TOY SWAP SHOP - Saturday 1st October 2011

This year Chinese New Year fell on Feb 14th (also Valentines day) and the Beavers held a themed meeting. Every year is associated with an animal and this year is the year of the Tiger.

First we learnt about the legend of how the animals were chosen by the emperor for each year and then we did a Chinese dragon dance.

This kept everyone laughing for quite a while. Lastly we sampled some Chinese food, spring rolls and prawn crackers.

The first sleepover since Beavers restarted in 2007 took place March 21st to March 22nd. 17 Beavers gained their nights away badge when they attended the 'Knights of the Round Table' themed event.

We did lots of knight related activities and games and also had an outing to the Great Hall where we learned about the real table itself.

Did you know?

"The Round Table in the Great Hall was commissioned by Edward I and later painted by Henry VIII. The picture of King Arthur actually has the face of Henry VIII"

It was a lot of fun but considering it was a sleepover not a lot of sleep was had!

On Sat 15th November 17 Beavers from our colony joined over 3000 Beavers for the annual County organised event at Paultons Park.

We had a full day going on a lot of rides including the Stinger, Astro Glider, Wave Runner and the Cobra (well some of us went on it). The day finished with a visit to Santa's Christmas Wonderland where we saw the big man himself!

A fun but very tiring day!