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