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18 December 2008
School Hall
Christmas show - bring your family!
11 December 2008
School
Games and challenges.
(Christmas show performers rehearse.)
4 December 2008
School
Noton Superstar Challenges, unless this was on 20th Nov, in which case wide-game on field.
(Christmas show performers rehearse.)
27 November 2008
School
Bicycle maintainance night. Bring your bike!!
(Christmas show performers rehearse.)
20 November 2008
School
Wide game on field, unless foul weather in which case Noton Superstar Challenges.
(Christmas show performers rehearse.)
Remember to wear your uniform, but bring suitable coat, footwear, etc for running about on field.
13 November 2008
School gym
Uganda night + Cast the performances for Christmas show.
6 November 2008
District Woods
Please see the two e-mails for details, directions, what to bring, times, etc. Arrive 7:30. Old-clothes and boots.
23 October 2008
District woods
Fire & tracking night in woods. Location map in members area. Uniform not required - dress up warm!
16 October 2008
Playground
Not your ordinary cookign challenge - see what you can do with some "interesting" ingredients....
9 October 2008
Gym
Skills and challenges.
2 October 2008
School
DofE expedition presentations + games.
25 September 2008
School
Incident challenges. (DofE teams: Steve's famous presentation skills training!)
18 September 2008
TBA
Wide game. (DofE teams prepare for expedition presentations.)
11 September 2008
Gym
Games night. (DofE teams prepare for expedition presentations.)
4 September 2008
School Classroom
Leaders planning meeting. (No scouts.)
AUTUMN TERM
2008
17 July 2008
School
To be advised. (Changed programme since have offer of 'proper' morris dancers to come in and run a night in autunm!)
10 July 2008
District Woods
Incident Challenge Night [Giles + Dan].
3 July 2008
District's Woods
Back-woods cooking - see e-mail. Directions to woods also in members documents section. Meet 7:30, collect 9:15-9:30. Old clothes (non-uniform).
(YL's + Giles + Dan plan challenges for 10th)
26 June 2008
School Field
Orienteering [Alex+Jen].
DofE expedition planning.
19 June 2008
School Field
Wide Game [Chris + YL's]
12 June 2008
Moseley
Year 6's - climbing
Years 7+ - BMX/Skating
Year 10 DofE teams planning expedition at St Peter's.
Uniform not required for any of above.
5 June 2008
Solihull Carnival
Meeting at School at 7:30 - see e-mail with details.
29 May 2008
School Classroom
Leaders' meeting (no scouts).
22 May 2008
School hall/field
'Trading post' challenges - collection of creative challenges you have to 'buy' stuff to complete, and 'earn' money for if you succede - in competition with other teams. You might even get to set fire to something!
DofE teams planning expedition.
15 May 2008
School field
Sporting challenge night. Wear uniform, coat if cold/wet, and shoes to run in!
DofE teams will be planning expedition with Claire.
8 May 2008
School gym
Share Fayre - show and tell of the year's camps - see what you want to go on!
1 May 2008
School gym
Six Summits Kit Check.
Young Scouts - kit training.
Steve + PL's prepare 'Share Fayre'.
Etc
24 April 2008
Woods
Wide game. Meet in front of Shelley Farm pub 7:30pm. Collect 9:30pm. Bring coat & boots (Uniform not required).
17 April 2008
TBD
Ready Steady Cook!
10 April 2008
School gym
Social/team games.
DofE teams = planning expedition.
3 April 2008
School classroom
Leaders' meeting (no scouts).
20 March 2008
Gym
Kirsty's international Fayre!
13 March 2008
Countryside
'Take a walk on the wild side' - night incident hike. Meet outside usual pub at 7:15, collection 9:30. Bring boots, warm & waterproof coat, hat, gloves, torch. Uniform not required. (N.B. Chase Walk teams meeting at School.)

