Happy Christmas

The leaders at Darfield would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy 2010. We will open again on Tuesday 5 January.

Beaver Bowling at Barnsley Bowl (22nd December)

Can you please drop beavers off at Barnsley Bowl at 5:45pm; we need to be bowling by 6pm to get the special rate. We will collect subs as normal; the rest will be paid from Beavers funds. You are welcome to stay and watch if you would like to.

Beaver Carol Service (15th December)

We will meet at the church hall at 6pm and i estimate that we will be back there for 7pm. FULL UNIFORM and loud singing voices please. We will be singing at the local old peoples home, Thornhill.

Group Panto Visit

On Sunday the 10th january there is our group visit to the pantomime at Wombwell. We will meet at the car park on Summer Lane near the Operatic Centre at 2:05pm in FULL UNIFORM. It is hoping to finish approx 5pm. Please pick your child up from the car park where you dropped them off. No money is needed.

Xmas Camp

Thank you to everyone who helped make our Christmas camp so enjoyable and successful. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts all enjoyed a weekend of crafty Christmas activities and woodland activities. We all enjoyed a full Christmas dinner which was prepared by John so a big thank you to him for feeding us :)

Hopefully the children enjoyed it as much as we did!

Presentation Evening

Well done to all the Beavers who were presented with their Emergency Aid Stage 1 Badge. The Beavers have all worked very hard over the last few weeks. I must also mention Sam and Emily who were awarded the Hike 1 Badge for completing a 8 mile hike in Castleton. Well done to everyone.

Children In Need

Thank you to everyone who supported the Children in Need fundraising, we collected a total of £87.65, keep a look out for a mention on Friday night, as I will be sending our details into the BBC.

Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday and the Swimming gala

Well done to all the beavers, cubs and scouts who attended the Remembrance Sunday, the behaviour was fantastic even though it rained.

Well done to all the Beavers who attended the fun swim last Saturday it looked so fun.

A BIG BRAVO to Darfield cubs and scouts who swam in the swimming gala you did us proud ! :D

Cub Update

Since September Darfield Cubs have been undertaking activities to gain a number of badges, including the Chefs badge. Work has been completed on identifying hazards in a kitchen, designing a healthy, and unhealthy plate of food and cooking a two course meal. This was completed on Tuesday, and from the number of empty plates it was definitely a success. Well done Cubs!

Beaver Places

We have a few places available in Beavers at the moment. I will be going into schools over the next couple of weeks to leave information and I have printed some posters to display around the village. If you know of someone who would like to join us or is under six and would like their names putting on the waiting list please let me know as soon as possible.

Beavers Forthcoming Events

We along with schools and other clubs that your children may be involved in have a very busy schedule from now up to the end of the year. To help with organising I have listed our activities on the blog in forthcoming events and will have a printed list available to hand out on Tuesday. We have one or two events that are important to the group and it would be nice to see as good a turnout as last year at both the Remembrance Day and District Carol Service's.
On Tuesday we will be finishing off our Emergency Aid Stage 1 and will be moving on the the Healthy Eating Activity Badge.
We will be going along to Thornhill House on the 15 December for the Beaver Carol Service, they are looking forward to hearing us again and I know that the Beavers really enjoyed performing there last year.
If you have any queries or need further information please see me on Tuesday or give me a call.

Halloween

Its Halloween already! Halloween can be an exciting time for many children however all children not matter whether you are the youngest beaver or Bubbly Beavers age :), cub or scout you must make sure that you are safe at Halloween. Always tell an adult were you are going and if you are younger make sure that an adult or responsible person is with you at all times. Stay in well lit areas and never go inside someones house that you don't know unless a parent is with you.
HAVE FUN AND BE SAFE.

Half Term

Just a reminder that there will be no beavers, cubs or scouts through half term and they will begin again on the 3rd November. Thanks and have a great half term from all the leaders at DSG.

