On a very hot Saturday 10th August 1st Kirton joined with other groups in the district to enter a float in Felixstowe Carnival. The theme was pantomime and the scouts choose Jack and the Beanstalk for their entry. They were…
Scout Community Week – Updates
Back in June the scouts started their community week project by painting part of the fence at Falkenham Church. Unfortunately there wasn’t time to complete the painting all in one go so last night they went back to finish the job….
Chief Scout Bronze Award
During our Group Family Camp one of our Beavers, Mason, was presented with the Chief Scout Bronze award which is the highest award available in the Beaver Scout Section. It is gained by completing all six Challenge Badges. Well done,…
Group Family Camp July 2013
On Friday evening many beavers, cubs and scouts arrived with their families to set up their tents or caravans for the weekend and were also joined by a few explorers. After everyone had settled in, and it was dark, it…
Beavers end of term BBQ
The beavers finished a busy term with the traditional games night and B-B-Q. Tic-Tac arranged use of a spare field at a local farm and the beavers enjoyed cricket, tennis, skittles and generally had a good run about. They then sat down…
Orwell District Cub Camp – July 12th-14th
On July 12th several of our cubs arrived at District Cub Camp at 6pm ready for flag break 6-45pm and a fun weekend ahead. After flag break we had a sport competition followed by a hot dog supper, hot chocolate…
Wet Weekend at Ramsholt
On the first weekend in July the Scouts joined in the annual County Scout and Guide Wet Weekend at Ramsholt. This is a weekends greenfield camping and kayaking, canoeing, sailing and rafting on the river Deben. The weather was very…
Kirton Open Gardens – June 23rd
1st Kirton Scout Group would like to thank Kirton Gardeners’ Club for opening their gardens on Sunday 23rd June to raise funds for the new Scout hut. We hope everyone enjoyed the day and the feedback received by our project manager, Keith,…
Orwell District Scout Camp – June 14th-16th
Scouts attended Orwell District Scout Camp this weekend. The camp is a competition which involves gaining points for activity participation, cooking and campsite . Activities on Saturday included canoeing, abseiling, climbing, archery, shooting and many more. In the evening there…
Scout Community week
3rd – 9th June was national Scout Community week. The idea is that Scouts complete a community project and raise money for their own group and the national fund to help disadvantaged children get involved with Scouting. 1st Kirton Scout Group agreed…
