What have we been up to in June and July?

We’ve been making the most of the summer weather here at the Scout Group with lots of outdoor activities and camps over the last few weeks.

Sea Scouts
As well as enjoying their Tuesday evening Troop nights on the water, the Sea Scouts held their annual expedition camp at the Wolvercote boat base over the first weekend of July.  Under a sunny sky, the Scouts spent the weekend boating in kayaks, canoes and rowing boats and building rafts.

Land Scouts
The Land Scouts have been learning all about the things they do and don’t need to take on camp with them, and put that to the test with an overnight camp at the Scout Centre in Blenheim Road at the end of June. As well as building improvised shelters using tarpaulins and parachutes, the Scouts lit fires for cooking their meals.

Jacala Cubs
Jacala Cub’s camp at the start of July was held at Youlbury Scout camp site in Boar’s Hill. The Cubs chose a Minecraft theme for their camp, and took part in many lots of crafting sessions and games based around the computer game. And, of course, they enjoyed an evening sing song around a camp fire!

Mowgli Cubs
Mowgli Cubs featured in the Oxford Mail after spending a day tidying up the grounds at Oxford Stadium. They pulled up weeds and tidied up part of the track as part of their work towards their Community Challenge badge.  The pack also enjoyed two victories at the recent District Cubs football tournament. Not only did one team win the tournament overall, but the other team took home the Fair Play trophy. Well done all!

Beavers
Our youngest section of 6-8 year-olds have also been out and about at their meetings this month. They built a bug hotel in the grounds of the Scout Centre and along the canal from Wolvercote Lock to North Oxford to earn their Explore Activity Badge and Hikes stage 1 badge. They also had a visit from the Dinosaur and Wildlife Education Centre, who brought lots of animals for them to meet and handle, including a scorpion, a frog, a parrot, a meercat, a snake, a hedgehog!

As the summer term comes to a close, some of the units are looking forward to week-long camps during the school holidays, and when we start back in September, we’ll be celebrating 75 years of Kidlington Scout Group.