Scout Camp Pictures

Scouting Mag

I have added, in the sidebar, the latest issue of the scouting magazine (October/November). If you have any problems downloading it then please contact me.

Darfield Scout Group Autumn Raffle 2009

Here are the prizes that you can win with our raffle:
1. Large family hamper
2. Chinese meal for two - donated by Amy's of Darfield
3. £10 voucher - donated by Perfect Posies of Darfield
4. Toaster
5. Wrist watch
6. Sleeping bag and mat
Plus many other prizes
We urgently need contributions for the food hamper, so please help us to make this a great prize.
Just a remider your money should be returned no later than 10 November. If you want any more envelopes, please return the tear-off slip or ask one of the Leaders.
Scout Group Executive

Congratulations to Cub leaders Akela and Baloo, Vaughan and Carol Reaney, who celebrate their Pearl wedding anniversary on Tuesday 29th September. Best wishes from everyone in Darfield Scout Group.

Beaver sleepover pictures

Scout Camp at Silverwood, 2 to 4 October 2009

Scouts will be camping for the weekend from Friday 2 October to Sunday the 4th.

You should aim to get to Silverwood by 6.30pm in uniform. We will be setting up camp and then doing some activities - astronomy is one of them if the weather is clear. The weekend is being used to learn basic Scouting skills, especially lighting and cooking on fires.

We will be in tents, so make sure you have warm gear for sleeping in. Also wet weather clothes and strong boots or wellies.

A completed permission/health form is essential

Beaver Sleepover

This weekend Darfield Beavers joined with friends from Ardsley at a sleepover at Silverwood. We had a fantastic time, the sun shone for us once more and everything ran like clockwork.
I am sure all the Beavers will be having an early night tonight (I know I will).
Thanks to everyone who came along and helped and a big thank you must go to all the Beavers, you were brill!! I think this will be the first of many.
Photos to follow after a good night sleep.

Darfield Scout Group Autumn Raffle

as part of our fundraising effort this year we are holding a raffle. It will be drawn at a presentation evening in November. First prize will be a large food hamper and there will be many other prizes (details to be given later). Please help by selling your envelopes (£1 each) and returning the money by 10th November.

We pointed out, at our AGM, that our income for last year was not enough to cover our costs and we made a commitment to raise more, much needed, funds for our group this year. Your help in making this raffle a success is most important, if you are able to sell these envelopes to your family and friends it would be much appreciated and rest assured it will directly benefit your child.

If you would like more envelopes please don't hesitate to ask a leader.

We would also be grateful for any donations towards the food hamper such as tins, packets and bottles.

A copy of the letter sent out by Darfield Scout Group

New Scout Patrols

Scouts have enough numbers now to start with new Patrols. These are:
Wolfs - Stephen W as Patrol Leader and Thomas J as APL, other Scouts are Ryan S, Connor H and Kial A.
Cobras - Matthew M PL, Ashley C APL with Peter F, Elliot C, Devin K and Jack S
I hope that this is the start of some great activities and friendship.

Pictures from wetlands day

On Saturday the Beavers joined with Wombwell and Hoyland for a day at Old Moor, Wetlands. As you can see from the pictures we had a fantastic day. The weather was fine and the staff at Old Moor were excellent, very knowledgeable and extremely patient, a big thank you to Kevin and Cathy. We even managed a spell of pond dipping and I am pleased to report that everyone went home relatively dry. I think this is an activity that we will want to repeat in the future.

1st Tuesday Back

Hope you have all had good holidays! Just a little reminder that Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will start on this Tuesday (8th) again like usual. Hope to see you all there.

Darfield Beavers Wants You

Due to quite a few of our Beavers moving up into cubs we have a few places available at Beavers. I will be visiting schools early in September with joining information but if any of the Beavers have a friend or know someone at school who would like to come along please let one of the leaders know as soon as possible.

