Beaver Scouts

Beavers are 6 to 8 years old, they try new things. Make new friends. Joining Beavers is just the beginning of your big adventure.

Beavers has restarted and our new beavers are enjoying starting their scouting experience on Thursdays - don't miss out, sign your child up today!






More information from the leaders will be available soon.

Like Cub Leaders, Beaver Leaders take their names from nature and the natural environment and are known by these names to the Beavers.

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Meetings

Please ensure that your child arrives in time to start promptly and has been to the toilet. Please bring a coat and their water bottles as we do like to take them outside if the weather is nice

There is a large car park available at Cokethorpe School. Please don't park outside the Shed as this area is needed for School access.

Parental Support

As you will understand, our leaders are all volunteers. It will help the group and colony if you are prepared to give up your time for a night a year, without your help we cannot run the activities that the children most enjoy.

Subscriptions are £9 per Month ideally paid direct to bank by standing order.  Please contact the Treasurer for details of the Group bank account. You can also sign up for Gift-aid to further aid the group. Details are in OSM

Online Scout Manager

We use OSM to help us administer our Beaver Colony. We ask that all parents login and keep details up-to-date. We rely upon OSM for accurate information about medical, allergy and contact information. You can also use OSM to see badges and progress, see our programme and sign-up for camps and other events. This is also where we will show when we would like parents to volunteer.

Uniform

Scouts are a uniformed organisation and all Beaver Scouts are expected to arrive and depart in clean uniform and correctly dressed, unless specifically advised otherwise.

Full unform is worn at the start and end of meetings and for formal occasions. Uniform is an official beaver sweatshirt and either school or scout activity trousers.

Beavers can choose to wear the official hoodie or polo shirt as activity wear for the middle parts of meetings and on camps.

The official uniform Beaver Sweatshirt can be purchased online at:-

http://shop.scouts.org.uk/ or www.scout-and-guide-shop.co.uk/ 

The 1st Standlake & Cokethorpe group Necker will be provided by the group when your beaver is formally invested into the pack.

We advise against using badge glue as we often have to remove or replace badges and this leaves a mark. Beavers should be sewing their badges on themselves with your support.

Activity and Staged Badges

During the time your child is a Beaver Scout they will move through an award system. Scouting has a number of Activity Badges and Challenge Awards which we aim to work towards as your child goes from Beavers to Scouts. Should you wish to know more about the award system, you can find details on the Scouts web site. Badges can be worked towards outside of regular Colony meetings by beavers and discussed with one of the leaders

Challenge and Award Badges

Challenge Awards are all about stepping outside your comfort zone. Try out something you wouldn't normally be interested in. Take the lead on something that scares you. Along the way, you'll unlock hidden talents and stand tall.

The Chief Scout's Bronze Award is the highest award a Beaver can earn. To complete it, you need to earn four Activity or Staged Activity Badges of your choice, as well as all of the Challenge Awards.