Dragon Hunting in Norwich

Today was our half term outing and instead of a hike in the country, because the paths were flooded we went on a Dragon Hunt in the City

We met at The Forum and went to see a film

The Flight of Dragons

http://ffilms.org/the-flight-of-dragons-1982/

The off to Jarrolds where we searched for clues to a Dragons name

and entered a competition

Next we went to The Playhouse

and saw an exhibition of Dragon Sculptures

We hiked to the Cathedral

Had our Picnic lunch

Searched for Dragons everywhere and found about 16!

Then we did some craft

Finally we hiked to the Castle

and enjoyed a look round and made an orgami boot too!

as well as finding the Snap Dragon

We had a great time 

Global Challenge badge

Cubs are working for their Global Challenge Badge this term

we have been looking at technologies and how they affect the world we live in.

Last week each Six had a topic, Computer, Bicycle, Light, Trains and they presented their info to the other sixes.

This week we built models using an older technology wood & string!!

 

Tent & Campfire

 

Tent & Toilet

 

Catapult

 

Tent frame

 

Radio Mast

 

Campfire, Banjo and toasted Marshmallows!

 

A Right Angle !!! or a couple of ????!

Cubs can be entertainers too!

Lakenham Dale players perform Oliver Twist

George, Orien and Toby took part in this wonderful story

They will each gain a well earned Entertainers badge for being part of this show.

Cubs last night was 

Cubs got talent party night

We had some Martial Arts

Very politely performed

Liam sang a made up song

 William demonstrated some dance moves

We also had Abby on the keyboard

Jonty played his flute

William played guitar

&

Becky sang to us

Reuben and George led Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer

Reuben and Toby did a comedy double act

We had party food and  played Pass the Parcel

then we collected a present before going home.

Christmas is coming

We are a very excited pack. Decorations are bring made for our Christmas Fun

A Wild Night Out

We had a fantastic trip out to Strumpshaw RSPB tonight.
We thought we might have to cancel as the weather had been forecast very wet and windy but a hole in the clouds and warm south westerly winds made it an evening to remember.

We played the Bat & Moth game to find out how bats find their food, we looked at moths caught in a trap and used bat detectors to hear the sounds of bats.

Nocturnal animals use their senses differently and we learned how they hear, smell and see at night.
We tried to see the colour of a wax crayon and wrote what we thought it was in the dark, Akela thought his was red!

 

Thanks Lee & Eilish,

we had a wonderful visit to a very special place.

Cubs Air Activities day.

Cubs with a 1917 Sopwith Camel

propeller at 1st Norwich HQ

 This term we have been working for our Air Activities Badge, finding out about how planes fly, all about different types of aircraft and the logos of airlines

We completed the 

Air Activities Badge with a visit to the City of Norwich Aviation Museum on Saturday.

We arrived at 10.00am and after finding out how to be safe at the museum we split up into three groups to do our visit.

We were taken on a tour of the Nimrod which is a huge aircraft based on the first passenger jet airliner The Comet.

 It had a lot of advanced features, a device in the tail that could detect disturbance in the earths magnetic field caused when a submarine passed below it.

It could drop radio transmitters that would communicate the presence of ships back to the plane and it was used to drop life rafts to rescue aircrew whose planes crashed.

 

 It carried a huge searchlight in one wing for searching for ships or crashed aircraft and the engines were built right into the wings so it could never be properly upgraded with new engines.

 Then we went on a tour of the Vulcan bomber, a massive delta winged plane that used 4 tones of fuel on take off, only about 6 of us could get in at a time and the guide who showed it to us had really flown it as a co-pilot for about 50 hours so he knew what every thing was inside it!

 

 There were a lot of planes and pits of planes at the museum as well as information about the 100 Bomb Group that was based there during World War 2 

 We had a lovely picnic lunch as well

 And flew our planes too, that Robert got for us, thanks

 

It was a fabulous day out

Conkers!!

Cubs knocked Conkers last night at our annual knockout. They tied the Conkers on a string and began to play.
The rules we use are quite simple, after choosing who gets first 'hit' that player continues to hit until the first miss. Then the other player is the 'hitter' again until a miss. If the Conkers become tangled the first player to call 'tangles' or 'tangle twos' is the next to take a hit. Winning is by breaking a Conker off a string or the knot failing to hold it or the opponent letting go and the Conker landing on the floor. If a contest goes on too long we have a system like the Penalty shoot out in a football cup game. Each player attempts 10 hits and the one who has the most actual hits is declared the winner.

Harvest Festival

Cubs and Beavers took part in a parade with Guides,Brownies and Rainbows, at St Johns Church Lakenham today for Harvest Festival. They also helped tell the story of our food that was the main part of the service. Their singing helped to make it a great occasion. The sun shone on us all as we left the church.

A Night in the Woods!!

Tonight we met at Whitlingham down by the river. There was a slight hitch in the logistics when getting cars at each end of the hike route, Helen jumped out of her car to see her lift disappearing! I met her running down the road!!
We split into two groups, one went on the Low Ropes with Ali, Dom, Andy and Carol, the others had a game of Raiders of the Lost Ark on the boat climbing frame with Charles and Helen.
By 7.30 torches were definitely needed when we set off to walk back to the Visitor centre. There was no chance to hear or see any wildlife because it all ran away as we approached!!
We counted them all out (21) and counted them all back and handed them over to their grown ups at 8.15pm
A great night out!