Overchurch Upton Scout Group

We are holding a Pancake Breakfast at The Bank in Upton Village from 9.30am till 12pm.  Why not come and enjoy having your breakfast cooked for you.

Proceeds raised will be split between the RNLI and our group.

There is a Carol Service and Party for the West Wirral Beavers on Saturday 5th December.

Location is St Andrews, Graham Road, West Kirby.  Please drop off at 1.45pm at St Andrews Hall/Church and collect at 4.30pm from the Hall.

Please bring a donation of 50p.  This is full uniform including necker.

This is a great chance for parents and children to socialise.  It is not often that leaders and helpers get the chance to mix with the parents.

Please make sure you get your ticket from the scout hut  Adults £1, Children 50p and all members are free.  Your ticket will enable you to a free soup or hotdog.

There will be no normal sessions on this day just one big social starting at 6.30pm.   We hope to have a bonfire and activities so please bring your family and friends.

Please note that as this is a social event, each child should be accompanied by an adult.

We hope to see you on the 6th November.

Welcome back and we hope you have had a lovely summer.

Please note that the subs for the new term are now due.  This is a 13 week term finishing on the 18^th December.  Please note there is no Beaver, Cubs or Scouts session on the 9^th October and this has not been included in the fee.

The term cost is £33.50 for 13 weeks (one off payment for the term) or £3.50 per week, which will work out at £45.50.  If you pay in advance you will save £12.

We have lots planned for this term.

Thank you.

The Leaders.

The West Wirral Beavers Picnic and Sports Day was a big success.  We were very fortunate with the weather and if anything things got a little too hot!

Throwing wellington boots (not at people although very close).

There were strange games with cones, spoons and balls.

Meeting Beavers from other groups is always fun.

Some Beavers still had lots of energy left.

We had a good turn out for this Awards evening.

Some brief reports were given to the parents on all the activities and events the groups had taken part in this year.  We were also pleased to announce that our Beaver group had won Best Beaver Colony for West Wirral.

Ken Jones presented the awards for the Beavers and Richard Tremlow presented for the Cubs and Scouts.

All of our Beavers, Cubs and Scouts walked away with some award or gift and we hope all of them feel proud of their achievements.

We would like to thank Thornton Hall and Merseytravel for donating vouchers for our raffle, and Sainsburys Upton for donating refreshments for this event.  This was much appreciated.

Everyone deserved a round of applause.

Awards were given to lots of groups and individuals.

The Beavers had a great trip to Upton Police Station.  They were given lots of information about all the things that police can do to help us.  The different uniforms they wear, the different departments of the police i.e. dogs and horses.  A few even got to try the handcuffs, hats and jackets on.  They were also allowed on the police van and we had the siren on.

The Beavers really enjoyed their visit and we finished the evening in McDonalds.

We would like to thank PC Mandy Hamilton and PCSTO Linda Sillitoe for a great visit.

All the hard work done

Back in March the we had a great time building bird-boxes, it was an incredible achievement to get over thirty boxes built in just a single session. All the cubs and scouts were able to build the boxes themselves and had great fun using a hammer, this was without doubt the noisiest session we have ever had. We managed to borrow 6 hammers from some of the parents, and wish we had more. But the cubs and scouts really worked well together sharing the tools and helping each other to build their boxes. Lets hope that some lucky local garden birds have raised some young courtesy of Overchurch & Upton Scouts.

Putting the Roof on

Here Ross is helping with the roof dont want the baby birds getting wet! Though I think he is more worried about his Thumb!

One hammer between us

Working well together the boys here shared  the hammer and help each other make their boxes.

This is what it was supposed to look like

Who needs instructions when you have a hammer! All the bird boxes turned out fine

We would like to thank all those parents that sponsored Inga, Pam and Di for the Wirral Walk.  We did complete the 15 miles and will be in no rush to do  it again!  If you could bring your sponsorship in on Friday that would be very much appreciated.

Dear Parents

We will be restarting on the 24^th April.

Please note that the subs for the new term will be due. This is a 12 week term finishing on the 17^th July with a presentation evening.

The term cost is £30 for 12 weeks (one off payment for the term) or £3.50 per week, which will work out at £42. If you pay in advance you will save £12.

Hope you all have a happy Easter.

The Leaders.