Chorley's Gunge!
FUN DAY at BOWLEY
On the 2nd July the Beaver Scouts of West Lancashire joined together to have a Fun day at Bowley Scout Camp.
Each District arranged bases using ideas from the Challenge Badges – so that the Beaver Scouts attending could gain an award - as well as a Fun Day Badge.
Click below to see the activities arranged by each District
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Chorley's Gunge! |
Tent Pitching | Fishing for Dolphins! |
Base 1
Marbling - We used powder paint, water and oil in a tray and laid a piece of paper on top of the water. The paper then soaked up the powder paint and made different patterns on the paper.
Base 2
Volcano's - For this we made volcano's from paper plates, put an empty film canister in the gap and filled it with bi-carbonate of soda, then we coloured some white vinegar with red food colouring and poured this over the bi-carb and watched it 'explode'
Base 3
Gunge - This is baking powder and water mixed to a soft paste. Colour the water with food colouring, we used blue for one lot and yellow for the second. It's very deceiving is this stuff. It looks wet and soft - but try to pick it up and you need the strength of an elephant! Once it's in you hand if you squeeze it, it stays solid, open your hand and it turns to liquid and runs through your fingers.
We enjoyed the day and look forward to the next one. Whether we do the same bases remains to be seen as they were all very messy!!
The kids that came to the bases loved them though.
Base 1
String trail
Base 2
Feely boxes
Base 3
Find the leaf
Base 1 Eiffel Tower
BS have to build a tower from paper cups and beer mats – see who can get the tallest
Base 2
French Trail
Beaver Scouts have to follow the trail and look at the pictures. Then they had to write down the French words with their English translation
English French English French
Cheese Fromage Cow Vache
Onion oignon Chicken Poulet
Snail Escargot House Maison
Bread Pain Wine Vin
Croissant Croissant Castle Chateau
Euro coin Euro Apples Pomme
Beaver Scout lutins Passport Passeport
Tower Tour Beaver castor
Police gendarme boy garçon
Ballet dancer Danseur de ballet girl fills
Base 3
Tri-colour Throwers
Beaver Scouts make a ‘3 legged’ thrower out of white card. Colour it red / white / blue. Then play with it
Base 4
Fact table
Interesting facts about France – on laminated posters:-
1. France is the largest country in Europe. Its capital city is Paris
2. There are 5 Scout Associations in France and only one of them has a section like Beaver Scouts
Les Eclaireuses et Eclaireurs de France have: Lutins (aged 6 –8 years)
Their motto is: Guides and Scouts always ready!
Eclaireureuses – Eclaireurs Tourjours Pret!
3. The Sacré Coeur is one of the cathedrals in Paris. Building was started in1875 but not finished until1914. The bell is one of the heaviest in the world and weighs 19 tons.
4. The Notre Dame is one of the cathedrals in Paris. The first cathedral was built here in 1163.
The story of the hunchback of Notre Dame is a famous fairy-tale.
5. The French have money called Euros. These are new coins – the old ones were called Francs
6. The Eiffel Tower is 298 metres tall! (Blackpool Tower is 115 metres)
It was designed by a man called Alexandre Gustav Eiffel and was built in1889
It took 7,000 tons of iron to build it.
7. France has a lot of very large houses or castles These are called chateau.
The castle in the story of Sleeping Beauty was the chateau at Ussé in France.
8. The Arc de Triomphe ……is in the centre of Paris
Napoleon Bonapart wanted a special monument to remember the battle of Austerlitz.
Building was started in 1806 (it took 30 years to build). Beneath the Arch is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and eternal flame to remember those who died in the two world wars.
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Base 1
Base 2
Base 3
friendship bracelets from scoobies.
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