1st Woldingham News
Despite an exceptionally wet November, our Scout Group were fortunate to enjoy a break in the rain clouds when we met up for another village community litter pick. Working towards their Community Impact badges, our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts set off in family groups with litter picker pincers and rubbish bags in hand. Having covered various routes around the village, they returned with an enormous amount of rubbish! Well done and thank you to everyone for working so hard!
In November we were also proud to watch our Scout Group and flag bearers parade from our HQ to St Paul’s Church for the Remembrance Day ceremony and church service. This is always an important event in our Scouting calendar because, together with the rest of the community, our youngest generation are afforded the opportunity to remember and be educated about those who have given their life for our freedom and our country.
Badge work continued in mid-November and whilst the Beavers made periscopes and pinhole cameras, the Cubs were knot-a-frayed to set their hands to some knot-tying practice using ropes and string, as well as tying friendship knots with their scarves. Meanwhile, the Scouts started their morning off with a bang at Frylands Wood where they took part in a morning of air rifle shooting on the indoor range. Their scores for the Surrey Scouts county air rifle championships in January 2024 have since been submitted and we are now waiting to hear who has got through to the next stage. Good luck Scouts! We reportedly have some impressively keen shots in our Scouting ranks!
At the end of November, we welcomed some furry and feathered friends into the Scout hut, notably two guinea pigs, a hamster, two rabbits, a dog and a chicken! The Beavers and Cubs were working towards their Animal Friend Badge and learned all about different pets and the work involved in caring for them properly. The birds of Woldingham have also been cared for by our Group because the following week the Beavers and Cubs made fruity bird feeders, ingeniously made from scooped-out orange halves and a delicious mix of fat, seeds and mealworms! Yum! The Scouts have also been working hard and focussing on their DIY badges – constructing tomahawk-throwing targets!
At the time of writing, the Christmas spirit is flourishing all around us and we are looking forward to our end-of-year Christmas campfire party and a well-earned festive break until we resume activities again in 2024.
