Scouts Knowledge

 

Weekend wasn't great - horizontal in bed  for a few days - but if you need something to keep your spirits up and push on through, then this little summary of Scouts Knowledge and what you know of this life will always help.

I did get a bit of photography done yesterday to aid recovery as I'm afraid my brain got a bit mangled with the miagraine.

5 years of Squirrels

 

Squirrel Scouts are celebrating their 5th anniversary in 2026 as part of a landmark "triple birthday year" for the Scouts, which also marks 40 years of Beavers and 110 years of Cubs.

Launched officially in September 2021, the youngest section of UK Scouting (for ages 4–6, known as "dreys") has grown to nearly 30,000 young members across 2,500 dreys.

Celebrations were led by actor and Scouts Ambassador Warwick Davis OBE at Gilwell Park, featuring climbing walls, games, and a birthday bash.

Making structures

 

Here we have a illustration of French Scouts  building a structore from logs and string.

Let's all hope it stays up!

Parliament Week

 Parliament Week may seem a few months off being November 23rd to 29th but many are all ready looking at what can be done to mark it.

It's about explaing how our parliamentary domocracy works, candidates getting selected, how an election is organized and how as citizens we engage with it to make changes through meeting with people, how consultations are done.

We do actually have a Youth Parliament which helps teach children about it and holds debates of its own.

 

Explorer Scouts can earn theew Democracy Activity Badge – made to encourage your young people to use their voice and get involved with decision-making.   

At the waterside

 

Exploring by the waters edge is something I do love although you have to be careful not to fall in but you need to check your laceds are done up on any footwear or for me velcro is well sticky, unlikely to come off

Moving along

 

We're starting the transition from Summer to Autumn  with all the complications of the Heatwave it doesn't look advanced as much as some had forecast about a month and a half ago but the berries look reasonable around here even if we've lost a few leaves due to dehydriation.

The birth of a movement

 

Where it all began, the publication that launched Scouts, expanded upon Baden-Powells own experiences.