We're very proud of our members who were invited to the County Awards Day at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre to receive their Chief Scout Silver and Chief Scout Gold Awards. Our Group Administrator, Ron Shewry, also received a long service award to recognize 40 years of Scouting.
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| Oxfordshire County Awards Day |
Watch the presentations on YouTube
Sea Scouts
On 5th May, Oxford University Royal Naval Unit (URNU) invited four Sea Scouts to take part in a practical leadership evening at Falklands House in Oxpens Road, Oxford. With uniforms ironed and shoes polished, the four set off for an evening of activities set up by URNU students to help them practice leadership and teamwork skills in a maritime environment. The evening was possible thanks to our Sea Scout Troop’s official Royal Navy recognition, which is held by only around a quarter of the Sea Scout Troops in the country.
The Troop is now back on the water for the summer, and between now and September, they will spend every Tuesday evening meeting at Wolvercote boat base kayaking, canoeing and pulling and working towards various water activity badges. Some of the older Sea Scouts completed their sailing course at Dorchester Sailing Club.
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| Sea Scouts at Dorchester Sailing Club |
Jacala Cubs
Over the weekend of 6-8th May, Jacala Cubs held their Adventure Camp at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre in Oxford. The Cubs spent the weekend learning Scouting skills such as fire lighting, tent pitching, first aid and pioneering, as well as taking part in on-site activities such as archery and crate stacking. In their Thursday night meetings, they have visited Kidlington Fire Station, learnt about our community and worked towards their road safety badge.
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| Jacala Cubs at Youlbury Scout Activity Centre |
Mowgli Cubs
Mowgli Cubs have been learning some useful skills so they can help out around the house as part of their Skills Challenge Award. They learnt to iron, peel vegetables and change a plug! They also spent time with staff at Tesco, learning where their food is farmed and how it gets to the shops.
On 14th May they camped at Kidlington Scout Centre in preparation for the big CubFest County Camp taking place at Cornbury Park in June to mark 100 years of Cubs, and hiked out to Thrupp on Sunday 15th May.
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| Camping out at the Scout Centre |
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'Farm to Fork' night at Tesco
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Land Scouts
This term the Land Scouts have made Roman swords and shields, been out on a treaure hunt and hike from the Scout Centre and took the 'tea challenge' using open fires and camping stoves to boil their water.
Explorer Scouts
As with the Sea Scouts, out older members are now spending all of their weekly evening meetings at our Wolvercote boat base from now until September, with activities both on and off the water.
Beavers
Our youngest members have been busy making and painting junk model robots, and also took part in a District picnic at University Parks in Oxford to celebrate 30 years of Beavers.
Dates for the diary
AGM and Open Evening - Monday 6th June 7-8pm, Kidlington Scout Centre
Please join us to find out more about what the Group does, who runs it and what we have planned for the year ahead.
Scout Centre Maintenance - Saturday 25th June and Monday 27th June (evening)
We need help to remove ceiling tiles and move equipment ready for the roof to be insulated in the day on Monday 27th June. If you can help, please contact our Scout Active Support Manager, Giles Puleston at giles.puleston@virginmedia.com
Watch the video: 12 months of Kidlington Scout Group
