REPORT FOR AGM
YES!!! I achieved it – I managed
to survive the year!!
Seriously I
have now been running the colony for 12 months and for some bizarre
reason have enjoyed myself thoroughly!!!
I have been
very lucky in persuading two ladies to join me and start their
training – Mrs Maureen Simmonds (Blue Whale) and Mrs Jenny Brown (Pink
Panther)
Since the last
AGM the Beavers have enjoyed a full and varied programme. We enjoyed
making Chinese Dragons
as our costume
for the Carnival. We had a little bit of a problem with our new GSL
who lost the plot totally and turned up as Mr Blobby but luckily this
didn’t deter the judges who awarded the boys second place.
The boys
enjoyed an inter lodge Euro 2000 resulting in our little England Team
doing better than the real th
ended the
Summer with a visit from a children’s entertainer which went down very
well.
We have played
games, “trick and treated” (at the HQ of course – Stotfold are not
ready for our monsters knocking on doors!!!), sung songs around a
campfire, made Mothers Day gifts, junk models, Christmas crafts and
generally had fun – which it is all about.
The boys have
also enjoyed trips out. We have visited Sainsbury’s and experienced
life as a checkout operator, baker – and some boys even went to minus
20 degrees in the deep freezers. We went conker collecting on a local
farm and collected some real whoppers and we went to Macdonalds – the
leaders had a ball!!! We managed to join forces with the other colony
for a great swimming evening at Saxon pool, Biggleswade, I am not sure
who enjoyed the inflatables more the Beavers or the Dads!
Further afield
we had a lovely day at the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden,
although I was a little distraught to see buses that I used to travel
on as museum pieces!
We were also
lucky enough to see the England V Holland under 18’s international
football match, Dads came too and all said it was Brilliant!
Just recently
we visited the London Aquarium and managed to avoid feeding beavers to
the sharks – just!!
Phew – haven’t
we had a busy time? My thanks go to the parents whose support is
great, and my leaders who work together as a brilliant team, and
finally to the boys themselves for their enthusiasm and general all
round remarkable attitude to living life to the full.
Yours in
Scouting Lindsay Evans |
