78th Kingswood

2nd November 2017

Operation Christmas Child

Dear Parents,

The Church are participating this year in ‘Operation Christmas Child’. This is where shoeboxes are filled for children and distributed to worn torn countries who are in desperate need to help children.

Here’s the web page for more information about what they do; –

https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child

Following the success of previous years, the Church wants donations of ‘gifts’ and these will be taken to a central point to be collated into boxes.

I have cut and pasted from the website the gift suggestion list can be found here. Please bring these along to the church during the next two weeks.

Many thanks

78th Kingswood Scout Group

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17th September 2017

AGM 2017

As some of you are already aware from the timetable, we are holding a very quick AGM this Wednesday at 7.00pm. It is mainly to give you an overview of how the 78^th Group is doing, future plans and the current committee members. If you would like to join our committee then you would be most welcome, in whatever capacity you feel you could make a positive contribution to continue making this a thriving group.

We will then quickly move on to Group camp; an opportunity to update you on activities and plans etc, and to answer questions. Please remember to bring completed health forms.

If your Beaver or Cub is not going to camp, then you can of course leave after the AGM.

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6th September 2017

2017 Group Camp

We are all looking forward to our annual group camp, and this years edition is coming soon. Only a couple more weeks before we will decent on Dean Field Studies Centre.

This year it looks like we will have the biggest attendance so far for a group camp, over 50 Scouts and staff will be joining in. It is going to be great.

A camp meeting will be held on Wednesday 20th September (details will follow soon), all parents/guardians are welcome to join to get the latest information about our group camp.

For parents/guardians that not (yet) have got the all important forms to fill out, they can be downloaded below. Please make sure that the health form is returned to us latest Wednesday 20th September.

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28th August 2017

We Will Be Back Soon

Hi All,

Hopefully the summer has not been to wet for most of you, and you all have had an opportunity to regain energy. We are ready to come back, and hopefully you are too.

The start of the new term will be on Wednesday 6th September, so see you then!

Also a reminder that group camp is coming up, which is from Friday 22nd till Sunday 24th September. If you have not yet signed up for this then please let us know soon if you would like to go.

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11th June 2017

Glenny Wood 2017

The Scouts have had a fabulous time at Glenny Wood this weekend!

There were 16 Scouts at this years Scout Camp, and absolute record number. We are very pleased with the turnout and we have enjoyed every second of this weekend.

Even though all the activities took place on and around the camp site, we have managed to do some incredible things. Not only getting soapily messy on the slide we made, smoked out during creating the fires for breakfast, enjoyed wood working, playing games, and lots more.

Thanks to everyone participating, we have had a blast!

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27th May 2017

District Cubs Cooking Competition 2017

Last Wednesday the District Cubs Cooking Competition was held and the 78th had 2 teams competing.

After a couple of weeks of practicing the night to perform was finally there, and the results were very tasty.

And our teams did very well, they managed to keep the trophy for another year, as they came in 1st and 2nd place. The margin between the two teams was very small, only a couple of points difference.

Well done and congratulations!

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5th April 2017

Happy Easter

As we are getting ready for the Easter break we would like to wish you all a very happy Easter. Make sure that if you go Easter Egg Hunting that you will have fun, and don’t eat all of the eggs you find in one go.

If you are stuck for ideas on what to do this Easter then have a look at this: http://scouts.org.uk/news/2017/03/30-things-to-do-april/

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28th January 2017

Happy Chinese New Year

It’s the year of the Rooster / Chicken. The Rooster is the tenth in the 12-year cycle of Chinese zodiac sign. The Years of the Rooster include 1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017, and the next one is in 2029.

The Rooster is almost the epitome of fidelity and punctuality. For ancestors who had no alarm clocks, the crowing was significant, as it could awaken people to get up and start to work. In Chinese culture, another symbolic meaning of chicken carries is exorcising evil spirits.

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17th December 2016

Merry Christmas

And here we are, wishing you all a Merry Christmas.

The same words might have been said last year, but the time seems to fly when you are having fun. It been a great year, packed full of activities, meetings and camps.

We have been to the Avon Scout Jamboree, Woodhouse Park, Youlbury, Chelwood, and various other places have been visited as well. Where will we be exploring next year?

And when will we meet again? Groups start again on Wednesday 11th January.

All of us from 78th Kingswood Scout Group wish you a very Merry Christmas!

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