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Beavers during Carnival : 2/21/2010

What have been the Beavers doing during Carnival?

Our Beavers together with other kids participated in a costume party held by the Xaghra Scout Group. We were honoured by all sorts of characters. There were fairies to keep an eye over witches, knights to lock up any pirates on the run, cowboys in pursuit of Indians, princesses on search for their prince charming, and a whole set of power rangers among many others. One could neither cease to mention the range of cartoon characters that the Beaver Leaders choose to wear.

Leaders showing off their Cartoon Carnival costumes Beavers in Carnival costumes, playing and having fun

Two of our Beavers also stole the judge’s heart as they won the costume competition. We had a great time punching paper bags inorder for sweets to fall down, doing person Bingo, nibbling finger foods and playing loads of games. Now, all of the Beavers tucked away safely their costumes and are waiting eagerly for next XSG carnival party :)

BY: ABSL Antoine Spiteri

Pack Report - January 2010 : 9/2/2010

In the month of January 2010, the cubs did the following:

Saturday the 16^th of January was the first Cub Scout meeting of 2010. Today, the cubs than had to assign themselves to a six of their choice and elect their ‘sixer’ and ‘second’. As a six they had to write on a chart what they want to do in 2010, what they love about leaders and what they dislike about leaders! The leaders were happy to see the cubs involved in decision-making processes as theses skills are important for their everyday life. Afterwards, the cubs had to choose the topics for the arrow work for the next six months. The cubs played some games before the meeting was dismissed.

On January the 23^rd, the all the Pack had decided to do the Spirituality session of their arrow. Fr. Michael Said was invited to deliver a presentation on talents for the Silver Arrow Cubs. The cubs learned to appreciate the talents they have and how to exploit this by making full use of it. The cubs were also encouraged to continue honing their skills in their respective talents. Meanwhile the Gold Arrow cubs reflected on what they feel everyday: their emotions! Afterwards several interesting games were played.

On Saturday the 30^th of January

the Commissioner for Cub Scouts Adrian Farrugia was invited by the Xagħra Pack to observe the proceedings of a typical cub meeting. The gold arrow cubs were taught how to prepare a rucksack. This will give the cubs a clear idea when preparing a rucksack for camps and hikes. The silver arrow had the ‘Our Environment’ session. They were taught on the effects of carbon dioxide and other dangerous gasses emitted in the atmosphere which are potentially harmful to the environment.

After the meeting the leaders had a meeting with the Mr Adrian Farrugia, as a follow up from the Xagħra Pack Leaders’ Forum which was held about 6 months ago, where several techniques of leading and teaching were pointed out. Thanks a lot for the visit C4C Adrian =)

Report written by Stefan Attard, soon-to-be Baloo!

BY: WebAdmin Josmar Azzopardi

Colony off to Popeye`s Village : 8/2/2010

The big day arrived, and for a change the weather took mercy on us. Our islands were showered not with drops of rain but with rays of sun. A perfect day for a long planned outing had emerged. At 8.30am sharp the colony together with some of their parents stood waiting at the Gozo terminal for the beginning of their adventure. They were off to Popeye village!

On their arrival, the Beavers cartoon hero sprang to life as they were greeted by Popeye himself. This was followed by some information regarding the village as Popeye and Olive showed them around. Through the fun and learn package, the Colony learnt about safety at sea. They were given information about what to do in any case of emergency regarding the previously mentioned subject. It was very educational and the Beavers involved themselves in every activity put forward by Popeye and Pluto. Afterwards, off they left to enjoy the rides that Popeye village is famous for. Surrounded by such attractions, the Beavers had the time of their lives choosing and deliberating which ride they should take. But one must also add that even the parents had their own share of amusement as Popeye`s assistant proved out to be one of those naughty sailors. Infact, he didn’t leave their side...until a mum found out his weakest point – grasshoppers!

It was a day to be remembered. Beavers, parents and leaders had fun alike ;) Infact everyone is looking forward for our next outing!

The Beavers being showed around the village by Popeye The Colony with Popeye posing for a group photo

BY: ABSL Antoine Spiteri

Troop Report - January 2010 : 7/2/2010

8^th-10^th January 2010 – Joint Indoor Camp with VSG

The troop began their year with a joint indoor camp together with the Victoria Scout Group at their headquarters. During this camp various activities took place including tournaments in chess, checkers and table soccer together with bowling and tennis on the Wii all weekend long. On Saturday a cooking competition took place where all the patrols were given the same ingredients and they had to work together to come with ideas on what to prepare in the allocated time. On Saturday night a lesson on self defense was given.

16^th January 2010 – Survival Techniques

Today, the troop had an instruction on survival techniques and what should be kept in a survival kit. After the instruction each patrol were given some wood and they had to light a fire which can be used in case of emergency to keep them warm.

23^rd January 2010 – Technology and Communication

Today’s meeting was held at the Xaghra Local Council’s premises since we had to use the service of the internet. The scouts were informed about various scouting websites namely ScoutKeeper and ScoutFace. They had to create an account with both the above mentioned websites. Afterwards, two competitive but fun games were carried out. We would like to thank the Xaghra Local Council for giving us access to use their internet.

30^th January 2010 – Cookout

Today we had an outdoor meeting were we had an instruction on how to build a fire and how to use an axe. After the instructions each patrol had to build a fire and afterwards burgers and bacons were cooked on the fires that were built. After eating, we cleaned the site were the cookout took place and left it as we had found it.

BY: ASL Sabrina Portelli

Troop Report - December 2009 : 4/2/2010

5^th December 2009 – Cooking

Today, the troop prepared a three course meal which consisted of a Maltese platter as a starter, chicken in mushroom sauce with rice as a main course and as dessert a fruit salad was prepared. Those present were distributed into groups and each group had to prepare one of the dishes. The end result was a delicious meal which all scouts and leaders enjoyed.

12^th December 2009 – Pioneering

Another pioneering project was organized for the troop. Today’s activity consisted of building a camp table while divided in patrols and points were given out according to teamwork, knots and the strength of the table. The Eagle patrol ended with an advantage because the knots were better and the table was stronger.

19^th December 2009 – Games

Today was the last meeting of the year 2009 and we had a different kind of meeting. Instead of an instruction and an activity associated with it, a meeting full of games was organized. Various games were played including touch rugby and ‘werqa’. Everyone participated in these games and tried his best to win the games but only one winner could win each game. However all scouts had a lot of fun in this meeting and that is what really matters.

The troop with their leaders during the cooking competition.

BY: ASL Sabrina Portelli

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