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Aaron has been back at Cubs for the past 2 weeks now and has enjoyed it again.  He did start up for a couple of weeks before lockdown 2, and received his 4 seasons badges, but it has been very stop start unfortunately.  Last week, he made and coloured in a bird house and last night, he had a small Christmas Party where they played games all night and generally had a lot of fun!

Bird House

4 Seasons Badges

For Aaron’s final Cubs session before half term, they put on a show for parents and other higher up Scout people.  Unfortunately, siblings were not allowed to go, so I ended up staying home with Coby and Ben whilst Kelly went to watch him.  Aaron didn’t do too much in the show but instead was mostly a stage hand, although he did have one line to say.  He seemed to enjoy it anyway and Kelly said that he did well.  The show itself was a series of sketches to entertain the people attending, so there was no set theme.  From the video Kelly took, it was like an episode of Monty Python!! haha

Aaron has now got his ‘Space’ badge at Cubs.  To get this, Aaron had to learn about the stars and space and also make a constellation using a torch, a cardboard tube and some thin paper.  He had to put holes in the paper to make the shape of a constellation, which he did, and it worked very well. He was quite pleased with his new badge so Kelly just has to sew it on to his Cubs jumper now!

Cubs

Yesterday evening was Aaron’s first proper Cubs session. He looked very smart in his new cubs uniform and proper walking shoes, and said he had a good time, although they didn’t do too much during the 1st session, which was probably good as most of the children were tired from the first day of school!

For the past half term, Aaron has been attending Cubs on a Wednesday evening from 6:30pm to 8pm to get introduced to it. He has been enjoying it as Sarah and Sarah are running that as well. He will be starting Cubs properly in September.

So, last Friday was his last Beavers session where he ‘swam up’ to Cubs officially. The parents of the Beavers ‘swimming up’ were asked to stay to watch a little ceremony where the Beaver got given their new Cubs jumper officially and also received a certificate and badge. We had got Aaron his new Cubs uniform a week or two ago, ready for this session. Aaron was quite nervous stood at the front and struggled to take his jumper off! haha He had to shake Sarah and Sarah’s hands, and also the head Beaver (Eric) who congratulated him on doing so well. It was quite sad really as Aaron had been at Beavers for 2 years! But at least he is now joining most of his friends in Cubs as a lot of them are slightly older than him so ‘swam up’ the previous school term. Aaron has learnt a lot at Beavers though and loves going, so Cubs will be awesome for him as well!

For the rest of his final Beavers session, they played indoor water games until near the end when the torrential wind and rain outside eased, so they went out and had water fights outside! At least we get our Friday evenings back now…..until Coby starts in 2020!