Kintore Scout Group

Tuesday and Thursday Scouts have been doing Environmental and Conservation nights this week, which started off with a quick walk across the road to Sustainable Roots Kintore.
Carole gave them an informative tour of the shop, explained why they do what they do and the benefits to sustainability in how we buy food.

The scouts then did a quiz to learn more about how they can reduce their impact on our environment. A good fun evening of learning.

Making our own map of Kintore and a hunt 🔍 to find ALL of Kintore’s services ! Plus a good game of Capture the Flag 🏃⛳️ lots of stuff (and very few photos-oops!)

Our grown up of the week, this week was Vicky Richardson! Thank you for all of your help this week 😊

Don’t forget, you can become the next grown up the week- the sign up sheet is in OSM. ✍️

Next week we will begin our Remembrance Service activities. If you have any stories or local knowledge that you would be happy to share with us or with your Cub to pass on, we would really appreciate it.

A Kintore Highland Games devised by our Young Leaders tonight.

Launching the haggis, tossing the broom handle and frisbee golf….all of the traditional highland sports!

Well done to Fraser, Flynn, Fergus & Nathan.

Cub Parents

We’re looking for Cubs to help with a beach clean at Balmedie on Saturday, 28 September. Slots are 10am-1pm or 12 noon - 3 pm. LUNCH PROVIDED!

Please note, event is on the Saturday.

Cub parents/carers

Just an update to say that we’ll at the Scout Hall this week - bouldering has been planned for 5 October. Look out for forms from the campus about tge bouldering. These need to be completed asap.

Thanks

Cub Team

Wednesday cubs!

‘Ready, steady,cook!’ With Cubs making chilli, pizza and kebabs- working as teams with fab communication and beautiful food at the end of the evening 🍕

Our ‘grown up of the week’ this week was Steve, thank you so much for all of your help 👨‍🍳 🍕

Next week shows as Bouldering 🧗‍♂️ on OSM which has now been booked for Saturday 5th October (check OSM for more details) and so next week is TBC but will be based at the Scout Hut for normal times.

Well done to Monday Cubs for creating a feast tonight courtesy of ‘Ready, steady, cook’ and campfire cooking! We had honemade flatbreads with chilli, pork and vegetable kebabs, pizzas and meatballs. Everything looked amazing!

A big thank you to all the adult helpers and Young Leaders, welcome to Nathan, everyone kept busy helping the Cubs to make the best of their surprise ingredients.

More photographs to follow!

Cub parents

Please check with leaders if there is enough adult help in place for meetings. This is especially important this week as we are cooking with the Cubs. It is always good to have extra help on these nights.

Cub Team

Monday Cubs
Skills night - learning to use chopsticks, some first aid and knife work.

We even managed some strange balloon animals!

Thanks yo DLL the adults and YLs who helped on Monday.

Wednesday cubs - learning tracking signs and building their dens in the woods! A fab night (and the rain held off!) 🌳 🪵🍁
Thank you to our fabulous Grown ups of the week Dawn Tatton and Mark Rennie!

Back to the scout hut next week for ‘Ready, Steady Cook’! 👨‍🍳
👀 Looking for our next grown ups of the week 👀

Wednesday Cubs!
Just a reminder that we are meeting at Gauch hill woods at 6.30 for our tracking night! Pick up will be at 8pm (normal time) at the same point.
Please make sure your cub has a waterproof jacket and shoes suitable for the woods. We have enough ‘grown up’ helpers tonight - thank you for volunteering 😊

Cub parents/carers

Change of plan!

Cubs will meet at the Scout Hall tonight. If weather is not too bad we’ll get out and about.

Cub parents/carers

Please check OSM for information about bouldering session we’d like to plan for Cubs. We need to know numbers of young people wishing to attend the sessions. Numbers needed by Saturday, 7 September.

Thanks

Cub Team

Wednesday cubs are back! Gardening, fire lighting and s’mores! Plus a whole host of badges being given out.

A big thanks to Reece and Callum, and our ‘grown up of the week’ Andrew Tatton!

To get your chance to help out there is a sheet in the scout hut OR sign up online, the activities are listed so there is plenty of choice 😊 we really appreciate the help and hope that you enjoy the experience too!

Well done to the Cubs tonight as they cleared part of the raised beds…and dug part of the way to Australia! Thanks to Fraser (YL) for teaching the Cubs different ways to layer kindling to start a fire.

