Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
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Despite Covid preventing Scouts from camping overnight together, the 43rd Bristol Cub Pack still managed to put on a fun hybrid camp for the cubs. They played wide games, learnt to pitch patrol tents, built flags and flag poles, learnt to light fires with flint and steel, made and cooked bread twists as well as … Read more
The 43rd Bristol Cub Pack went on a nature trail through Blaise Castle estate, finishing off with a game of rounders and the presentation of some hard earned badges including a Chief Scout Silver award. Well done everyone, it’s great to be back together again exploring the outside!
We couldn’t take the cubs camping, but that didn’t stop the 43rd Cubs from having a great winter camp at home. They collectively hiked over 260km; picked up over 30 bags of litter for the community; built and slept in dens overnight; cooked meals for the family; showed off their amazing talents in a talent … Read more
The 43rd Cub Pack had a virtual martial arts extravaganza tonight as 2 of the older cubs led sessions on TaeKwondo and TangSudo. This earned them both the final part of their Team Leader challenge award, which for one of them was the last requirement needed for the Chief Scout Silver award. Well done to … Read more
Ready to hand out another 40+ badges earned by the Cubs over the last term, including the Cabot District Home Challenge badges earned by some of our Cubs during Lockdown v1.0. The Home Challenge badges are occasional badges and are usually worn above the World Badge on the left hand side of a shirt or … Read more
The Cubs learnt about the role Cubs and Scouts played in WWI, had a minutes silence and did some poppy craft. Well done Cubs!
The cubs were back to Zoom this week for a fun session, led by the Intel Inspire team, learning about computers and AI for their Digital Maker badge. They had the chance to control a (human) robot by giving instructions on how to make a jam sandwich which highlighted the need for exactness, clarity and … Read more
The cubs continued the astronomy theme outdoors this week. They learnt about the size/scale of our solar system and the difference between planets and stars. Using torches, they learnt about some of the star constellations by forming the correct patterns and they were lucky enough to get a break in the clouds and spotted Mars, … Read more
It was great to be able to finally meet face to face again, even with just half of the pack, after a long 6 months of virtual meetings! Although COVID regulations limited what could be done, the cubs still had a great socially distant evening earning a good part of their Navigation staged badges on … Read more
The cubs enjoyed the final zoom session of the term this week with a game of live action Guess Who, some playing card bingo and then wrapping up the night with awarding 3 cubs their Chief Scout Silver award and wishing them well as they leave cubs and continue their journey on to scouts. Well … Read more