PLEASE REMEMBER SIX SUMMITS AND NIGHT HIKE REPLIES!
6 March 2008
Ice Rink
Ice Skating. Meet at Lode Lane rink 7:15, collect 9:40pm. Bring £4, thick socks, gloves. Uniform not required.
28 February 2008
Gym
Morris Dancing or other crazyness organized by Patrick.
Young Leaders plan incident challenges for 13th March.
Year 5-7's bowling - meet 7pm Acocks Green Bowling Alley (B27 7UH), collect 8:30pm. Uniform not required for bowling.
21 Feb 2008
School
Skills night.
14 February 2008
School classroom
Leaders' meeting (no scouts).
7 February 2008
School gym
Incident!
31 January 2008
School gym
Fashion/Art Festival
24 January 2008
TBD
Wide Game
17 January 2008
Tudor Grange
Swimming + gala team selection. Check out the new pool! Half of it reserved for our exclusive use. Meet 7:30 with £1.
10 January 2008
School Hall
Survival Challenge bases
Need to sort what we're entering for swimming gala, so please find out before you come whether you can take part on 19th, 7:30pm.
Note we in hall not gym!
3 January 2008
School classroom
Leaders' meeting (no scouts).
SPRING TERM
2008
20 December 2007
School
Christmas Party!
Families welcome.
Don't forget 'famous Harvey' competition! Scouts: come either in costume or uniform.
13 December 2007
School
Years 6-8: Robots
Years 9&10: Climbing - meet 6:30!
Years 11&12: Ballister type competition
6 December 2007
Years 6-8: Ballister type competition
Years 9&10: Hot air balloons
Years 11&12: Climbing - meet 6:30!
29 November 2007
Park
Communication Challenge
22 November 2007
School
BALLOON MAN!! Learn how to twist balloons into models, etc.
15 November 2007
School
Years 6-8: Climbing - meet 6:30!
Years 9&10: Ballister type competition
Years 11&12: Leadership training
8 November 2007
Giles Ward's house
Bonfire & Fireworks Night - see e-mail.
1 November 2007
Gym
Pumpkin competition!
Plus find out what the DofE team did over the summer.
Please remember that Chief Superintendent Gordon Scobbie, Commander of Police in Solihull, is coming AT 7:30 to present us with a cheque - hence please look SMART!!
25 October 2007
School classroom
Leaders meeting (no scouts).
4 October 2007
Sainsbury's
Fundraising + Patrols buying their food for Longridge.
27 September 2007
School
Bag night....
20 September 2007
Woods
Wide game - Hash's balls in buckets
Meet 7:30 outside usual pub/school. Collect 9:30pm. Wear old and perhaps warm or waterproof clothes, boots, etc. (Uniform is not required.)
13 September 2007
School
1st Troop Night of term.
Photo & Games night.
6 September 2007
School classroom
Leaders meeting (no scouts).
AUTUMN TERM
2007
19 July 2007
School
Skills Night
12 July 2007
TBD
Wide Game
5 July 2007
Playground / 6th Form
Chapati Challenge (cooking outdoors - bring rain-coat!)
Parent's meeting (6th form Block).
28 June 2007
Gym
Rocket building/launching !
21 June 2007
Cycle ride
A cycle ride along a pre-prepared route around the Solihull area.
Please bring a bike (in good working order) and HELMET (you will not be able to take part without a helmet).
Meet at the car park of Malvern Park at 7.30. The entrance to the car park is by St Alphege church.
Please come wearing sensible shoes and clothes you don't mind getting slightly muddy or wet in (Uniform not required).
You need to be picked up from Malvern Park car park at 9.15pm.
14 June 2007
Field
Hexathalon
6 crazy, energetic OUTDOOR challenges
7 June 2007
Park
Carnival !
Meet 7:30 in the Monkspath Hall Rd car park near to entrance by new roundabout.
31 May 2007
School classroom
Leaders meeting (no scouts).
24 May 2007
Field
Trangias
17 May 2007
To be anounced
Wide-game [Stu & Matt]
10 May 2007
Gym
Fair Trading game [Patrick].
3 May 2007
Gym
Marble Run: Steve's lost his marbles. Can you help build a contraption to save him?
Also Six Summits Kit check.
26 April 2007
Gym
First Troop Night of Summer term!
19 April 2007
School classroom
Leaders meeting (no scouts).
SUMMER TERM
2007
29 March 2007
Gym
Arty experiences: "Musical" instruments for non-musical scouts, or something creative involving sheets, colour, warmth, compassion, pain, dependency ... ask Spaden...
+SELECTION OF NIGHT HIKE TEAMS
22 March 2007
Park
TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Night hike. Meet 7:30, collect 9:30. Bring boots for muddiness, warm/waterproof coat, torch. Uniform not required.
15 March 2007
Gym
Arty experiences: "Musical" instruments for non-musical scouts, or something creative involving sheets, colour, warmth, compassion, pain, dependency ... ask Spaden...
8 March 2007
Woods
Wide game! Meet usual spot between pub & school 7:30. Collect 9:30pm. Bring old/warm/waterproof clothes, wellies, torch.
1 March 2007
Gym
Skills night. As usual, bring a coat in case you're outside!
22 February 2007
Gym / Playground
Team challenge bases. Don't let the snakes bite you, spill the water or loose your sheep...
15 February 2007
Half term - no scouts
Leaders' meeting, 7:30pm, School class-room.
8 February 2007
Gym
Skills night + SNOW-MAN MAKING AND SNOW-BALL FIGHT!!
1 February 2007
Golf Driving range
Tidbury Green - see e-mailed letter for details.
25 January 2007
Gym
Activity-challenge bases, e.g. Human pyramid, squeezes, super-hero costumes, pea transport, moon-survival, back-to-back standing.
18 January 2007
Gym
International night.
11 January 2007
Hall/outside (not gym)
Lively games outside and in for the first night back. Bring warm coat for outside.
4 January 2007
No Scouts
Leaders' meeting, 7:30pm, School class-room.
SPRING TERM
2007
14 December 2006
Hall
X-MAS SHOW!!!
8pm–9:30pm, St Peter’s main hall
Scouts from 7pm to prepare.

