Tag: Fun

  • Look at the quality of these dishes made by our explorers!! The explorer leader provided some randomised, key ingredients to the young people. Their task was simple: all they had to do was prepare and cook a dish with the ingredients that they were given! Look at some of the stuff that they prepared. One…

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  • Tonight at cubs the young people participated in the pirate game. This is a strategic game, somewhat comparable to battleships, where they have to fill in their grid with different abilities and points. Grid squares are called at random and the youngsters can declare if they have anything special, like a pirate ship which allows…

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  • On Friday the cubs went up to the park to follow instructions whilst blindfolded, and they also played a game of Chinese whispers to investigate how messages can change as they’re passed from person to person. The cubs then had a chance to play in the play park before returning to the hut. The communications…

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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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  • 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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  • Everyone enjoyed their night bowling at the metrocentre. Some of the games over ran a little bit, but overall it was a great night. Here’s Jonny about to roll the ball down the alley. Some of the cubs played amongst the other cubs, and there were some beavers thrown in to the teams as well.…

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  • This year’s operation sanctuary, organised by Durham Scouts took place in the South East of County Durham – the location of Sanctuary being in Wheatley Hill scout hut. Operation Sanctuary works like this: the teams are taken to the sanctuary location, and then transported by minibus or coach to the starting location. Nobody, except the…

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  • We had great fun tonight rolling pumpkins, finding eyes in spaghetti, getting our faces painted and trying to get apples out of water with our mouths. Next week it’s half term, so we will not be meeting. Our next session is Friday 10th November.

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