Beaver Sleepover

The plans for the Beaver sleepover on 19th September are well underway, thanks to Janice at Ardsley. Full details will be available soon. I have already heard from some of the Beavers over the summer break and everyone seems to be really looking forward to it. All the Beavers who attend will get their first Nights Away badge, lets hope it will be the first of many.

Wetlands Day 5 September

Time flies, the holidays are nearly over and the time has come for our trip to the Wetlands. This is a district event and we will be joined with Beavers from Ardsley, Hoyland and Wombwell. There are lots activities planned for the day, we just need everyone to keep their fingers (and probably toes) crossed that the weather is kind to us. The leaders are looking forward to seeing you there.

Scouting Mag- August/September

I have added the newest version of the scouting magazine, in the side-bar.
Happy holidays, adam

New Badge

Last Tuesday the Beavers received their imagination badge. To achieve this the beavers all made a door-handle-hanger and produced a Beaver story, they also did many other creative and imaginative activities! Well done to all the beavers who completed this Badge!

Fish!

I have added a new sidebar gadget 'fish' move your mouse over the pond and the fish will follow, click and you can also feed them! This activity is surprisingly relaxing.

Ps. These fish need feeding everyday.

Bowling Night at Barnsley Bowl
Tonight (Tuesday 14th July) Cubs, Scouts and older children (Leaders) had a very good night at Barnsley Bowl. There were many stars that shone tonight. Winners of the lanes were (children) Devin (100),Stephen and Matthew M. (60), Matthew P. (101), Sam (96), Taylor (114). Everybody played really well and encouraged each other. We had some laughs and cheers, spares and strikes.Even many leaders scored a strike. The meal was good too, well worth the money and to finish it all off we had an icecream. The Cubs and Scouts behaviour was brilliant, WELL DONE.
Akela and Baloo forgot how enjoyable bowling was, we can't wait to go again.
Have a good summer, see you in September.
Akela and Baloo

Summer hols!!!!

As of Friday it is the school holidays and so this Tuesday was our last meeting! : ( We will start back on the 8th September, however the beavers have a Wetlands visit on the 5th September.

I will be updating the blog throughout the summer with fun activities and news updates.

Have a great holiday and see you in September.

Anita, Allan, Adam, Marie, Robyn, Carol, Vaughan, Carol, Christina, Matt, Mick, Rob, Andy, Rob!

Beaver Fun Night

On our last night (14th July) we will be having an extended night, 6pm-8pm. We will be having take away pizza and party games.

The cubs and scouts will be going bowling and a letter with details was given out, sorry I don't have those details to publish, we hope they will have a great time and we hope they have a great summer!

Group Exec

The 1st group executive meeting will take place on Monday the 13th of July at Mick's House, all exec members and leaders are welcome, the meeting will begin at 7pm.

If you require directions or have any questions please email me at adcraven@gmail.com.

Group's Annual General Meeting

Our Chairman, John Lowrie, commented that it was great to see some parents taking the trouble to come along to our Annual General Meeting on 30 June. We now have a few more people on our Executive and we can start in earnest to do some much needed fundraising. We have just learnt for instance that our rent to use the Church Hall, will double within the next 6 months.
The reports from the Sections made good listening and it's clear that the Group is thriving. We have some new leaders and helpers and we can now really start to do the activities and events that your child will benefit from. Additional help is always needed and if you feel that you can offer, then speak to one of the Leaders.
Let's work together to make Darfield Scout Group the best in the area.

Badge Night

Well done to Anita '1 night away!!!!'

New Scouts!!!!

Thank you to all the parents and adults who supported our presentation night and well done to all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts who were rewarded for all their hard work over the last couple of weeks!

Beaver Sports Day 2009

Well done to the 17 Beavers who competed and won the team trophy for Darfield in the District Sports Day held at Broomhill on the 28 June. The day was well organised and thanks must go to all the leaders for their hard work on such a hot afternoon and especially the supporters from Wombwell who provided us with much needed refreshments.
Thanks also to all the parents who supported and in some cases competed in the adult horse race (although it was noted that some parents may have cheated). The Beavers were as always well behaved and showed excellent sportsmanship at all times. It is always nice to take the trophy at these events, but more importantly for the leaders it was nice to see such a good turn out, excellent support and the Beavers having such good fun.

