How is it almost half term?!?

As the end of the current half term fast-approaches, we’ve realised that we’ve been a little quiet in our communications and haven’t updated our website much since September. Sorry! Here’s a snapshot of what our sections have been up to:

Weekly meetings

Beavers have covered lots of interesting topics including fairtrade, World Animal Day and creating robots from items recycled materials. All this counts towards lots of activity and challenge badges.

Meanwhile Cubs started the term with an inter-six competition and have been working towards their Skills Challenge and learning about the local area, including an evening out and about in Caythorpe, for their Local Knowledge badge.

Scouts have met a couple of times at the village hall and have covered off the very important task of learning about and creating their own risk assessments.

Events and extras

Caythorpe Gala

The term started with Beavers, Cubs and Scouts helping out at the Caythorpe Gala. It’s always a great family day out, although this year was a little on the chilly side. Once again we were invited to run the ‘welly wanging’ stall, which proved to be great fun for everyone who had a go.

Flagbearers at the World Karting Championships

Our Scouts were really chuffed to be invited to be the flag bearers at the FIA World Karting Championships in September! This incredibly well-attended local event saw our Scouts carrying the national flags of all the racing drivers onto the circuit before the final race. It was something completely new for us to do and really opened our eyes to the hard work and effort that goes into karting. Apparently all Formula 1 drivers will have, at some point in their careers, raced at the track at Fulbeck. Who knew?!

District Cubs on the Water

At the end of September ten of our Cubs joined the District 'Cubs on the Water' event at Rutland Water. It was a pretty chilly day, but immeasurably better weather than the days either side. Despite a little nervousness, all our Cubs conquered their fears and spent some time on the water, whether it was kayaking or with leaders in the safety boats.

Once back on dry land and in warm clothes, they enjoyed a hot chocolate and a BBQ alongside their packed lunches before getting into the swing of the afternoon’s activities. They did a team assault course, learnt about water safety and made and sailed origami boats. All in all a great day out, and great to be with so many Cub friends from across Grantham District.

Litter picking in Brant Broughton

In October our Scouts helped out in the local community, joining the Brant Broughton school PTA Litter Pick. After collecting ‘loads and loads’ of bags of litter, the Scouts then completed some team games. As you can see from the photos (below), one activity included retrieving and disarming “a bomb surrounded by a pool of lava!”

Lincolnshire Rabbit Run Read all about it here: https://www.caythorpescouts.org.uk/caythorpe-scouts-take-on-rabbit-run-2024

Looking forward

After half term our Beavers and Cubs will be going on a sleepover, Scouts will be helping at a Bonfire Party, then we'll be at Remembrance Parade, attending Chiller at Walesby, then getting into the Christmas spirit and joining our Scouting friends from across Grantham District at the Panto!

Thank you to our Volunteers, and a plea for help

As you can see, we're a busy Scout Group. None of these activities can take place without the commitment of our volunteer Leaders. They give up their time, for free, week in, week out, and on a lot of weekends too. Thank you to each and every one of our brilliant team of Heroes!

Our Beaver Leader has been hoping to step down for several months (actually, a year), however we don’t yet have anyone who has offered to take on the role. It’s good fun, you get full, free training from The Scouts, it is fantastic on your CV, and, most importantly, you’ll get to help the youngest members of our Group to develop a passion for Scouting and learn the basics of Scouting #SkillsforLife.

We understand it’s a scary prospect, but we’re a really friendly bunch who will bend over backwards to help you settle into your new role. Please do consider whether this is something you’d like to do. We don’t want to get to a place where we have to consider closing the Colony.

Feel free to get in touch with our Group Lead Volunteer by email 1stCaythorpe@granthamscouts.org.uk or by calling 07921 213474. Thank you.