This week the 5th Dartford Scout Group’s Collins Pack started work on the Cub Scouts Chef badge, where they prepared and made a ham salad, which they were then encouraged to try and eat if they wanted to. Next week we are moving on to the fruit salad part of the badge followed by cakes the following week.
It was a fresh and muddy Saturday afternoon, but the rain held off for the annual Dartford District Cross Country race. The 5th Dartford Scout group was well represented, although a few more faces would have been nice. All the members who turned out for their race did very well and tried their best regardless of where in the field they came, with some remarking on how much they had improved on previous years. And to our prize winners a very well done indeed and thank you to the leaders and family who were there to support our young folks adventure.
Below is a table of our achievements and some photo’s too.
Tonight the Phillips-Pack made chocolate laden bouquets and cards for mothers day and the evening was topped of with the investiture of three new Cub Scouts; Gemma, Robert and Rebecca. Welcome to the Pack and we wish you a great adventure. 
Tonight, Lauren and Harriett of the 5th Dartford Scout Group’s Phillips-Pack, attended a district presentation at the Mayor’s parlor to receive the highest merit attainable by a Cub Scout – The Chief Scout’s Silver Award. Well done to you both.
Tonight the Phillips-Pack cubs concluded their work on the Astronomy Activity Badge with a visit and presentation by local Astronomer, Mr Simon Dawes. Simon kindly permitted the youngsters to look through his telescope and amongst other things, showed the cubs the relative sizes and scale of our solar system with models. The cubs were very well behaved and particularly enjoyed this activity.
On Friday 8th February, the 5th Dartford’s Leigh Pack Cubs had a go at eating noodles and prawn crackers with chopsticks as they joined in a Chinese New Year themed evening – Year of the Snake. They also found out about the meaning of their birth year, coloured it in and wrote their names using the Chinese alphabet. They found out lots of fun facts about the meanings of the animals that their birth years represent, we had horses, sheep and monkeys. The Cubs had a great time and are now pros with chopsticks!
Practicing their pioneering and construction skills, the Leigh Pack worked in teams within their sixes tonight to built bridges with Lego.
Once again, The 5th Dartford Scout Group are collecting the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers, which help us to replace and maintain equipment. This year’s scheme started on 30th January and will run until 22nd May, so a much longer run than last year. The usual collecting box will be just inside the door at the hall for this years vouchers.
Today a fair number of our young members and leaders attended the Dartford Masonic Centre’s craft fair to assist with admissions and the lucky dip. As usual there were some fine vintage cars on display, crafts, gifts, chickens and eggs and welcome refreshments, which helped with the bitter chill. Always a worthwhile event for us to attend as we receive a share of the door towards our new hall fund and on this occasion, we recieved a cheque for £375.00! Additionally, the attending young folk can also get credit towards their Community Challenge and Kent Scout Volunteer Award.