Darfield Scout Group Badge Presentation and AGM

You are invited to come along to a badge Presentation evening and our AGM. This will be held at the Church hall on Tuesday the 30th June, 7pm- 8pm. At the end, we will have some refreshments and this will give you the chance to raise matters that weren't discussed at the formal part of the meeting.

The Badge presentations will show you how your Child is progressing. The AGM will tell you about how the group has preformed over the last year and about our plans for the future for the benefit of your child. It will also be your chance to ask any questions you might have about the running of the Group, for instance, the level of subscriptions.

The Group also needs an Executive committee to help with fund raising and the running of the group. The job is not difficult and the meetings are normally held once a month. If the executive committee is successful, it means that the leaders can step back a bit from having to raise funds for the group and concentrate on providing scouting activities for your children.

We already have a Chair, John Lowrie and a treasurer, Callum Macleod, but we need a Secretary.

A copy of the letter sent out by John Lowrie and Mick Empsall

Beaver sports day practice

Sitting on the job, like usual. : )

The beavers have been practicing for the upcoming district sports day (next sunday, 1:00-3 ish @broomhill park).

The beavers seemed to have great fun in the events which took place in the recatry garden therefore we would like to thank Mr Venables for this use.

Here are just a few photos of the practice.

Cub Names

Unfortunately, I have been informed that new cub leaders must pick their own names and so the vote panel will remain present however the results will not be valid, but it may influence the new cub leaders opinion.

Scout Athlete Badge

This Sunday (28th June) scouts from across Fitzwilliam District are invited to come along and take part in a series of track and field events for a chance to earn the Athlete Badge. The events will be 100m, 200m, 300m (girls), 400m (boys), 800m, 1500m, long jump, discus, shot put, and cricket ball throwing.

The aim is to achieve the minimum requirement in each event, which is adjusted for age, with your best three events counting to your final score. You don’t have to do every event, but you must enter at least three if you want to earn the badge. You can find out more on the Athlete Badge here.

The venue is the athletics track behind the Station Inn, off Station Road, Wombwell. Registration is from 1.30pm with events starting at 2.00pm. We expect to finish at approx 4.00pm.

Entry is free, but please bring plenty to drink and a light snack to keep you going. Uniform is not required - wear your sports gear and trainers.

How to Enter

Click on this link to register for the event. This will speed up registration on the day and give us an idea how many scouts are coming.

If you are reading a paper version of this notice, you will find an electronic copy on our group blog which you can find at the following address:

http://darfieldscouts.blogspot.com/

New leaders Cub names

The 3 new cub leaders need cub names, so by popular demand i have added some extra gadgets into the side bar, 3 polls, register your views and the results will be announced at the group AGM on the 30th June.

I got the official cub names from http://www.faqs.org/faqs/scouting/leader-hints/section-5.html however if you have any suggestions please leave a comment.

New Blog!

As blog administrator I would like to thank Ian for the new look blog, I love it : )

Beaver Story-They made this!

Once upon a time, suddenly there was a lion in the jungle. He was dancing bonkers and he was climbing the trees, after he ate juicy meat and snoccambers James the monkey came along swinging on the trees, Cinderella dancing at the ball with friends. At the jungle James the monkey found another friend. Declan the snake, came slithering to see what James the monkey was up to. The monkey was playing with his friends swinging in the trees, one snake slithered up the tree and pulled James the monkey out of the tree and he landed on Declan the snake and broke his poorly leg. He said what are you doing playing with that other animal. Suddenly a bang, a volcano was erupting. The fire burnt out of the volcano an all the animals ran away. Keegen the lion saved the monkey. Libby the elephant came along and squirted water all over the fire. They all lived happily ever after!

Well done Beavers this will count towards your imagination badge.

