Happy new year everyone! Hope your celebrations over the holiday break were full of joy and you spent time with the people that mean the most to you. We’ve got a whole another year of Scouting to look forward to and that started on Friday.
At Christmas, some people decide to have real Christmas trees in their homes instead of having the synthetic ones that most people have. Now, these real Christmas trees happen to burn well. Really well. So in true to Scout fashion we organised to burn some of these trees.
The Scouts got to scrub up on how to start a fire as well. The troop was split into 6 groups who all tried to light their own smaller fires which were then combined into one larger bonfire. Patrol Leaders and Assistant Patrol Leaders were encouraged to take control of their groups and teach the younger Scouts how to do it.
(Speaking of younger Scouts we had 3 new Scouts join us this week. Huge welcome to Joseph, Finlay, George and Ruby. I hope after your session on Friday you all decide to stay with us.)
Once all the fires were lit and combined on the fire circle, we were able to burn the trees. It went really well. You can see below:
We will be at the hall next week. See you then!
Ellis
