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It's hard to believe we're nearly at the end of our first term of 2018
already. Such a short term, but we've fitted in quite a variety of
activities.<br /><br />Icing our snowman biscuits was a great welcome back
and while we worked we had plenty of time to chat about things we' d
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We had an arty week, experimenting with wet tissue paper pictures, it was great fun. You can see more of the final pictures over on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bradleystokewoodcraft/">Facebook page</a></div>
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<br />As always games have been a big part of our evenings, it's always fun to make a "jelly" with the parachute and what better place can there be for telling stories and jokes. <br /><br /><br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-61401544007524747662017-11-28T06:18:00.002-08:002017-11-28T06:18:55.624-08:00Children's Book Challenge.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week we set ourselves a challenge, to depict popular children's
books in play dough for the rest of the group to guess. How many of
these books have you read?<br /><br /><br /><br />1. He keeps his marmalade sandwiches under his hat.</div>
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2. He entertains the children with his balancing tricks, but the fish is not impressed.</div>
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3. Eggs for breakfast, eggs for lunch and eggs for dinner.<br /> <br />
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4. He tickled the teacher, he tickled the policeman <br />
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<br />5. On Monday he ate through one apple, on Tuesday he ate through two pears.<br />
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<br />6. In his stripy shirt he travels to all sorts of places, but can you find him.<br />
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<br /><br /><br />How many did you get.<br />1. Paddington<br />2. The cat in the Hat<br />3. Mr Strong<br />4. Mr Tickle<br />5. The very hungry caterpillar<br />6. Where's Wally<br />
<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-63721099243619427272017-11-01T13:53:00.002-07:002017-11-01T13:53:13.880-07:00Apples Apples Apples<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An autumnal favorite, the apple. There are so many different varieties
to try, so this evening we did just that and tasted a few of them.
Rating them on colour, smell, texture and taste and trying to describe each one. Here are just a few of the words used to describe the different apples.</div>
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Lots of local families are having great fund hiding painted rocks around
the area. The idea is that if you find a rock you can either keep it,
or re hide it ready to bring a smile to someone else's day. There's a
Facebook group so you can upload pictures of the rocks you've found, and
perhaps track the progress of those you've hidden.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/groups/389624198121053/<br /><br />So
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<br />Even our logo made it onto a rock<br />
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<br />Then we set off on a torchlit hunt round the local park and surrounding area, here are just a few of the rocks we found. All have now been hidden again for the game to continue.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And a few of ours ready to hide </div>
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I wonder where they will go next.<br /><br /><br /><br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-24122308718781347152017-10-25T08:50:00.002-07:002017-10-25T10:16:04.726-07:00Busy busy Autumn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our autumn term has been a very busy one, it's always fun to catch up
with everyone again and see what people got up to over the long summer
break. Although as so many of us were at summer camp there was a little
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-65096896959102897002017-10-25T08:14:00.002-07:002017-10-25T08:14:35.775-07:00Leader Training, welcoming our young leaders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've been lucky enough in Bristol to be able to access some funding from the Alpkit foundation, for bushcraft training for our leaders. It's always a popular activity at camps and groups, so it's great to be able to get some more leaders ready to run things. <br /><br />It's great that our young leader have been able to take part in the training too, many of them have enjoyed these activities as younger children and are keen to learn more about running them safely.<br /><br />The first of our training sessions was in early September, over a rather damp weekend, giving us all a certain motivation to make sure our shelters really were waterproof!<br />
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Fire lighting was quite challenging with the wet weather, but everyone boiled their water in the end.<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-55784459419132301952017-08-26T05:41:00.001-07:002017-08-26T05:41:21.237-07:00New TermOur sessions will restart on Sept 13th, please get in touch if you are interested in joining. We have places available for children aged 6 - 11.<br /><br /><a href="mailto:info@southwestwoodcraft.org.uk">info@southwestwoodcraft.org.uk</a><br />
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<br />On Monday afternoon the whole camp joined together for a fast paced game, based around two unhappy tribes of shellfish who had to join together and defeat the sharks, assisted by our very own<span class="_Tgc"><b> </b>Poseidon<b>.</b></span><br />
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It was amazing to see just how many different species we were sharing the space with. We were also treated to an aerial display by the local bats several times, and a few of us stayed up hoping to spot a few meteors.<br />
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<br /><br />Being close to the beach we were able to head off site and explore the coast too, whether that was building sandcastles, finding caves in the cliffs or body boarding.<br />
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<br /><br />It was great to see our young leaders in action too, many of whom have come all the way through the group having joined when we first began in Bradley Stoke. Each camp we divide into "clans" who take it in turns to make sure all the daily chores are done. Each clan was lead by two of of young leaders, who worked hard to make sure that everyone was included and all the work was done. They also excelled themselves running games, crafts and even reading bedtime stories to the youngest campers. <br /><br /><br />
<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-55351976436942901812017-08-18T13:10:00.004-07:002017-08-18T13:10:51.016-07:00Summer eveningsThere is nothing like a warm summer evening for playing games and exploring outdoors. Our final term of the school year is always a busy one for games whether it's Frisbee, rounders or hide n seek. That's not to say we don't find time for some other things too. <br /><br />Giant bubble blowers were fun<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-91552606448895535552017-04-25T03:40:00.003-07:002017-04-25T03:40:43.188-07:00Fun in the parkEarlier in the term we made seed bombs, as the weather is now warm enough and the evenings light enough we set out to the park to plant our wildflowers. It was great fun and we hope to be back soon to see how things are growing.<br /><br />There was also time for a few games on the field.<br /><br />
