Beaver Scouts are young people usually aged between six and eight years old. They belong to the first and youngest Section in the Scouting family. Young people can join Beaver Scouts in the three months leading up to their sixth birthday. They can move to the next Section, Cub Scouts, between eight and eight years six months.
Easily recognised by their distinctive turquoise sweatshirts, Beaver Scouts enjoy making friends, playing games, going on visits and helping others. They usually meet together once a week in a Beaver Scout Colony.
Some Beaver Scout Colonies also organise Sleepovers. These are often the first time a young person spends a night away from home. They take place in suitable buildings, often Scout centres.
DISTRICT POSTER COMPETITION
Six Colonies took part in this year’s competition. As this is our Centenary year, the poster had to depict 100 years of Scouting
WINNERS – EAST Well done Lauren and Matthew for an excellent poster
2ND PLACE – NORTH
3RD PLACE – PORTESHAM
SLEEPOVERS
District, West & North held a joint sleepover at St Paul’s Church in March. It was the first sleepover for the majority of the Beavers, and was an excellent taster of things to come at the Centenary Camp
The sleepover was a fun filled 22 hours, which included map work, crafts, messy clay and sticky fingers from cold cookery. The leaders hoped to lull the Beavers to sleep with a movie, but they all seemed to have a competition of see who could stay awake until 2am. Sunday was finished off with a picnic in an usual place – the Cemetery!!!!
OH SO BUSY!!
The next few months the Beaver Scouts will be kept busy as it will be packed with many District events.
In May we will have the Centenary camp where there will be approximately 400 kids from all sections of Scouting, all celebrating the 100 years of Scouting. They will be doing adventurous activities including archery, rifle shooting, and a zip slide. Activities which Scouts from the 1900’s did will also be tackled, as well as some more “modern” ones
In June there will be approximately 80 Beaver Scouts completing a 4.5 mile walk through Wareham Forest. This will be to raise sponsorship money for a variety of causes, and will allow the Beavers to get their “Hikers” badge.
Also in June there will be 300+ Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorers having a huge party on Weymouth Esplande, followed by games and competitions on the beach
If you intend to sunbathe on Weymouth Beach during July – beware, as that may be the same day where 80+ Beavers will descend to play games, build sandcastles and make the Weymouth Canoe Lifeguards work hard when everyone goes swimming!!
August is the month that 3,500 members of Scouting in Dorset at Buddens have been planning and looking forward to a spectacular event – “GOOSE”. There will be adventurous activities ranging from flying, biking,
In September we will be spending the day on Brownsea Island, so the Beavers can see where Scouting first started. I am sure that that the journey will be even more exciting for the Beavers as to get to Brownsea, they will be catching a train, walking in Poole, then go across to the Island by boat. This will be a first time on a boat for most of the Beavers, and maybe even a few of the Leaders!!
In September 500+ Beavers will be going to Wookey Hole for the day, and going through Cheddar caves