt Mix together to form a dough. Knead