78th Kingswood

15th April 2020

The Great Indoors – Week 4

Already into our 4th week of great indoor activities. Well done to everyone for being so patiently and keeping up with us.

We have selected another set of activities for you to do whilst at home, and of course you can get your whole family involved in this. It is a great way of showing what you do in Scouts.

Many of you have got a lovely pet, but even if you don’t you can do this activity. You can use your real life experience or you can use your imagination.

Follow this link for the full details of the activity: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/animal-diary/

You will have the ability to make dessert for tea tonight.

Follow this link for the full details: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/fairly-baked-bananas/

As our virtual meeting was such a success last week, how about trying out some more paper skills?

Follow this link for the full details: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/a-cut-above/

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9th April 2020

GO Indoors

For this Easter weekend one of our partners, Go Outdoors, is encouraging people to take part in the GREAT BRITISH CAMP OUT FOR THE NHS.

It sounds like an amazing thing to take part in and be able to raise money for the NHS whilst doing it.

If you have the space, why don’t you consider having a CAMP OUT at home? You can setup camp anywhere you like, create a den in your bedroom, camp under the dining room table, or if you have a garden have a camp out.

Go Outdoors, or for the time being, Go Indoors have got loads of things to do on their special website: https://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/go-indoors

Make sure that if you take part to let us know, we would love to see how you setup your camp. Photo’s and video’s are much appreciated, and we would love to share this adventure on our social media channels.

To send us your pictures please use our special upload form (only available for this weekend):

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8th April 2020

The Great Indoors – Week 3

We all are trying our best not to get bored, and it must be said that this sometimes is a challenge on its own. But we must say well done for all the effort you are putting into the tasks given to you. Most seem to be very keen in working towards badges from the comfort of your home.

Time to put the gamepads down as we have picked some more activities for this week. Hope you will enjoy these ones.

Part of your uniform is the scarf. It’s a versatile item, and knowing how to fold, roll, shape and take care of one is a great skill to have.

Follow this link for the full details of the activity: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/super-scarves/

Time to get crafty again. And something that you can turn into a game to play with the family.

Follow this link for the full details: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/whirly-bird/

Take on the switch off challenge to find a healthy balance between time on and away from screens.

Follow this link for the full details: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/step-forward-step-back/

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1st April 2020

The Great Indoors – Week 2

Hoping that you all have been able to have a look at last weeks challenges, we would like to present to you a couple of new ones to take on this week.

Time to put your pioneering skills to the test. For Beavers this week why not try some lolly stick catapults?

Find the full description here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/lolly-stick-catapults/

In this challenging time it is nice to be nice, or as the activity says: great to be grateful.

Find the full description here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/great-to-be-grateful/

Time to start practising those knots again. You might have forgotten how to use rope, so now it the time to get back into it.

Find the full description here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/it-s-knot-you-it-s-me/

Don’t forget to log your progress on OSM, ask your parent/carer to login to the Parent Portal.

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29th March 2020

JOTI Special Edition 2020

As young people around the world are facing challenges in their local communities, and all Scouting activities have been put on hold for now, it might be great to connect with the Online Scouting community.

This weekend there is a special edition of JOTI, better known as Jamboree On The Internet. It is a great way of meeting Scouts from across the globe, and you can even work towards your communicator badge if you wanted to.

Please check out the special JOTA/JOTI website for more information and how to take part: https://www.jotajoti.info/

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25th March 2020

The Great Indoors – Week 1

We know the coming days and weeks are going to be difficult for families across the UK, as the spread of Covid-19 causes schools to close. As the experts in developing skills and bringing adventure to young people, we want to do what we can to help.

While we normally love the great outdoors, we’ve pulled together some inspired indoor activity ideas (if we do say so ourselves). Keep your kids learning new skills and having fun (and avoid hearing ‘I’m bored’ every 30 seconds) all in #TheGreatIndoors.

We will select an activity each week that you can work on towards achieving a badge. Make sure to record your progress, and let us know how you are getting on. You can use the Parent Portal on OSM for this purpose, just ask your parent/carer to help you with this.

On OSM just look at the badges and see which ones have got a little house icon listed. These are the badges that you can work towards from home.

For Beavers this week you could perhaps try a flair of hot air. A brilliant activity to find out how a hot air balloon works.

Find the full description here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/a-flair-for-hot-air/

Although selected for Beavers, it can also be done by Cubs and Scouts.

For Cubs, we ask you to Changing your coat. No, not the you wear outside, but your coat of arms. And you might discover what your local coat of arms is.

Find the full description here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/changing-your-coat/

Scouts are going to be a blackout poet. Think about that for a moment, and you might find that inner poet in you.

Find the full description here: https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/be-a-blackout-poet/

And as mentioned before, progress can be recorder on the Parent Portal on OSM.

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16th March 2020

Meetings Cancelled

Dear All,

We are writing to share critical pieces of information relating to the developing Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.

Late this afternoon, Monday 16th March, the Prime Minister has said that everyone in the UK should now avoid non-essential travel and contact with others.

Given this guidance, all face-to-face Scout meetings, activities and events must be suspended from tomorrow, Tuesday, 17 March 2020. This suspension applies to young people and adults, and will be until further notice.

We must continue to respond to the developing situation in a calm, measured and appropriate way. We will continue to follow official guidance. The safety of everyone involved in Scouts, both young people and adults, is our number one priority. That is always at the heart of our decision making.

Keeping you updated

It is likely that this will impact us for the rest of this term, but we will keep you informed as best as we can.

The Government have now committed to daily briefings. To keep us up to date, Scouts UK have created a webpage: scouts.org.uk/coronavirus which will be updated from tomorrow.

78th Kingswood Scout Group

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13th December 2019

Happy Holidays

Was it not a great year? With us celebrating our 60th anniversary? And what about all the activities and camps we have enjoyed?

Our group has seen some amazing things this year and we are grateful for all of it. Already we are looking forward to next year, with one of the highlights going to be the Avon Jamboree.

We have enjoyed our Christmas parties this week and are now going to have a break. We would like to welcome you all back in the new year on Wednesday 8th January.

From all of us at 78th Kingswood, have a fantastic half term, and we wish you all happy holidays and a lovely new year.

See you all again in January!

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12th November 2019

Bag Packing

As you may be aware, we have managed to get a slot at Downend Co-op coming Saturday 16th November (10:00-14:00) to help raise some money by bag packing. We are hoping to be able to have a continuous stream of help throughout the session, without asking anyone to be there for too long.

Please arrive in time for your chosen slot to help out. If you want to do more than 1 session you are welcome to do so. Make sure you wear your uniform as we are representing our group. There is no need for parents to stay, just come and collect your child after his/hers session ends.

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23rd October 2019

Macmillan Fundraiser Evening

In one word; WOW! After weeks of planning and a lot of baking that has been done by some of our parents we have had a fantastic evening tonight.

We have had a massive amount of cake, which went well with a cup of tea or coffee. There were games to play, a tombola to win some great prices, name that teddy, lucky dips and custom made key rings.

The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts loved helping out and they all have had a great evening. And we have managed to raise £322.20 in order to support the great work that Macmillan does.

An absolute amazing amount, thank you very much!

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