First Beavers from 1st Woosehilll Abseil at Earleywood Scout Centre

Fearless Beavers from 1^st Woosehill took on their biggest adventure yet – abseiling down the 30ft climbing wall at Earleywood Scout Centre in Sunningdale. The youngsters took on the physically and mentally demanding task as part of their Personal Challenge badge. Beaver Leader, Pingu, said: “Our Beavers have never abseiled before because we thought it might be too hard for them. However this group is so brave that we thought we’d give it a go and they all did amazingly, pushing themselves to their own personal limits. This just proves that it doesn’t matter how young or small you are, when you are in Scouting you can achieve anything you put your mind to!”

February 22, 2018

Beavers Good Deeds Help Ollie Young Foundation

Youngsters from 1^st Woosehill Scout Group beavered away doing good deeds at home to raise over £120 for the Ollie Young Foundation. Swifts and Kingfisher Beavers helped out their families and neighbours doing such jobs as gardening, washing up, making beds and tidying toys to raise money for the local charity which they had chosen to support as part of their Community Impact badge. Ollie Young’s grandmother, Barbara, came to the Scout Hut to collect the cash and thank all the Beavers for their help and commitment.

October 20, 2017

Beavers Build Apple Computers of the Future!

Swifts and Kingfisher Beavers had an amazing evening at the Apple Store in The Oracle learning to become computer designers of the future. The youngsters found about technology and data, old computers and how to research them on the iPad, were shown how to work an Apple Pen and then used it to design a computer for the future! Beavers had such wonderful ideas as a computer shaped like a bunny, one that listened to commands, one where you simply had to hover your fingers over the keypad and one entrepreneur even designed their own brand name and logo! Thanks to the staff in the store, the Beavers were all able to complete their Digital – Citizen badge at the end of the session.

July 13, 2017

Merlins Scouts Roar at Dragonboat Race

Merlin Scouts took to the water on Sunday 2nd July to take part in the Annual District Scout Dragonboat Regatta at the Wokingham Waterside Centre. The team of 10, plus Drummer to set the pace, streaked through its qualifying heat to grab a place in the semi final where it unfortunately met its match from much older teams. Not to be down hearted, the Scouts made the best of a blisteringly hot day by throwing themselves into the many activities there (climbing wall, bouncy castle etc) alongside hundreds of other Scouts.

July 13, 2017

Beavers Scale New Heights at Go Ape

Swift and Kingfisher Beavers left the safety of their Lodges at the Scout Hut to scale new heights of achievement at the Junior Treetop Adventure at Go Ape, Swinley Forest. The two Colonies joined together in the last meeting of the summer term to tackle the high wire obstacle course, finishing with a thrilling zip wire ride down from the trees to the forest floor. All the Beavers completed the course and showed great courage and perseverance overcoming the physical challenges and, even more impressively, conquering any personal fears. Maybe we should call them Squirrels, and not Beavers, in future!

June 5, 2017

Fundraising Activity Raises Over £800 For 1st Woosehill Scout Group

Through a recent series of fundraising events we’ve raised over £800, see below for more details.

Tombola success at the Wokingham May Fayre!

The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts all rallied together to man the ever popular chocolate tombola on the 1st May in Wokingham and raised a tremendous £583!

Bags2School

Thank you to all those who rifled through their wardrobes over the Easter holidays and generously filled the bags with unwanted clothing. We raised £183 from all your donations.

A scrumptious way to celebrate St George’s Day!

St George’s Day was marked by 1^st Woosehill with a march up to Woosehill Community Church and a lovely service there. After a glorious march, tea and cake was served in the Scout Hut and a songs were regaled around the camp fire. Thank you for all those who attended. We raised £68 from the sale of the refreshments.

April 20, 2017

Kestrel Cubs say “Buonasera” to all things Italian!

Kestrels got a taste of the ‘Latin life’ when they experienced an Italian evening at their recent Cub session. Highlights of the event included making and then tasting their own pizzas and other Mediterranean foods, completing an Italian word search, playing ballgames popular with youngsters from that country and building structures using marshmallows and spaghetti – possibly how the Leaning Tower of Pisa was first inspired! The verdict on the activities was a resounding “brilliante!” from the Cubs.

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017

Beavers Make New Born Friends Down On The Farm

Beavers from 1^st Woosehill Scouts were thrilled to be able to cuddle new born lambs when they visited Lockey Farm in Arborfield, Reading. The youngsters went on a guided tour of the farm and saw where the resident 4,500 hens lay 30,000 eggs a week! They also learned all about the sheep with their new born lambs and got to sit and hold some of the babies. One sheep even produced a lamb while the Beavers were there – a really special end to their trip!

February 24, 2017

Beavers Learn About Other Animal Friends

Any 1^st Woosehill Beavers that had ever wondered what the difference is between a rabbit and a guinea pig, what to do with a poorly goldfish or how best to care for a Leopard Gecko had all their questions answered (and more!) when they visited Pets at Home, Winnersh.

Swifts and Kingfishers were given a guided tour to learn all about the animals, fish and reptiles kept there and take a peek behind the scenes to find out how the knowledgeable team run things which helped the Beavers on their way to earn their Animal Friend Activity badge. The lucky youngsters even got to cuddle guinea pigs and hamsters and ended the visit by giving the goldfish their tea!

January 3, 2017January 3, 2017