Beaver Distric Hike

A big thank you to Kim at Ardsley for arranging this years hike and providing Beavers, ducks and geese with refreshments half way round. We had 10 Beavers from Darfield, who I am sure will have gone to bed very early last night. It will all have been good practice for our sponsored walk to be held on Tuesday 25 May.

Weather Update

Sorry but due to the bad weather all sections will be closed this week. Back to normal next Tuesday.

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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 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.

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.

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.