Welcome to Angus and Ezra who joined us for their first night as a Cubs.

We finished off with s’mores as we started back to allowing the holidays.

Congratulations to Atticus on receiving his Chief Scout’s Bronze Award. A great way to start the new term

Cub parents/carers

Cubs start again this coming week from 6.30pm-8pm on Mondays and Wednesdays.

This week we’ll be outside doing some gardening and campfires. If you have any trowels, please send them in with your Cub - remember to put your Cub’s name on the trowel.

Programme information and the parent rota will be uploaded to OSM over the weekend.

Cub Team

COMMUNITY SUPPORT: 8 years / leader given voluntarily to supporting your children

I know parents and carers have to balance their priorities and time. We all have busy lives and struggle to fit everything in. However, there are people who have dedicated their lives to helping your children, who need your support. Ahead of the AGM tonight (21/08/24) at 7pm, I was looking at the adult records of the current leaders. The Kintore team consists of 17 leaders who have volunteered for a total of 138 years. That's 8 years per leader, helping to deliver 6 evenings of activities for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. Any one of them could step away from Scouting with their heads held high, having made a significant contribution to the local community.

None of the leaders want to do this, but without your support, they may need a break for personal reasons. Of the 100+ parents and guardians associated with the group, only a small group is committed to delivering an exciting program for the Youth Members. It doesn't need to be a weekly commitment, keeping badge records up to date for a section may be enough to make a difference. Without your support, the leaders have earned the right to let sections close without remorse or in the instance of Squirrels not opening up.

If you want your children to have an exciting childhood with the adventures offered by an active scouting program, you need to do your bit.

Andy Till
Kintore Beaver Leader and Gordon District Commissioner

Some lovely lost property! Please take a look and see if it belongs to anyone in your family. It will be available at the Welcome Back evening on 21st August for you to collect. Any items unclaimed will be hung on to until 30th September, after which we will either sell at a car boot to raise funds or give to a charity shop. Thanks the Leadership Team.

A poster from one of our Scouts promoting the organisation 🤩

Welcome to our two new Trustees Elect, Graham Lamb (Chairperson) and Gillian Eason (Treasurer) who will be officially appointed at our 2023-24 Scouting Year Review in August.

They will help with the running of the Scout Group behind the scenes whilst our Young People are learning their .

The Group Trustee Board meets 4 times a year for 90
minutes to discuss various aspects of keeping Kintore in safe hands.

We will be reaching out soon to see if any parents from our sections would be willing to help us steer the Group during the year and attend the above four meetings. This is a chance to help put your views forward and help us steer Kintore to become even better. 😉

We’re sure you will join us in welcoming our two new faces and wish them well for the year ahead.

Thanks to you both for joining the Trustees 🙌

Cubs have had a fun last week with our annual water fights and games. It has been a busy term where we managed to fit in a camp and some time on the water amongst other things.

Big thank you to all of our adult leaders, Young Leaders - Flynn, Freya, Fraser, Fergus, Euan, Robert, Isla, Callum & Reece - and parent helpers. This has truly been a team effort.

Good luck to the Cubs leaving us, we send you off with our best wishes.

Thank you to our Young Leaders - Robert, Freya, Euan & Isla - who are moving on to help with other sections, or beginning the next chapters of their lives. We’ll miss all of you!

We hope everyone has a great Summer!

Wednesday Cubs

Folks, we’re looking for a couple of parents to help out on Wednesday night. Please comment below if you can join us for the evening.

Thanks

Cub Team

Day 3 for the Gold DofE Expedition Team as they pack up after their night on Loch Ossian 😍 (fire not started by the Scouts )

Cubs - Water Night

Just a reminder that Cubs have Water Night this week. - last week of term! Cubs should come prepared - no uniform - to get wet with slippery slope and leaky drainpipes lined up!

Water pistols can be brought along to add to the fun.

Warm hoodie/jumper/fleece will likely be required, along with a warm drink.

Cub Team

Day 2 and ‘The Fabulous Fwogs’ are off for the next 8 hours of hiking 💪 as part of their Gold DofE Expedition.

Good luck to Fraser, James, Amy, Cameron & Hannah, ‘The Fabulous Fwogs’ this weekend as they set out on their Gold DofE Expedition in the Glen Coe area. They will have 4 days of self sufficient hiking for 8 hours a day 💪