The incident night was on programme and was learning based on the forthcoming operation starling.
We started the night with a snowball fight (the idea coming from the escouts forum). The snowballs are screwed up newspaper with tape wrapped round them. I made 45. We then divided up the hall into thirds and the scouts had to defend their patch and clear it of snowballs. This means you had a large quantity of flying paper for a couple of minutes at a time. We'd then shout 'freeze', count up the snowballs and get everyone to rotate clockwise round the hall. Then started again.
This was followed by the incidents which were changing a tyre on a car, simple first aid casulty (old lady suffering from shock) and playing a game of pairs with map symbol cards.
After this we tried five different types of prepackaged hike food, scored them and finished the evening!
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Saturday, 14 March 2009
Tree planting preperation #1
Today saw us working hard to prepare our grounds ready for the tree planting day. Four kids turned up to help out and we started with a little picking competition. Ten bags of litter later and the field was much, much cleaner and tidier.
We also got the kayaks off the floor and back onto the newly painted kayak trailer. We covered it with tarpulin so we can preserve them a little better and the area around our service crew hut is a little tidier.
Roll on Mothers Day!
We also got the kayaks off the floor and back onto the newly painted kayak trailer. We covered it with tarpulin so we can preserve them a little better and the area around our service crew hut is a little tidier.
Roll on Mothers Day!
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Games
Sometimes you have to just drop the usual night plans and go unplanned. Tonight was one of those nights.
I had absolutely nothing to do (it was fantastic) I just went through record cards and made sure everything was up to date. There was a small discussion with the kids about going on 'Operation Starling' the district incident hike and we got a few volunteers.
It was game after game and everyone got involved and had fun.
I had absolutely nothing to do (it was fantastic) I just went through record cards and made sure everything was up to date. There was a small discussion with the kids about going on 'Operation Starling' the district incident hike and we got a few volunteers.
It was game after game and everyone got involved and had fun.
Sunday, 8 March 2009
NSRA Training...
Over this weekend, among many non scouty things I did, one was NSRA Tutor training.
It was my opportunity to get some scout like development under my belt and get trained up in something the kids were quite keen to do - shooting!
My tutoring qualification means I can now take the kids to the range without anyone elses supervision (if I pass...) and also means I get to bore them with the safety briefing.
The course was well paced, good fun and the guy running it knew his stuff. I feel confident I'll pass, though of course I don't yet have the qualification in my hands!
It was my opportunity to get some scout like development under my belt and get trained up in something the kids were quite keen to do - shooting!
My tutoring qualification means I can now take the kids to the range without anyone elses supervision (if I pass...) and also means I get to bore them with the safety briefing.
The course was well paced, good fun and the guy running it knew his stuff. I feel confident I'll pass, though of course I don't yet have the qualification in my hands!
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Scout first aid
Well, the evening wasn't what I expected.
Originally on our programme we were going to do tag first aid (this involves several people ill, with a big tag on them saying what is wrong. The scouts don't need to diagnose as such, just treat)
Then a few months ago I attended a district leaders meeting and volunteered to show troops around the new St John Ambulance building - which is a site of excellence I must say. Usually I'm never taken up on these offers, however this time round I was. The day unfortunately fell on a Wednesday (our troop night) and I showed the building off to the beavers, cubs and scouts. I was cream crackered by the end of it but got some excellent help from the St John Ambulance cadets for which I'm forever grateful.
Rather than waste this opportunity, I got our troop to join with the touring group which meant we had a good size combined group of 30ish. Happy days...
Originally on our programme we were going to do tag first aid (this involves several people ill, with a big tag on them saying what is wrong. The scouts don't need to diagnose as such, just treat)
Then a few months ago I attended a district leaders meeting and volunteered to show troops around the new St John Ambulance building - which is a site of excellence I must say. Usually I'm never taken up on these offers, however this time round I was. The day unfortunately fell on a Wednesday (our troop night) and I showed the building off to the beavers, cubs and scouts. I was cream crackered by the end of it but got some excellent help from the St John Ambulance cadets for which I'm forever grateful.
Rather than waste this opportunity, I got our troop to join with the touring group which meant we had a good size combined group of 30ish. Happy days...
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Pancakes
What can I say? Let there be pancakes!
The kids had a whale of a time making the pancakes and eating them. Whilst most originally opted for lemon and sugar, I was able to tempt them into trying my banana caramel sauce. This is a simple recipe which involves heating a knob of butter in a pan until melted, adding plenty of sugar then dribbling milk into it. Then slicing a banana very finely into the sauce and pouring it over said pancakes. It always proves very popular.
The kids had a whale of a time making the pancakes and eating them. Whilst most originally opted for lemon and sugar, I was able to tempt them into trying my banana caramel sauce. This is a simple recipe which involves heating a knob of butter in a pan until melted, adding plenty of sugar then dribbling milk into it. Then slicing a banana very finely into the sauce and pouring it over said pancakes. It always proves very popular.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Cancelled!
Sometimes our ideas, due to weather or ill health don't go according to plan.
This was one of those occasions. The night was 'Project Godmother' but I can't say much about it, because it's top secret.
What actually happened is I sat in a layby turning parents around and then made my way back to the hall to see things in full swing.
There was time trial relay races, map, compass & map symbol work, silly games and knots.
I was able to catch up on my paperwork!
And then, low and behold we had our last tenderfoot invested. So a successful day.
We've also discovered our new subs system has come up trumps. We churned out personalised mail merged letters from our database and sent them home with little brown envelopes for a cash or cheque return. Within a month, they've all paid up and for once I don't have to hassle everyone at the end of a meeting. Pure bliss!
This was one of those occasions. The night was 'Project Godmother' but I can't say much about it, because it's top secret.
What actually happened is I sat in a layby turning parents around and then made my way back to the hall to see things in full swing.
There was time trial relay races, map, compass & map symbol work, silly games and knots.
I was able to catch up on my paperwork!
And then, low and behold we had our last tenderfoot invested. So a successful day.
We've also discovered our new subs system has come up trumps. We churned out personalised mail merged letters from our database and sent them home with little brown envelopes for a cash or cheque return. Within a month, they've all paid up and for once I don't have to hassle everyone at the end of a meeting. Pure bliss!
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