Walk to the White Horse

On the 1st December, Heron Cubs dug out their torches, and their warmest winter clothes and set off for a Night Hike to Wareside.

Cubs had to negotiate muddy puddles, and even a stream across the path.

When we arrived at our destination, the pub had laid on a feast of hot dogs and hot chocolate, sitting around a roaring logfire.

Heron Cubs would like to thank the staff at the White Horse, Wareside for their hospitality.

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Ceramic painting at Cubs

Last week, the Falcon Cubs got the chance to hand decorate a plate for Christmas. They made a handprint on a plate and turned it into a reindeer. These have been taken away to be fired, before being returned to the Cubs.

The initial handprint

 

 

Adding decoration to turn them into reindeer.

 

The Cubs had a fantastic evening. Many thanks to the lovely ladies from Glazed Creations who came along from Royston to run the evening.



Christmas Post 2014 winner

This year there were lots of entries for the 3rd Ware Christmas Post competition. The judges had a difficult time selecting a winner but in the end they decided on Sophie's design of snowmen.
Her design will now appear on all the 3rd Ware stamps that will be sold in aid of the Isabel Hospice and 3rd Ware Scouts.

 

Well done Sophie!

 



Falcon Pack visit Ware museum

This week, Falcon Pack went to see the display in the museum about World War 1 and how it affected Ware. John Wing explained about the posters and artefacts that were on display and the Cubs saw the 'Mourning map of Ware' that has been created. This is a map of the town as it was in 1918 and a pin put into the map where a man died during the war and sometimes after from his injuries.

While one group was in the display, the other Cubs tried one of the museum quizzes and explored the World Ware 2 bunker.

Dressing up in some of the outfits!

 

Working out how to use a typewriter!

 



 



Searching for buried treasure!

 

 

The Cubs had a great evening learning about how the War affected Ware.

Thank you very much to John and the museum staff.

Farm to Fork trail at Tesco

Last week Falcon pack went to Tesco Ware to see where some of their food comes from and how Tesco operates behind the scenes.

 

First of all we went upstairs and into one of the large fridges and a freezer. The temperature of the freezer went up from -20 to -10 degrees from the doors being open and the heat from our bodies!

 

Look at all those crisps! Shere Khan was in her element!

 

Gutting a fish. Did you know that some fish have silver tongues?

 

 

Finding out where our fruit and veg grows

 



Cake for our birthday girl Emily!

 

All of the Cubs left with a goodie bag having had a great time.

Many thanks to Jodie, Gill and all the staff at Tesco Ware for hosting us.

 

 

Pencil cases for The Gambia

 

This week at Cubs, Falcon Pack brought in items to make up pencil cases to send to our twin Group in The Gambia.

 

All of the Cubs brought in items such as pencils, felt pens, coloured pencils, rulers, sharpeners and erasers.

 

 

In sixes the Cubs sorted the different items so that each pencil case would have about the same amount of items.

 

 

 

They then put the sorted items into pencil cases or plastic bags if there were not enough cases.

 



A filled case! They were added to the ones that Herons had done the week before and went to be stored until the rest of the Group had done theirs. They will then be shipped out to Medina Sering Mass for our twin Scouts to use at school.

 

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this activity. We will be awarding the International Friendship award to some of our new Cubs and for those who already have it, it is another activity to confirm our commitment to The Gambia.



Falcon Pack activity day at Tolmers

Falcon Pack had a day at Tolmers where they were able to do some of the activities they didn't have time for at camp!

They started with archery

Then the rotating climbing wall

 

 

Finishing off with aeroball

 

Then to lunch and afterwards to play on the adventure playground

 

 

Great excitement on spotting a Muntjac deer!

 

A lovely day was had by everyone, thank you to all the Cubs for coming along.

Falcon Pack at Oxley shield

The past weekend saw all the Packs of Ware & District attending the Oxley shield competition at Rigery Farm. This is a camping and Scouting skills competition that has been held since 1929.

 

Everyone hard at work preparing the evening meal

 

A very nice meal

 

 

Sunday morning

 

 

Our fantastic winning team who scored 301 out of a possible 320!

 

 



 

A natural collage for the Wildgoose handicraft. A lion and a dove that came third. A great weekend overall. Many thanks to the team and everyone who helped in anyway.



Scouting magazine challenge

In the September edition of Scouting magazine there was a challenge to bring old Group photos back to life. We have a copy of a photo of 3rd Ware Wolf Cubs at Ware station, so last week Falcon Pack went down to the station and we took some more photos!

Here are the Pack in 1933 with their two Leaders.

 

 

 

Falcon Pack in 2014 with two of the Leaders plus Young Leader.

 

Day 2 and we're off to CTT2014

An early start saw us eating our saussage, bacon and egg sandwiches, washing up, packing all our kit and leaving on the minibus by 7:30.  We were off to Come To Tolmers (CTT) to join hundreds of other Scouts and Guides from across the County and further afield.

We were in good time to register and get a good position at Flag Break to then sign up to a wide choice of activities.

Our Scouts selected Zip Line, Pedal Karts, Inflatable Assault Course, Human Table Football, Laser Tag, Rifles, Aeroball, Tunnels and Slippery Slope.

First day of camp

Busy day today.  After a breakfast of sausage, bacon and eggs our Scouts headed down to various local fords to cool off in the warm weather.

The afternoon saw us return to the campsite for some good deeds as a thank you for allowing us to use the field - cutting back trees and painting the fence...

... and relax from the hard work....

This evening we've been chopping onions & chicken and enjoyed a Pasta Passata Chicken followed by cake and custard.  The Scouts have lit the fire ready for a relaxing time before CCT 2014 tomorrow.