Cranham Scout Group

Well, the plan for the Cubs today was to go out on the Common for a navigation exercise, but in the afternoon, it rained and rained, so we decided to do something else instead…

Since the Cubs all seemed rather lively (an experienced Leader who was there to assist suggested that on rainy afternoons, they will have missed out on playtime at School and so on, so will often be rather energetic), we played a few popular games to burn energy off, then we talked about the upcoming Boat Race and demonstrated the traditional Origami paper boat (which also makes a good hat when half-made!). Although they were at first skeptical about how interesting making paper boats could be, at the end of the meeting, they groaned in disappointment that we had to stop them!

Then the Scouts worked towards their Naturalist badge by researching native British animal species and producing posters about them, and posters about humanity’s influence upon the local environment. Then the day was finished off with an investiture and the creation of a new Patrol, the Cobras.