Nov 2017: Beavers County Event and winter camps,

Here's what our sections got up to in November.

Beavers
On Saturday 11 of our Beavers took part in this great festive County Event with lots of the other local Beaver Colonies. We had great fun even though it was a bit rainy.
There was lots of different activities to take part in, including: crafting; stories by the campfire; a photobooth; a bouncy castle; puzzle solving; cooking on a campfire and a woodland blindfold trail.

Mowgli Cubs
Mowgli Cub pack held an indoor Christmas camp at the Scout Centre, beginning on Friday night with games, writing a letter to Santa and watching a film. On Saturday the whole pack went into Oxford to see Jack and the Beanstalk at the Playhouse then returned to a full Christmas dinner, cooked by three lovely parent volunteers. When we had finished this feast the Cubs settled down in their sleeping bags and watched two more short films.

Jacala Cubs
Jacala Cubs have been working towards their Personal Safety badge, held a superhero and supervillan themed evening and enjoyed an evening out having a go at laser combat. As this issue went to print, they were preparing for their own Christmas sleepover at the Scout Centre.

Sea Scouts
In November, the Sea Scouts held their annual winter camp at Youlbury Scout camp at Boars Hill. During the weekend, they tried rifle shooting and found that  many of them were great at hitting the target! They also took part in an evening wide game, competing against other Scouting units from the District.

The Sea Scouts are also heavily involved in the Scout Group's winter fundraising activities; you may have seen them out delivering Christmas cards in Kidlington, and they also held their own bag packing event at Sainsbury's to raise money for new boats.

Land Scouts
The Patrol Leaders took charge one evening this month, running a series of activities for the Scouts to compete at. There were spaghetti and marshmallow structures, a target shooting game and putting Maltesers into a tin using only a straw!

Gordo Explorer Scouts
This month, our older members have been busy planning for their Duke of Edinburgh awards and running meetings such as blindfold taste testing and a film night. They also enjoyed an evening at the new trampoline park in Bicester.