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Beaver Party and Carol ServiceIn December the Beavers took part in their annual Christmas Fun Day. During the afternoon they made a number of items, all with a Christmas theme, played some games and collected a present from Santa Claus. This was followed on the Monday evening with a Carol service at Greenacres Congregational Church. Unfortunately not as many Beavers as usual took part in this years service even though the vicar used his laptop computer to make the service more interesting. Beaver SleepoversOver 50 Beavers took part in a sleepover at Bibby's Farm Scout Camp on the weekend commencing Friday, 29th September. On arrival the Beavers were shown were they would be sleeping before playing some games, enjoying a camp fire and watching a video. In the morning, whilst breakfast was being prepared by some of the leaders, the Beavers had short keep fit session before playing parachute games. After breakfast they took part in a number of activities including Climbing, Abseiling, Archery, and Grass Sledging whilst inside the accommodation there were a number of bases set up with a birthday theme including balloon modelling. Thanks go to all the leaders who helped to make the weekend a success and to those who drove the mini-buses which got everyone there and back safely. Beaver Conservation / Environment Day
Despite almost continuous rain
showers around 50 Beavers enjoyed themselves pond dipping and taking part on
other nature bases.
The event was based at Waterhead
Parish Hall were the Beavers had the opportunity to plant some seeds, make a
colourful tissue flower, make a butterfly, colour and make up a finger
puppet with the face of a bug, complete dot to dot nature pictures, make
their own monsters and make some monster sweets.
Also during the afternoon they
went in full waterproof outdoor clothing and wellingtons to a small pond in
Strinesdale Country Park to do some pond dipping. Each group managed to
catch one small fish but the majority just caught tadpoles. Needless
to say two Beavers managed to slip and finished up with a rather wet bottom.
Fortunately everyone had brought a spare set of clothes so no lasting damage
was done.
Beaver Fun Day
Although lots of Beavers from
around the County took part in the Beaver County Fun Day, only the Beavers
from two groups in Oldham enjoyed the fun day out.
Amongst the many attractions was
a circus skills base where they tried walking a tightrope and juggling.
There was also an inflatable slide and obstacle course as well as a fire
engine and ambulance for them to explore.
Although there was a couple of
light showers in the morning the afternoon was warm and sunny and everyone
had a great time
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