Today, the 5th Dartford Scout Group paraded proudly to Dartford Central park to meet up with other Scouting and Guiding groups in the district to celebrate St Georges day in glorious sunshine.
Well done to all the young members who made the effort to turn out so smartly and to all the friends and family who came to line the parade and cheer us on.
Another success for the 5th Dartford Players with their non-violent ‘Canoe Done It?” mystery, which was well attended as usual. Cast member Darren was the culprit on this occasion having sabotaged the canoe race for financial gain! However, he was rumbled and the only one to gain on the night was our New Hall Fund as the evening raised £469.24.
Thank you to everyone who supported this evening and to the cast and catering team for making it such an enjoyable evening. Continue reading
Working on their Science badge, the 5th Dartford Scout Group’s Phillips Pack Cubs have spent the last 3 weeks designing and building model volcanoes, which erupted tonight, spewing fake lava made from baking soda, vinegar and food colouring.
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.
