Roman Cub Camp!

Over the week end 4-6 October 1st Romsey Cub Pack spent their pack holiday at Butchers Coppice camp site in Bournemouth. Three leaders went down early on Friday to sort gear etc as there was a very busy programme planned for the week end,.

'Roman cub camp' was the theme.   After settling the Cubs in they made pottery Gods, Romans were attracted to Greek mythology.

After supper they watched a film before lights out.

Saturday was hectic, with bread making and while this was left in a warm place to rise it was off to Roman soldier training on the agility course for an hour.   This kept their energy levels in check.   After putting the bread in the oven to bake, the Cubs then made mosaic's, there were some very good designs achieved.  After lunch it was off to another outside challenge 'low games' lots of challenges, balancing, team building and viaduct building.   This was really good fun which all the Cubs and Leaders alike enjoyed.   Back in the hall we had 'tuck' then it was time for necklaces and head dresses  from pasta,pipe cleaners and crepe paper, once again the Cubs came up trumps.   Then it was free time for the Cubs to do activities of their choice.    After dinner it was time for camp fire lighting and marshmallows followed by camp fire songs led by Tim. Supper followed by the film and lights out.

Sunday came all to soon with another busy day.   Catapult building and making swords and shields for the battle after lunch.There was full kit inspection then 'tuck'.   Fortunately the archery instructor came a bit later than scheduled.  11am all the Cubs left the hall while a leader cleared up the paint and put gear away.

After lunch the long awaited battle of the catapults on the main recreation area.  Tim and Steve had made the water bombs ready for the fight.   Everyone dressed as Roman soldiers , fortunately the aiming was not always on target so the expected drenching everyone would get did not happen.   The Parents had been invited to arrive at 2pm so that they could be our audience.

Back in the hall everyone helped for final tuck and cups of tea or coffee with some lovely cake baked by the Parents.

Butchers Coppice caters for every activity imaginable so there was plenty to do all the time.   No, not one game of football, unbelievable! 

This was a great camp Steve and Donna organised with a lot of thought going into all the activities.   Jacky, Anita and Tim were the other leaders.   The Cubs were great most of the time (teamwork) was the key, with Leaders and Cubs working together after all the meals doing the washing up and clearing away.   The Cubs seemed to enjoy washing up with fortunately no water all over the floor.   Cubs are already asking when the next camp is.

A truly GREAT camp, well done Steve and Donna 1 Romsey Cub Leaders

School Enjoy Scout Activities

Friday 4^th October was a day to remember for the staff and pupils of Kings Somborne Church of England School. Scouts, Leaders and helpers from the Romsey District team set up the type of activities that Scouts, Cubs or Beavers might experience during their camps or weekly meetings.

In the field behind the school the Scouts set up four activities and each of the year group took it in turns to try most, if not all of the activities. Even the occasional rain shower didn’t dampen anyone's fun

The most popular activity was the rope bridge a 7 metre long bridge that forms part if Romsey District’s popular assault course. All bar one of the 120 pupils successfully crossed the bridge, as did some of the teachers. Decorating a wooden book mark was also popular as was the junior archery equipment. The equipment has small bows and arrows with large rubber suckers on the end are especially designed to be used by young people and allow them to have their first experience of archery

Equally as popular was the fire lighting demonstration which also included marsh mellow cooking. Pupils were able to roast a marsh mellow over the hot embers of a well established fire. Once the marsh mellow was golden brown and just starting to melt, it was placed between two chocolate biscuits creating a warm and satisfying snack, especial when eaten during one of those intermittent showers.

Some of the pupils were already members of the Scouting but it is hopeful that more children will now want to join after experiencing these activities. The aim was to also encourage more adult help.

For more information about Kings Somborne Scouts, how to join the Group or how you can help e mail kingssomborne@romseyscouts.org.

Recovering " Lost Ground" at Kings Somborne

There have been more developments since this blog post.

Claire Walls, Retail Business Manager at The Southern Co-operative’s Stockbridge store and her team of colleagues were back at the Kings Somborne Scout HQ the other day.

They found an area of overgrown waste ground between the shed and the Southern boundary of the site which the current Scout leaders didn’t know was there.

So on Wednesday 25^th September Claire, Fiona, Jack and Eliot joined Cub leader Janice,  John (District Chairman) with the aim of recovering the “lost” ground. It took most of the day to clear the nettles, brambles and bushes but in the end, as you can see from the photograph, a significant area of the site was recovered. 

 

Plans for new toilets and kitchen are in hand and fundraising for this project will start in the Autumn.
 

At the moment the Cubs and Beavers are improving the sites facilities for wildlife by creating a bugs hotel and compost heap. They are also building a key hole garden and would like large plastic bottles and sand to create the garden. Please contact the Scouts if you are able to donate bottles or sand.

For more information about the development plan for the Group or Scouting in Kings Somborne and the surrounding area please contact kingssomborne@romseyscouts.org.

Test Valley Walk Completed

He did it!

District Chairman John Stevens completed the Test Way Walk from Stockbridge to Romsey. He completed the 11 mile walk in 4 hours and 35 minutes on Saturday; due to family commitment John couldn’t do the Sunday like everyone else.

“I’m glad I did all the practise over the past few days including undertaking the whole walk last Monday with Paul and Toffee, said John, it meant that I completed the walk with very few aches and pains. It also helped that we had dropped some water off near Kimbridge before the start of the walk so I had to carry less water and hence less weight.

So far John has raised £118 on behalf of the District special needs adviser group (SNAG).

“My thanks to everyone who has supported me,” John added, “and if anyone else want to sponsor and support the great work that SNAG do my just giving page is www.justgiving.com/John-Stevens9.”

Congratulation to everyone who took part in Sundays sponsored walk, if you didn’t perhaps you would like to have a good next year.

Here are those who were known to have taken part in this years walk.

 

John Donovan, for Kings Somborne

 

Ryan and Ben Orgil for Woodley

 

Three mums walking for Kings Somborne

 

The McCann family

 

Claire Sutton and Fiona West.

 

The next walk is Sunday 12th October 2014.

"No One Chooses to live in a Box"

Scouts who attended Digger's Day sleep out in July were (apart from the boxes they slept in)  given small cardboard boxes to collect spare change for New Forest Night stop.  These boxes have now been collected in and below is a letter of thanks from NFNS.

Dear Sarah,

Thank you so much for being our first ever community group for our ‘No one chooses to sleep in a box’ campaign. I appreciate your efforts in co-ordinating this within Romsey DSL and after receiving the many bags and boxes of coins from my volunteer Hilary, who collected them from you this week, I am delighted to tell you that you have raised £157.79 towards helping homeless young people in the New Forest. Thank you so much and please do pass on my thanks to all those involved. I hope they will be encouraged about the difference they have made.

I hope we meet again one day and until then,

Kindest regards

Jude

Well done Romsey Scouts for thinking outside the box

 and helping those who sleep inside a box

Quiz Night - Saturday 19th October

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