Sunday

By now everyone should be recovering from their weekend of activities. Today the Cubs and Scouts took part in an assault course which the explorers set up, the scouts and cubs also took part in a huge water fight between the leaders and the Kids, I think the Kids came out best!
Thank you for all the parents who helped with the tents on Friday and Sunday, thank you to Rob K and Carol+Rob Booth and Christina for helping with some of the camp jobs. And also a big thank you to all the Darfield leaders who helped out at the camp particularly Baloo : )

Thanks and see you all on Tuesday Adam

Pictures and videos to follow.

Saturday

All cubs,Scouts & Beavers have had a full day of back to basics camp activities . The Beavers took part in some backwards cooking and they all loved their chocolate roasted bananas. The cubs took part in tracking activies and learnt many of the tracking signs which lead up to the treasure hunt. They also did world crafts making names badges .Mean while the scouts took part in pioneering and a 1st aid competition learning basic survival skills. After a full turkey dinner the group are preparing to go to camp fire singing some original scouting camp fire songs. That's all for Saturday. See you all Sunday at 3.30


Thanks
Adam

Friday

All tents now up and a wide game is about to start, thank you to all who helped to put tents up, heard from scouts who are asking 'are we nearly there yet?' supper is waiting for them as the arrive, I think that they will sleep tonight : ). Everyone having fun and they are going to go to sleep soon and prepare themselves for a busy day of activities ahead, as if!

Camp (Blog Update)

The Blog will be updated throughout camp; Friday night, Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday morning. Don't email me or post comments over the weekend as I wont be able to validate them or answer the emails.

Beaver Visit to Barnsley FC

Today the Beavers enjoyed a full guided tour of Barnsley Football Club. The tour included a session in the players gym and an opportunity to practice football chants in the North Stand, a place usually reserved for visiting fans to Oakwell. As you can see from the pictures one footballer has been on a very strict pre season diet. A big thank you must go to BFC and especially to Craig who made the visit both informative and enjoyable.

Silverwood

For Sat-nav users the address and postcode for Silverwood Scout Camp is
Silverwood Scout Camp
Barnsley Road
Silkstone
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S75 4LE

Otherwise:

Darfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

1.
Head north on B6096/Garden St toward Barnsley Rd
Continue to follow B6096
0.3 mi

2.
Turn left at A635/Saltersbrook Rd
Continue to follow A635
2.8 mi

3.
Turn left at A633/A635
Continue to follow A635
479 ft

4.
Slight left at A635/Doncaster Rd
1.1 mi

5.
Slight left at Cemetery Rd
0.4 mi

6.
Continue on A6133/Park Rd
Continue to follow A6133
1.0 mi

7.
Turn left at B6099/Keresforth Hill Rd
Continue to follow B6099
1.7 mi

8.
Continue on Station Rd
0.2 mi

9.
At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A628
Destination will be on the right
1.5 mi

Hope this was helpful

Camp

A copy of the camp Kit list and details, just in case you lost yours or did not get one.

Beaver Church Visit

The Beavers would like to thank Mr Venables for his time taken to show us around the local church. This is just one of the activities that the Beavers have been doing over the last few weeks and counts towards their Faith Badge!

Beaver Barnsley Football Club Visit

The Beavers will be touring Barnsley football club on Tuesday 9th June. We will meet at Oakwell for 6pm-in full uniform-and can be collected at 7pm from Oakwell.

Come on the reds!

Scout Magazine (June 09 - July 09)

I have added the link to the newest issue of the Scouting magazine in the sidebar. For section supplement (Beavers, Cubs etc.) visit the official scout association website and follow the links to magazine.

Beaver Activity Forms

All Parents of Beavers attending the camp day (13th June) need to have completed their health/Activity Forms and returned them to us by the 9th June.

District Camp

There will be a meeting about camp on Tuesday 2nd June at 7:45pm for all parents. We will try to answer any questions you may have about camp.

