Outdoors

Sometimes at Beavers, we just enjoy an evening outdoors on the field, having fun, playing football, playing games, having races and socialising with our friends before having our closing ceremoney and shouting the beaver yell.

107 The Bee Radio Station Visit

Last week we where fortunate enough to be able to visit the 107 The Bee Radio Station for a tour.




The Station covers Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn & The Ribble Valley and is located in Darwen. Simon Brierly, Station Manager, showed us round the studios and gave the children the opportunity to do mini recordings and present their favourite choice of music.

Hyndburn District Sleepover

The annual Hyndburn District Sleepover took place at Ashworth Valley Scout camp over the weekend of the 12th-14th June 2009.

1st Baxenden took part along with many other groups from the district to experience what was truly a unique sleepover. The weekend had a distinct "Pirate" theme with games, activites and food all being pirate related.

A chest of treasure was up for grabs and the beavers followed a series of clues on the treasure map to find where it had been hidden.

The highlight of the camp was the visit to the Swordfish Cove to rescue the "beaver scout" that had been taken by the pirates during the morning's treasure hunt. On arrival at the cove the beavers where greeted by pirates (Hyndburn Explorer Scouts) branding swords and many, many water pistels, water guns, bottles and buckets. A feirce water fight took place and I'm pleased to report that the pirates retreated after being bombarded by wet sponges and buckets of water!

A big, big thank you to the Hyndburn District Explorer Scouts and their leaders for putting on such a fantastic weekend and really making the camp an awesome advernture for the kids. Thank you too, to Tracy and her district team for hosting yet another really successful sleepover.

Harry Potter District Fun Day

Beaver Scouts came in their hundreds to decend on Bowley Scout Camp for the Hyndburn District Beaver Scouts Fun Day.


The day was themed around the famous Harry Potter Books and Films. Activities included wacky science experiments, fishing for broomsticks with magnets, cocktail making, biscuit decorating, magic wand making, a magic show, the opportunity to mee Barn Owl Bill and his fanatstic selection of owls and finally an awesome game of Quidditch.

The weather was kind to us, and I think I can safely say all the Beavers thoroughly enjoyed themselves, as did the leaders. We even made it on the front page of the LET.



Thanks to everyone in the district team who spent many months organising this event - we think you did an outstanding job !