Details of our activities during the second half of the Summer term are in the letter below:
Activities Summer tern Second Half
We are having a hike at Slinbdon – see our programme for details. Download details below:
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Cubs at Barnham WWII Camp March 23 to 24 2013
We got to the pavilion in our world war two outfits. It felt unusual seeing my friends like that.
For the first activity we put cream in jam jars and shook them vigourously to make butter. Then, we used our butter, with eggs, flour and sugar, to make biscuits. After an hour, and a yummy lunch of soup, bread and homemade butter, we went out on a long hike hiding ration tokens along the way. We met in the middle and then tried to find each other’s tokens, it was so cool!
When we finished, we went to the park and me and the other boys played wars. After that, Andy Kyte told us all about the war and we got to play with shell cases and an old bren gun. Afterwards, we played 1940’s games like jacks, hopscotch and marbles. We all did skipping; I thought it was funny when the leaders joined in. We had a delicious dinner of corn-beef hash, bread, homemade butter and potatoes. I had jelly and custard for pudding. Billy went up for seconds, thirds and even fourths!
We built an air raid shelter for us to jump under in case of an air raid. Then I tried to learn how to knit, I couldn’t do it so I learnt how to make a roast chicken with a tea towel and had some free time. Then there was an air raid. We got under our shelter, which was made out of tables, and listened to the war sounds. The All Clear sounded and we got back out.
We played some more until the siren went off again and you could hear the building crashing down around us. Then we resumed playing. We played ‘Akela Says’ and ‘Zip Zap Boing’. We were in the middle of the second game when the sirens went but before long we were back out and playing ‘Wink Murder’ and a story game where you had to finish the story. Again, the sirens went off and we had to rush to the shelter. The room collapsed, you could hear it.
The All Clear sounded and we got out and started packing up for bed. When we were ready for bed we had yummy hot chocolate and biscuits. We got into our beds and listened to a radio play called ‘How the whale got its throat’ by Rudyard Kipling and then it was ‘Good Night’.
Me, Ben and Daniel woke up and started waking everyone else up, including the leaders- Sorry! We got back in our sleeping bags and had a worm fight where we push each other over. After packing up our beds, we had breakfast, bacon sandwiches. There was porridge as well but nobody ate it!
After that, we played ‘Capture the Flag’ and wrote a letter about wars before a quiz on World War 2. Bryn won a jigsaw. We stood in a circle and thought about World War 2 children. Then we got our badges and started packing up ready for our parents to come and take us home. What an Awesome Cub Camp!
Joshua Loosley
Scouts Geocaching
Geocaching is an activity involving accurate navigation in the countryside in order to find hidden objects. It is greatly facilitated by the use of Global Positioning System receivers, which calculate their location by receiving signals from a series of geostationary satellites. The Scout Troop has become very involved with geocaching. The Feltham Masonic Lodge has generously made a donation to our funds, which has enabled us to buy several GPS receivers for use by the Group. The photograph below shows a group of Scouts with one of the receivers and what they have recovered from a location.
New Village Hall at Barnham
We moved into the New Village Hall on May 7th.
With several times the space that we had in the old hall, there is room for greatly improved activities. We have a small room for storage and have recently taken delivery of four metal storage cabinets and four lockable notice boards. There will be one of each for each section – Beavers, Cubs and Scouts – and one of each for general use.
The first evening got off to a great start with exciting activities for Beavers and Cubs, followed by motor racing for the Troop. The photographs show the New hall from outside, the Old Hall on its very last day of existence and Scouts racing their cars.
Champion Guy!
Barnham Sections were busy in late October making Guys for the Barnham Best Guy Competition. A splendid selection of Guys was the result, many of them bearing uncanny resemblances to Leaders in the Group! We are delighted and proud that the Guy submitted by the Scout Troop came second overall and won a valuable cash prize. Here he is. Who does he resemble?
Barnham Scout Helps Design Badge
Our Scout District – Arundel & Littlehampton – celebrates its Centenary in 2013. All young members in the District were invited to design a badge to be worn on uniform throughout 2013. Unable to chose a single badge, the final badge was a combination of elements from the designs of 3 members. One of these was Henry Poulter, a Cub at the time of the entry but now a Scout. Congratulations, Henry! Below is a picture of Henry receiving the first copy of the badge from Mark Hewson.
Cubs Success in Swimming Gala
SUCCESS IN DISTRICT SWIMMING GALA
Congratulations to the Cubs swimming teams. After a swim off for final positions, the Barnham Pack finished third in the District and the Walberton Pack fourth. Well Done!
The Cubs at Barnham team:
Triumph in Dragon Boat Races!
Another Triumph for 1st Barnham. Dragon Boat Racing. June 10th 2012
The Scout Troop, ably assisted by some older Cubs and supported by a large number of parents and leaders, acquitted themselves splendidly in the Chichester Dragon Boat Races on Chichester Canal and Basin. Finishing 1st in the young persons’ section was a wonderful result; they won in the final by, quite literally, about 10% of a Dragon’s head! Second place went to Felpham Sea Scouts, whose crew included several 1st Barnham members too!
Congratulations to all our participants.
We will undoubtedly be there next year. One of our Mums has offered to enter a parents’ team, so watch out for this.
Stuart
Troop Triumphs in Incident Hike
1st Barnham Scout Troop Triumphs in District Incident Hike.
Arundel and Littlehampton Scout District organised an Incident Hike for Scouts during the 2nd weekend in May 2012. Teams had to complete a navigation hike and complete various tasks during the hike. Ours wae the only Troop to enter more than one team – we had 3 entries. All 3 teams finished well up in the league table, with one of our teams taking FIRST PLACE! This is a great achievement and deserved congratulations from everyone in the Group. Well done!
Stuart
Troop Wins Prestigious Prize!
The Scout Troop has won the Chubb Fire safety Poster Competition. Congratulations to all of them, especially Hannah, who designed the winning entry. This is the announcement from Scouting Magazine April/May 2012.