All Health forms must be completed and returned by Tuesday 2nd June to section leaders, if we do not get this form back then the child will not be able to stop at camp.

Beaver Visit to Barnsley Football Club

The Beavers will now be visiting Barnsley Football Club on Tuesday 9 June. A letter with full details will be available on Tuesday. This Tuesday we will be competing work on the Faith Activity Badge.

Countdown to camp

The Countdown to this years district camp has begun!!!

See the countdown section in the sidebar to find out how long is left until to best weekend of all year!

Lets hope that its sunny : )

Are you born between 25th July 93 and 27th July 97? (updated)

Jamboree selections will be coming up and as of now, I know up to only one group of 36 explorers able to attend from South Yorkshire, read the post on 'district explorers' (sidebar) to find out more!

I will probably be hearing more about this from county with in the next couple of months, but my selections camps took place nearly two years before the event.

The next jamboree is to be held in Sweden and lots of fund raising will be needed, as it will cost nearly double the amount of last time!

To find out more about the jamboree its self visit the official site at: http://www.worldscoutjamboree.se/

It will be a fantastic experience and I will personally support any participants in what ever way is possible! : )

I have been contacted by county and nothing has come up yet but 'watch this space'.

Beaver Badge

Well done to all the Beavers who received their Hikes away challenge '1'! This is a relativity new 'staged' badge which means you can transfer this badge from uniform to uniform (beavers to scouts), also as it is a staged badge you can achieve more and update it!

Holidays

There will be no Beavers, Cubs or Scouts now until the 2nd June, as it is half-term holidays.
Have a Good Holiday from all the Darfield Leaders!

Blog Quiz

Well done to all the Beavers, Cubs and Scouts who took part and completed the quiz! I hope that you liked your prizes, I will probably do another quiz after the Holidays.

Blog Quiz responses (so far)

Beavers: Dylan, Kenyon, Alex N, Jamie M
Cubs: Katie
Scouts: Devin, Thomas J

So far all correct, if you have done the quiz and have not emailed me then do so to enter the competition and to collect a prize on Tuesday. As long as I have your responses by 5:15 (Tuesday) you can still enter the competition!

You must email me as otherwise cheating could occur! adcraven@gmail.com

Bear Grylls appointed Chief Scout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8054699.stm A great choice, I think.

http://scouts.org.uk/news_view.php?news_id=185

Beaver Hike

The hike was well attended with Beavers from Hoyland, Hoyland Common and Wombwell joining in with us. Well done to all the Beavers who completed the hike, it was a long way and at times very wet, but no one under the age of 9 seemed to notice. The 16 Beavers from Darfield who took part will shortly be receiving their Hikes 1 award. Thanks must go to Eager Beaver for all his hard work in planning the day and to parents for their support. We should all have dried out for Tuesday (hopefully) see you all then.

Beaver Hike

Just to confirm we will be meeting at the library at 11am. Full uniform please, Beavers should also have footwear for off road walking and water proof clothing. Please bring along a snack and drink for when we stop en route. We are due back at the Church Hall at approx 2.30pm. Keep fingers crossed that the rain will have stopped by then.

Blog Quiz (UPDATED)

If you have missed the 1st word then send me an email @ adcraven@gmail.com and i will send you a clue! You may still have a chance!

Send me your name and section (beaver/cub/scout) and the number of the word that you have missed.

So that I know how many prizes to get and to make this competition fair to enter you need to email me with the answer on MONDAY and then i will collect names and see you with prizes on Tuesday.

New Zealand

Hi everyone. It'sMonday morning and it's throwing it down with rain. I just wanted to tell you about my trip so far.
Well, the weather has been lovely, I've even been swimming in the sea and wore my shorts! Ot's got very cold now though and I had to wear a coat and my hoodie the other day. I was not impressed!
Everyone is lovely here and I have made some friends. The little boy I am looking after is called Noah and he is 4. He is good most of the time! His mum is called Marlene and she is lovely.

