Cranham Scout Group

Today was the first day of the new Scout term.

With the Cubs, it being the first meeting no parent helpers had been arranged, so the day began with a refresher on the flower recognition part of the Nature Badge in the hall, but since one of the parents stayed on anyway (and all the cubs in high spirits!), we were able to quickly drop this for a walk up onto Cranham’s lovely common, where we went through the options for badges. This term, we have allocated a few meetings for “badge work”; the children will vote for which badges they would like to pursue, and we will come up with a plan.

Then the Scouts worked towards their Mechanic’s badges, by working on the theory of the combustion engine inside while groups of three came outside and checked the water levels and tyres of Akela and Skip’s van. In coming weeks, they will also change the battery and swap a tyre, which will be rather more challenging…