## !2TH ARMAGH SLIEVE GULLION SCOUTS 

## YEAR SEPTEMBER 2021 TO 2022 

Our Year started back as in September 2021  with most of the covid restrictions slowly being relaxed  allowing us to resume normal Scouting activities in the second part of year. We have 55 youth members 12 leaders and 3 support staff 

We are still running over 2 nights with Beavers and Cubs on a Monday night and Scouts and ventures on a Friday evening. 

We are running our normal weekly  program for beavers cubs and scouts covering life skills like cooking and food nutrition , pioneering, first aid and camping. 

At Christmas we joined up with the local primary school and the parish to a food collection for a local food bank. 

After Christmas we had our first sleepover  with the Cubs in March on the Friday night and finished up on Saturday lunch time they went for a midnight walk and played games  as well as making their own pizzas 

The beavers went on a county fun day in Navan Fort with nearly 200 kids from across the region learning about how our ancestors lived and fought thousands of years ago, the day ended  with a easter egg hunt 

We then had the Scouts compete in the county Shield competition in April  where they where responsible for looking after themselves on a camping weekend with no help from leaders as well as taking part in set challenges over the weekend. 

In May the the beavers had a sleepover in the den on the Friday night then spent the day in the woods learning backwoods skills and fire lighting.  before finishing off with a trip to the bowling alley. 

The cubs had a county Fun Day in Benburb with 150 kids from the region attending lots of fun was had doing all the challenges throughout the day. 

In June we then a cub sleepover out side in the tents we had a midnight walk cooked pizza on a open fire and sang camp song 

In June  the the beavers had a sleepover in the den on the Friday night then before finishing off with a trip to the bowling alley. 

We Finished the Year with a 4 day trip to Shannaghmore for the cubs and scouts, doing activities like rock Climbing abseiling canoeing High Ropes and bouldering