Category: Cubs
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Last night at cubs, the young people listened to one of our scouts, Charlie, talk about sending emails, sending text messages, and got to know each other by having conversations. They also wrote a news article about the St George’s Day parade which happened two weeks ago. Charlie ran the sessions very well, and we
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Yesterday at cubs, the young people visited chase park for a run around. Here’s some pictures of the young people having fun: Next week it’s the St. George’s Day parade and short church service. This is not a religious service, more a patriotic one and a celebration of the scouting movement in the district. Please
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Today the cubs spent their final session on wellbeing looking into bullying, preventing bullying and defining the three types of bullying. They looked at: And they produced some fantastic anti-bullying posters. Take a look at some of them here: And here are some pictures of the young people in their sixes creating their posters: This
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On Thursday we took the young people to jump giants as part of the wider Gateshead District event. The cubs had a great time. It is one of the biggest trampoline parks in the region and has much more than just trampolines. I didn’t manage to capture any photographs unfortunately, so I’ve stolen a one
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Yesterday at cubs we walked around Whickham and parts of Watergate park, in the dark. With our torches and maps, we made our way along Whickham front street, up Washingwell Lane and around the local countryside, to turn back and go through Washingwell woods and along Cornmoor Road returning to the church hall. With all
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Today at cubs, the young people learnt about how and why people feel down sometimes, and what we can do to support each other. The young people game some fantastic answers to some questions about bullying, feeling left out and supporting their friends and family. Here’s some pictures of the cub-scouts working at their tables
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During yesterday’s session, the cubs learnt about healthy eating. This included the 5 different food groups, what happens if you eat unhealthily and the consequences of not brushing your teeth. The cubs also learnt about scurvy, tooth decay and calcium deficiency. The cubs finished with a game of dodgeball and were awarded their chef badges.
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This week at cubs we made spaghetti Bolognese in the kitchen. We fried the mince, chopped the carrots, diced an onion, crushed some garlic and added in the stock. We then boiled the spaghetti. Here is the finished product. This one was made by Joshua, Ellie, James, Henry and Patrick. Here’s Jack and Joseph’s team’s
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As part of the chef badge, the young people must learn the basics of food hygiene. The young people learnt about the four elements needed for food poisoning bacteria to multiply; food with protein in, moisture, the correct temperature and time. They also learnt how to effectively clean their hands before handling food. Below are
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In this introductory session, the young people were reminded of the cub-scout law and their promise. We shared with each other what we had done over the Christmas holidays, and what we got for Christmas. We also went over the code of conduct and what we expect everyone to adhere to when at cubs. After
