We now have a small stock of our new youth T-Shirts.
Age/Size 5/6 yrs 28″. Age/Size 7/8 30″. Age/Size 9/11 32″. Age/Size 12/13 34″.
All above sizes £7 each.
Ask your section leader for one as they are kept in the Leaders Room in the Scout Hut.
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2nd Bracknell Cub and Scout Summer Camp 2021
2nd Bracknell Cub and Scout Summer Camp 2021
Well, where do we start………. It is amazing that we got to go away this year at all with the ever-changing COVID restrictions…. Freedom Day…. Not really Freedom Day… New Freedom Day….
So, to start with unfortunately our Group camp got reduced to a Cub and Scout camp due to restrictions on Number and mixing of sections. It was with a heavy heart that we had to cancel our Beaver and Explorer sections and only travel with Scouts and Cubs and a band of Merry leaders and Kitchen staff.
We got off to a good start by being able to load the trailer at the hut in the dry which was a nice bonus …. But this did lull us into a false sense of security as we were in for a wet and windy week, and I am not referring to the baked beans and spaghetti hoops at breakfast……
We set off on our adventures to Blackland Farm just south of East Grinsted in West Sussex.
Camp was setup and the week began……..
Once we had settled in, we waited for the Cubs and Scouts to arrive.
The week started with the Scouts cooking Breakfast
Then the rain began….
And it rained a bit more …..
But being resourceful scouting types we did not let a little wet weather spoil our fun.
Next we had some rifle shooting where fun was had by all (Thanks to Derek Salter for giving up his time and being our instructor).
We had fun doing Pioneering, First Aid escape rooms and photography over the week in small Groups.
We did Archery (Thanks to Alan for being our instructor) Well done to Phaona for Scoring 49 out of 50)
We had a 4.5 mile hike to and from the Bluebell Railway where we got to see the Steam trains and have an ice cream. The Scouts did a slightly longer route.
We also had a great day at the beach. Enjoying Fish and Chips and sweets…..
Some tired Leaders…….
The following Day we did some zip lining
Over the week we had camp fires…. We even got the kids to shower a couple of times (That was probably a couple of times more than some of the leaders….)
We made the best of the conditions even rebuilding the Event shelter when it got blown away and smashed to pieces……..
We finished the week but the Scouts saying goodbye to some of their members as they moved onto Explorers and some will also become young leaders.
We had another amazing camp hopefully all of the children had a fun time with many stories to tell. We did not let the weather defeat us.
Thank you to everybody who helped organize and arrange this camp.
Neil and Chris for being the camp leaders and putting most of the organization into it. Al for helping with all the risk assessments. Patrick, Alan, Felix, Natalie, Ben and JD for being there all week….. Euan, Andrew and Tanya for their help during the week. Steve R and John for their efforts in the kitchen… it is no easy task keeping 40 people fed and watered for a week. Steve Prower for driving the trailer down and picking it back up again. The Quartermasters for making sure we had the kit we needed and for helping us put it all away nice and clean.
Cubs visit Sky Academy – by Rama
It was the first day of half term and the second day of the clocks going back, so you would think 7.30am would see me snuggled in bed, maybe a cup of tea and a good book?
Being a Cub Leader at 2nd Bracknell meant I was at the train station with my clip board waiting for 32 Cubs and 6 Leaders. We had arranged to visit Sky Academy where we were going to go behind the scenes at Sky and make our own TV news report.
So why would we take Cubs to Sky? Sky Academy asks the Cubs to: be creative; communicate effectively; solve problems; manage time carefully and practice teamwork. The skills we try and encourage in the week to week meetings.
The Cubs were really well behaved on the busy commuter train, during a quick change at Virginia Water and on to Syon Lane. We arrived and were led into the Sky studios, four floors, 100m by 45m each floor the size of a football pitch.
We saw life size models of the Simpsons, Sulley and Mike, studios with very expensive cameras and we met people who worked on the ‘sharing’ floor, this is where the Sky programmes get sent to the satellites and people’s homes. We saw Sky News being presented live on air. We then went to the ‘making’ floor and the Cubs put into practice what they had learnt in their own studios.
With a theme of ‘Taking care of our world’, Reporters reported, Editors edited, Producers produced, Script writers wrote, Witnesses and Experts were interviewed, Directors pulled it all together and the camera operators caught it all on camera. Each Cub should have a USB wristband with their News report on it. If not please e mail rama@2ndbracknell.org.uk
The Cubs were perfectly behaved and you never know may have been inspired to pursue a career in television.
Kayaking with Cubs at the Wokingham Waterside Centre – June 2015
Sorting out my old video collection the other day I can across a film that I used to love. It is a film about an American football team, the Titans, the film is aptly named ‘Remember the Titans’. It was a film about a sports team who worked to overcome racial intolerance; they were a mixture of white and black players in late 60’s. So what has this got to do with Cubs?
At the end of last term the Cubs leaders decided a joint meeting would be a good idea. Something fun, something out of doors rain or sunshine, and something everyone could participate in? Not too much to consider remembering Staggs meet on a Tuesday and Wolves and Foxes on a Thursday.
Kayaking at the waterside centre, sounds perfect but then the logistics started to fall apart, too many Cubs to have everyone kayaking at the same time on one day. So on w/c 21st of June the Cubs descended on the waterside centre 24 Cubs on the Tuesday and 32 Cubs on the Thursday. Once again 2nd Bracknell Cubs trip to the Wokingham waterside centre came with gorgeous weather and fantastic coaches.
Though it did give Baloo a nightmare in group allocation and form collecting so a big ‘Thank you’ to him and all his effort and time to make the kayaking run smoothly.
The Cubs had loads of fun, some came out of the kayaking looking like they had fallen in, some did fall in, and some stayed dry. So what has this got to do with an old American football team film?
Just like in the film, sport united the Cubs; they had to work with Cubs they may not know, it taught tolerance, communication, fairness and helped enhance physical coordination and strength. It also united the Leaders and parents, working in a unit can sometime become insula, these joint meetings with a common activity are so important to the Cubs, Parents and Leaders alike.
Parent and Child Camp 2015 – Badge Competition
Win a £20 voucher by designing this year’s camp badge.
The competition is open to Beavers, Cubs and Scouts in South and South East Berks Districts. Simply draw, paint or colour your design, interpreting the camp theme, on a plain sheet of A4 paper. Include the following details in your design:
- The words “South & South East Berks” (you may shorten to S & SE Berks)
- The scout fleur-de-lis style symbol
- The words “48th Parent & Child Camp”
- The camp theme “Game On”
Your badge design may be any shape, include up to four colours and one other colour for the background.
On the reverse put your name, section (Beaver, Cub or Scout) and full group name, eg 2nd Bracknell.
The winner will be announced at this year’s camp.
Entries to be received by Tuesday 30th June 2015.
Good luck!