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.