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There are lots of signs of spring, new shoots, buds, and blossom are popping up and it won't be long before we start to see bees buzzing around.<br /><br />Did you know there are over 260 different species of bee that live in the UK. We had a go at making our own bees.<br /><br /><span id="goog_791059591"></span><span id="goog_791059592"></span><br />
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<br />All these bees have a very important job, while they are flying from flower to flower to collect nectar they also carry pollen with them. Without the bees pollinating the crops nearly 3/4 of our fruits and vegetables wouldn't grow.<br /><br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-58258220161301026152017-03-01T05:04:00.001-08:002017-03-01T05:04:10.762-08:00But there were sharksThe shark song is probably a favorite of the group, and what better way to celebrate a favorite song than to use it as as inspiration for our makes. <br /><br />The CDs made a nice base for some shiny fish scales, and clothes peg sharks
who can really gnash those big teeth were fun to make and play with.<br /><br />
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Pioneers are continuing work on their survival kits. This week they
began making a pouch to keep all their equipment handy. After drawing
round the template and cutting out the shape they needed to carefully
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Our challenge was for each of the groups to make a marble run at least 2 meters long and where the marble would drop into a container at the end. If that's not enough of a challenge, then try to get the marble to do a trick.<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-35981694291208065402017-01-13T02:38:00.002-08:002017-01-13T02:38:17.493-08:00Looking back over 2016As has become our tradition we took to the woods for our last group night of the year. <br /><br />The woods take on a different character at night, with just your own beam of torch light to pick out your path. the games we play so often take on a different feel when played in the dark.<br /><br />We started with some tracking, one group setting off and making a trail for the second group to follow. Rather than laying arrows we made a sound trail. Both groups aimed to be a quiet as the could, but every so often the trail layers would make a sound for the trackers to follow.<br /><br />We also played a seasonal Christmas Tree pairs game, hunting to find matching pairs of Christmas trees with our torches.<br /><br />Over hot chocolate everyone shared their favourite memories of the past year, as you might expect Spring camp was a highlight for lots of people. Especially the <a href="http://bradleystokewoodcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/spring-camp-and-caving.html">caving and the banoffee pie. </a>Our <a href="http://bradleystokewoodcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/a-weekend-in-woods.html">weekend in the woods</a> was also high on people's favorite's list. <br /><br />Of the Wednesday evening activities the Pioneers have been really enjoying making their own survival kits, they've made their own compass, learned some basic first aid, and lots of other things. It's an ongoing project with lots more to do in the new year.<br /><br />The clay Christmas decorations and glitter were a big hit too. I suspect getting the last traces of glitter out of the group equipment box might last well into the new year too :-)<br /><br /><br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-69295604516015281762017-01-13T02:23:00.001-08:002017-01-13T02:23:22.657-08:00Craft timeAs the nights draw in and our evening sessions are indoors it's time to break out the scissors and glue form some craft time.<br /><br />There were some wonderful creations with autumn leaves.<br />
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Groups from across
Bristol awoke bright and early to catch the coach down to Escot,
where we spent the day exploring park, with it's maze, playgrounds and Saxon village. <br />
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before with a train journey and overnight bivy before joining the fun
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Our activities over the last few group nights have been building up to
this, our weekend out in the woods. One of the highlights of the
woodcraft year.<br /><br />As well as the fun of sleeping out, and cooking
over the campfire it's also fantastic to join up with the Bristol
venturers (13 - 16 year olds) and see some familiar faces.<br /><br />Something we haven't tried before was cooking a chocolate cake inside an orange. Although I think we might need a bit more practice, or more embers. Quite a few did need to go back in the fire for a second round of cooking.<br />
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<br />Lots of time to chill out and of course do a bit of whittling. <br />
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<br />Night time brought out the local wildlife<br /><br />
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<br />In the morning it's time for everyone's favorite breakfast in a bag.<br />
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Lots of work went into making these little lanterns. Sewing a bag and
using rope making techniques to twist our own cord for hanging them up.</div>
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You don't quite get the full effect until dark though.<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09245720087039359055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7668018161419463959.post-40552100272841037192016-09-25T04:09:00.000-07:002016-09-25T04:09:10.841-07:00End of the summer termSummer evenings mean lots of time for playing games outside, and tonight we also found time to practice setting up our shelters, ready for our Autumn night under the stars.<br />
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<br /><br />This one makes a great winter shelter, nice and low to the ground to keep the warm air inside, and steep sides to shed the rain.<br /><br />
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<br />This one works best as a summer shelter Higher off the ground makes it easy to stand p and work underneath when you need a bit of shade and means there should be a nice breeze through to stop it getting too hot.<br /><br />
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The challenge was for each group to design a pan support, strong enough
to hold a pan of food over the fire too cook. The catch was to do the
whole thing on a small scale.<br /><br />Each group was given some straws
(wooden poles), plastercine (earth), String (rope) and a plastic cup of
jelly (pan of baked beans). Some designs are perhaps more likely to work "in the wild" than others.<br /></div>
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<br /><br />And how else would we round of a cooking in minutre evening, but toasting mini marshmallows. Yummy.<br /><br />
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