Experiments, and Founder’s Day
Today, the Beavers worked on their Experimentor badges - so they planted cress seeds to see how they grow. They they had a magnetic treasure hunt with little frog and duck magnets, going around the room and making a list of everything they could find that was ferromagnetic. Then they had a closer look at magnetism with a little show of magnetic magic.
Then the Cubs and Scouts had similar programmes - celebrating Founder’s Day, the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. So we had various party games and party food, and ‘birthday cake’ in the form of cup cakes (each with a candle in). We had them each light a candle while thinking about something they care about, then as a group, blow them all out again. And we enlisted the District Commissioner to talk a bit about Founder’s Day and the life of Baden-Powell, which also helps the new cub towards the requirements of her Investiture.