I am flying to Wellington in June for the weekend which will be exciting. I am also going to try and visit Darfield cubs which is on the South Island and quite far away.

I miss you all lots and I will post some pictures up soon

xxx

District Camp

The camp is to be held Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June. The full cost of the camp is £15. Could all remaining money (£10) please be paid by 2nd June, then we can start buying the food we require.

Blog Quiz

Throughout the next 7 days (Tuesday 12th to Tuesday 19th) I will be adding a word in the side bar, all you have to do is everyday record the word to produce a sentence any beaver, cub or scout who brings me the whole sentence on Tuesday 19th May will receive a prize!

Presentation Evening

Well done to all the cubs for gaining lots of activity badges and thank you to the many parents that supported this event. Hopefully we will have another one later in the year. We would like to say 'thank you' to Mrs Booth for helping us with the Book Lovers activity badge and Mrs Yarnall for her help with the refreshments and running the raffle.
Akela and Baloo would also like to welcome Matthew to Cubs. Matthew is a new explorer and will be helping us at run the pack nights.He already has some good ideas.
Akela and Baloo

Beaver Hike

The District Beaver hike will take place on Sunday 17 May, we will be walking around the Darfield area. Weather permitting we will have a lunch and games break in Darfield Park. Full information will be available soon.

Beaver Bowling Night

On Tuesday the Beavers went to Barnsley Bowl where they enjoyed a bowl and bite evening. Everyone had a great time especially The Blonde and The Brunette who played on lane 18. The leaders would like to thank the all the parents for their support.

St Georges day parade

Well done to everyone who turned up to the parade, it was a great walk and even the sun decided to shine : ) . Here are just a few photos of the parade.

New Explorer!

We now have a new (official) explorer! Matthew Woodhouse was invested at the St Georges Day Church Service. Well done Matthew! (Good luck)

Sporty Beaver

If you would like to talk to sporty beaver or ask her any questions, leave a comment on this post and when she gets two minutes she'll try to answer them.

Beaver Bowling Night

Just a reminder that we need to be at Barnsley Bowl before 6pm on Tuesday. If you have any problems with transport please contact Anita.

Sporty Beaver

On Tuesday we said goodbye to Alison who was flying out to work in New Zealand on Wednesday. Over the past few weeks Alison has been to lots of leaving parties and events and was proud that she had not been in tears, that was until Beaver night. Alison has asked me to say thank you to everyone for the gifts and cards that she received and promises that she will be posting items regularly.

St. George's Day Parade

Just a reminder that we will be meeting at the Church Hall at 12.30pm on Sunday to travel to Hoyland Common for the parade and service. St. George's day is one of the most important dates in our scouting calendar and we encourage everyone to attend. If you have any problem with transport please contact the section leaders.

Beaver Presentation

Well done to all the beavers that got their awards at the Presentation Night! Thank you for the parents cooperation with this event, and to Paula for the Teas and Coffees.

District Camp

This years District Camp is being held at Silverwood on Friday the 12th June to Sunday the 14th. We will be camping under canvas. If your child (cub or scout) would like to go they must fill in the form which was handed out on Tuesday the 21st and return it will the £5 deposit by the 28th April (next Tuesday).

Starting Date

Just a reminder that Beavers, Cubs and Scouts will begin again on the 21st April as usual.

News Alert!!!

Darfield beavers are in this weeks issue of the darfield/wombwell Chronicle!!! If you haven seen it I will upload a copy of the photo onto the blog. Well done to all the beavers and a happy Easter!

Games

As its the holidays and probably going to rain why don't you visit the scout association website (sidebar) and give some of the online activities a go (ask a parent/guardian first). This site is also useful for any questions a parent; there is a parents zone on there.

Beaver Bulb Planting

Well done to the Beavers who came along and planted bulbs in the Churchyard. Everyone worked very hard and I am sure we will be rewarded with a stunning colourful display next spring. Look out for your photograph in the Barnsley Chronicle on Friday. Have a good holiday.

