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1st Stotfold Chickasaw Beaver Scout Colony
AGM Report 2003

This has been my first full year as Leader of the Chickasaw Beaver Scout Colony and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope that the boys have had as much fun as the Leaders!

Throughout the year we have tried to run a varied programme and we also started the new award programme in September. This is completely new for Beavers who have not been able to gain activity badges before. We are still learning what to do and how to do it but are gradually getting there. A lot of our normal programme counts towards the various challenge badges.

These are some of the activities that the boys have done during the past year:-

We visited Baldock Fire Station in May and the boys had great fun climbing in the fire engines and using the hoses.

In June we took part in Carnival Week, firstly at the Activity Afternoon at the Memorial Hall where lots of children went home with cress heads, which we later heard had grown very well. We then made our Beaver uniforms into soldiers’ uniforms for the Carnival procession.
We also went to Boyd Field and played wide games and went to Gilwell on the coach with Cheyenne Beavers and both cub packs for a Fun Day. An excellent day out.

July saw us tramping through Weston Woods in the rain and we all got very wet! We also made hats for our Mad Hatters Tea Party which finished off the summer term. We also attended the District Scout Group Camp where we had great fun and stayed for the campfire in the evening.

The start of the new term saw us finding out about ourselves – Height, weight, fingerprints, shoe size, birthday etc and the following week we did hand and feet painting where we created some masterpieces. We had a visit from Hayley from the RSPB and made bird feeders. We also made clay models, took part in the Harvest Festival Service at St Mary’s and had an indoor camp fire.

After half term we planted bulbs and pansies in the tubs outside the Hut and they have looked very pretty this term. We made guys and then had a firework night. We took part in the wettest Remembrance Day Parade in our memory!! We had a walk round Stotfold with questionnaire to complete. Charles kindly came in for two evenings and took the boys for their IT badge which most of them got. We took part in the Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church and made all our decorations. We finished the term with a Christmas party.
January saw us playing board games, icing biscuits, Ray did an obstacle course for us and we did an evening on shoes!

In February the Road Safety Officer visited us; we did a space evening and then joined with the Cheyenne Beavers for a visit to the National Space Centre in Leicester which was another excellent visit.

During March we held a Blue Peter Bring & Buy Sale and raised the excellent sum of £100 for their Waterworks Appeal, we learnt some first aid and we made flowers for Mothers’ Day. We also attended the Mothers’ Day Service at St Mary’s.
April saw us doing an Easter egg hunt, taking part in St George’s Day Parade which included travelling on the bus and making lots of noise with the drums. We finished April by going pond dipping and on to the Riverside Rec.

During the year we were very pleased to welcome Rob Taylor to our team and he is now an Assistant Beaver Leader known as Snowy Owl.

We have maintained a full colony of 24 boys throughout the year.

Many, many thanks to all the parents who have helped us out in any way during the past year, especially those who have helped out week by week at our meetings. We really are grateful.

Here’s to another year of adventure!

Yours in scouting

 
Clare Kilby (Silver Fox) Sheilah Rogers (Red Squirrel) Rob Taylor (Snowy Owl)