Comedy sketches
There has been a recent spate of Nursery Crimes, and another wave at the sea-side, but Inspector Thinkalot is on the case in the hopes of getting it closed. Meanwhile we won’t be showing the full Monty, but a little Python for those who are partial!

Slide show
A selection of all the best photos from the whole year – come and see what your son/daughter/friends/selves have been up to on our action packed camps.

Music
Our Merry Band wish it could be Christmas every day.

Bingo!

HAND MADE X-MAS CARDS FOR SALE FOR JAMBOREE FUNDRAISING!
7 December 2006
Gym
X-mas show rehearsal. Make sure you know your script backwards.. no, forwards would be better - for this final run-through.
30 November 2006
Gym
X-mas show rehearsal. "Be Prepared" .. to make your sketches the best ever.
23 November 2006
School field
Obstacle courses - build one to challenge your opposing team!! We'll be outside on field all night, so please bring a torch and come dressed warmly/dryly in footwear you can run about on a muddy field in (uniform not required.)
16 November 2006
Gym
Loz's debatable challenges....
9 November 2006
Tidbury Green
Bonfire Night !!
Guy Fawkes, fireworks and everything!
2 November 2006
Temp classrooms on playground
**NOTE IN CLASSROOMS NOT GYM**
An evenign of creative genious (we hope!) which will result in a quality x-mas show this year.
26 October 2006
No Scouts
Leaders' meeting, 7:30pm, School class-room.
19 October 2006
Woods
Treasure hunt wide-game: We will meet at the car park opposite the Red Lion pub at 7:30, and return there at 9:30pm. Uniform not required - wear clothes suitable for the weather and dashing around potentially muddy woods. See e-mail for map reference.
12 October 2006
School playground
Fish frenzy and creative cooking competition. Bring warm/waterproof clothes according to weather - we're outside all night. Meet on playground. Bring a torch!!
5 October 2006
School
This years DofE team will astound and entertain you with the unique success of their expedition. And then we can play lots of very active games for the rest of the night!
28 September 2006
School
This year there will be a real show at the end of term. Tonight, the creative phase of generating ideas, casting performers, etc, etc, will start, because we have huge talent in the Troop, and this year we want to use it "to the max" (man).
21 September 2006
Woods
Wide Game. Meet outside pub at 7:30pm. Collect 9:30pm. Wear old clothes suitable for weather, muddy tracks, etc. Please can leaders bring torches, and scouts not (as lose them).
Don't forget Blackpool replies!!
14 September 2006
School
Adam & Matt leaving party night!
7 September 2006
No Scouts
Leaders' meeting, 7:30pm, School class-room.
AUTUMN TERM
2006
13 July 2006
EPIC skate park
See letter/e-mail. Book on Thur 6th.
6 April 2006
School field
Competition to build the best device for firing burning torches through the darkness at highly flammable targets
Please bring:-
- Warm coat (suitable for weather)
- Footwear suitable for muddy field
- Torch (of the electric NON-flaming variety....)
Please meet IN UNIFORM in the school gym as usual.
Please collect from play-ground.
If there are any leaders/older scouts/parents who could volunteer to come 20 mins early to help me set up, then please let Harvey know!
30 March 2006
Creation Climbing Wall
Climbing! Invitation letters out by e-mail and downloadable from members' area. BOOK NOW - 1st 36 to pay get places.
23 February 2006
School
Disaster simulation - how will teams of scouts deal with a multi-casualty situation?
1 December 2005
Laser-Quest
7pm–9:30pm, Megazone, Westley Road, Acocks Green. Three games for £7 !! To guarantee a place, bring £7 to next Troop night (or give me in labled envelope). Or bring £7 in correct change on the night (but in the unlikely event that have more than 50, the last to arrive will be turned away.)
14 July 2005
NEC
Rock & Pop Festival. Meet front of St Peter’s at 6:30pm. Collect 10pm. Bring £5. Uniform not required.
19 May 2005
Ice Rink
Ice Skating! Meet inside at 7:15pm, collection 9:40pm. Bring £3.50 in exact change, thick socks to wear in hired boots, gloves. Uniform not required.
28 April 2005
School playground
Trebuchet building - Projectile Throwing Engines (Matt), Tilley lighting (Harvey) Gadget building (Barry). NOTE OUTSIDE SO BRING COAT!
24 March 2005
School field
Astronomy badge: Night 2 (Kevin). Bring coats and torches.
4 November 2004
Halloween Special - Earlswood
Before they flee the area on All Hallows' Day, various spirits from the woods will be setting evil challenges for the scouts, who we will send in on Thursday in groups for their own protection (the spirits may be back by then....).
21 October 2004
Bowling
Bowling. Westley Road, Acocks Green. Meet inside at 7:30pm. Collect at 9:15pm. Bring £4.
17 June 2004
SCUBA diving
Try-diving session, Solihull Boys School, 7pm-8:30pm. £15.
This programme may be changed at short notice - please check this page regularly
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