Category Archives: Cubs/Scouts

Our Cubs are working towards their Scientist badge, and this week they took on three very hands on experiments, with varying degrees of success. The first experiment was to prove whether or not a substance can be both a solid...

7th Hemel Hempstead Cubs continued with their ‘Hemel Rocks’ adventures this week, by searching around Boxmoor for decorated rocks that people had hidden, and in turn, hiding the rocks that they painted at Bunnings last week. They were lucky to find...

7th Hemel Hempstead (Lockers Park) Cubs spent a wonderful evening at Bunnings painting stones for the ‘Hemel Rocks’ project. Rock painting is a craze that has swept across the UK from America, and our Cubs were very keen to join...

The Great 7th Hemel Hempstead Scouts Raft Race took place on Monday evening in Gadebridge Park, on the River Gade. It proved to a competitive affair! Putting the magnificent vessels the Scouts had constructed (out of dowel and drink tins)...

Yesterday evening the Cubs tried their hand at circus skills. The boys took turns to practise using stilts, juggling balls, plate spinning, devil sticks, yoyos, card tricks, diablos, skipping and a lolo ball. They have also been making plans for...

Our Cubs have been learning about disability and were very excited to welcome Julie, Kevin and Jester to visit. They learned a bit about what it is like to lose your sight and tried (not very successfully) to prepare scones...

On the Exeat Monday the Scouts made the most of the dry weather and tried some outdoor cooking. They made mini pizzas, toasted sandwiches and s’mores over bucket BBQs. Yum!  

7th Hemel Hempstead Scouts always end the year with a water fight – in and around the swimming pool! This is one of the boys’ favourite events on the Scouting calendar, possibly because it is their opportunity to completely soak...

For the second week running the Cubs had to change their plans. We had hoped to go swimming to earn the Swimming Badge, but unfortunately it was too cold in our outdoor pool for this to be a pleasurable experience....

We’ve been incredibly lucky this term with the weather – apart from today, when it has poured. Not so good when the planned activity was for the Cubs was to cook their own supper on a fire they had built!...