Beaver Bulb Planting

The Beavers will be Bulb Planting in Darfield Church yard, on MONDAY 6th April -Barnsley's playing on Tuesday : ) - Drop off a 6pm and we should be finished by about 7pm. Hope to see you there, The Beaver leaders

Holidays

Just a reminder that there will be no Cubs or Scouts in the holidays and we beginning meetings again on the 21st April.

Scouting Magazine

I have added the April/May addition to the blog side bar, click to download. If you experience any problems downloading the magazine or you have any queries about the blog please contact me.

Cub Quiz

Well done to the 7 cubs that attented the Cub Quiz at Hoyland!!!!!!

'What is heavier a kilo of feathers or a kilo of Coal 0r are they both the same?'
Question+Cubs=Confused Cubs!!!!

















































Piggy (Alkela) in the middle?

Scouting Magazine

I have now added the latest version of the Scouting magazine and you can download to from the link in the sidebar.

I will upload the newest version when it becomes available. If you have any problems downloading the magazine please contact me/ask me at your next meeting.

Sporty Beaver

Alison aka Sporty Beaver will be leaving us on the 21 April, she is embarking on an adventure to New Zealand for at least 12 months. We hope she has a brilliant time, she will be missed by all the Beavers and Leaders, but we have insisted that she sends us emails and postcards to keep us up to date and while she is there she is hoping to visit our friends at the Darfield NZ Scout Group..

District Beaver Camp Fire

Thank you to Wombwell Beavers for inviting us along to the camp fire on Wednesday 25 March. Darfield was well represented with 14 Beavers attending. The evening was well organised and the hot dogs and home baking were most welcome. Once again I would like to thank parents for their support.

Jamboree sale

The scout association is selling off the old Jamboree merchandise, all of which are limited edition memorabilia. Well worth a look.

http://scoutshops.com/acatalog/world_scout_jamboree.htm

Cubs Cyclo cross

Well done to the seven cubs who attended this event. We didn't win, but it's the taking part that counts. We will win it one day, we hope.

District Cyclo X

Well done to the 9 Beavers who competed in the District Cyclo X at Silverwood on Sunday 15 March, where we won both the individual and team trophies. The team trophy has not been won by Darfield since 2002. Well done again to everyone who completed and a big thank you to parents for your support.

Paper Collection

Our next paper collection is Saturday 28 March. The skip will be outside the Library from 9am to 12.30pm. All types of paper are welcomed (including catalogues and phone books etc) but no plastic or card, please.

The Scouts will be helping out collecting and sorting, as part of their Community Challenge badge

Jamboree

If anyone would like to know any more about the jamboree you can find it at the following websites:

http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/100_years_of_scouting/centenary_info_and_resources/world_jamboree

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6920000/newsid_6921200/6921291.stm

http://www.ukcontingent.org.uk/

They all contain photos and information.

http://www.worldscoutjamboree.se/en/ Information about the next Jamboree.

Oliver!

Cubs and Scouts spent a great evening at the musical Oliver on Tuesday. Wombwell Operatics Society put on a fantastic show to a sell out audience. We have always enjoyed their Pantos and this was just as good, even better. The Cubs and Scouts seemed to enjoy themselves and we had several people come up to us afterwards complimenting us on their really good behaviour

Scout Day at Silverwood 7 March

Wombwell Scouts have invited Darfield Scouts to join them on Camp for the day on Saturday 7th March. There will be the chance to ride on a hovercraft and to do some air rifle shooting. Permission forms are needed so ring Mick to let him know you are going.

District Beaver Quiz

The quiz night on Tuesday 24 February was very well attended. Congratulations to Hoyland B and Darfield A teams who shared the honours coming joint first. Special thanks must go to our hosts who provided an excellent quiz and delicious pancakes for everyone.

Welcome to our new Blog

Welcome to our new Group Blog, where you'll find all the latest news about our Beaver, Cub and Scout sections.