Serving Stoke Bishop and the surrounding area
Registered Charity Number: 302159
The cubs spent the evening at the Apple Store this week where they were taught how to program the Apple Sphero robots. The cubs worked in teams to make the robots move around a square, they then added colours and sounds. They all did a fantastic job, managed to control the robots and had a … Read more
The cubs were split into their sixes to compete in their team building challenge. They had to : Build the tallest Jenga tower Build the tallest tower out of newspaper Move the most marshmallows using a straw and Complete a symbols/signs quiz The winners were the Blue six who were awarded with a chocolate – … Read more
In preparation for our tree sale, the Scouts bravely slept in the hut the night before. Much pizza was eaten, they watched a film and some even got some sleep ! The following day the Scouts were brilliant and worked really hard helping customers choose trees, wrapping trees (and themselves), delivering trees and selling raffle … Read more
A dry morning (unlike last year!), warm weather and with the smell of cooked bacon wafting across Stoke Bishop this was all set for a really successful Scout Christmas tree sale. For many people the event has become a great annual community tradition. As one local resident explained “Once I collect my tree from the … Read more
A packed Stoke Bishop Village Hall on Saturday 23 November 2019 was the venue for the 43rd Bristol Scout Group’s annual Quiz & Curry night. With over 90 people, involving 12 teams, guests took part in 10 challenging rounds of questions prepared by our Quiz Master, Chris Meadows. The bar was busy throughout the night. … Read more
A very big thank you for the £2632.85 cheque which we collected this morning from Stoke Bishop Co-op as part of The Big Co-op Payout. Our Scout Group was a nominated local charity as part of the Co-op’s Local Community Fund. We are very grateful.
Beavers quietly enjoying their home made curry and rice after working hard at their quiz beforehand. After eight recent investitures – all in uniform, looking very smart.
The cubs learnt all about healthy lifestyles and healthy eating last week – a big thank you to the parent helpers for volunteering and helping to keep the cubs excited and interesting in health – no easy task!
The cubs had another active evening playing bonfire games, making chocolate finger fireworks, apple bobbing, firework art as well as investing 7 new cubs and handing out over 80 badges – not sure how they managed to fit it all in, but a huge “Welcome” to the new cubs, a “Congratulations” for all the badges … Read more
Our Beaver colonies are looking forward to a book event at the beginning of December. Local author Rachel McCoubrie is coming to read her newly published book and talk about becoming an author – perfect for our children currently doing their book reader badge. Rachel has kindly donated a copy to our raffle taking place … Read more