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The kids took on the leaders and the jury is still out at to who won at Camp Wacky. We had what could be described as an unconventional / relaxed camp, with lots of fun and games. What only a few Scouts realised until we mentioned it was that almost all the games were of the co-operation / teambuilding variety (apart from the water fight Saturday afternoon). The weather was a big concern over the weekend, as all week we had been watching the met office website and BBC weather page and both seemed to indicate that there were going to be thunderstorms and bad weather until late into the weekend, as the weekend got nearer the forecasts got better and in the end we only had heavy rain for a few hours Saturday morning. Below are some photos and information on what we did and the fun we all had!!! The Scouts were warned at the start not to believe anything the read or hear (except the rules) and if they broke the rules they would be sent home, no exceptions All the scouts were then told there was no APL's, PL's or SPL for the weekend and only the leaders were in charge, and each leader was assigned a group for the weekend, The reason for that was to take any pressure off the PL's etc so they could concentrate on the games (tasks), but in the end several of the PL's etc naturally took the lead within the groups in such a way as the rest did not realise but as there was no scouts with formal rank I hope they realised they were doing it in a different manner (suggestion rather than direct orders) and this can be carried on after the summer break now to the fun Friday night before the scouts, (including the leaders children who were cubs and beavers) arrived the leaders put up the tents and organised who was sleeping where. when the Scouts etc arrived we got them to put their swimming gear in a pile on one side of the hall and then girls bags in one corner and boys in another. It was then time for flag break and camp photo while they were still clean and uniform neat and tidy
We then announced the first task was a hike to Queenborough (about 3 miles) We took then a longer and very obscure route to the canal bank , they asked several times if we were going swimming, but it was pointed out their swimming gear had been left at the hut, we then walked to the local holiday park where one of the leaders work and as we got to the gate we checked we had permission to take the scouts through and out the other side (which of course was a setup). it was not until a couple spotted their bags being walked from a car that some realised we were going swimming and finally as we walked past the pool we said right in the pool, much to the delight of the scouts.
we then walked back to the hut and had jacket potatoes and fillings. After that we had a general knowledge quiz and then play pictionary until the scouts decided time to bed, the last ones finally dropped at 1am. SATURDAY we were amazed some scouts up just after 6am (WOW) just after 8am we had a cereals and cooked breakfast, then the fun began we had 3 challenge bases set up, one for each of the teams, then a swap round after about 20 minutes done is such a way as they did not know any of the challenges / tasks ahead of them we had a :-
on the final run of each challenge / task it started to rain so as they all knew the tasks we moved indoors and finished them off. we then gave them a bit of free time to play while we got lunch arranged lunch time, turkey strips, chips and beans or spaghetti afternoon, fun time we had set the afternoon to be water based so the scouts could cool off if the weather was hot, it was not that hot, but our normal camp joker (Dennis ) was on form as normal, we put him I a canoe on the grass and gave him a little story Dennis goes for a paddle (or should that be puddle)
After that we let them have a chance to get their own back on the leaders with all the leaders taking a turn in goal for beat the goalie with wet sponges
they called me ELMER THE ELEPHANT I can't see any similarity can you ???? my knobbly knees look nothing like Elmer's
After that we then had leaders against scouts in wet sponge volley ball (or volley sponge), we all got soaked and had to dry off and get changed ready for campfire Saturday Evening Campfire During there free time they had been practicing songs and skits for the camp fire. Our guest of honor was our DC, who was down to present Andrew and Peter with there full warrants and Peter with his wood beads and Andy our GSL with his long service award for 15 years and enjoy some campfire entertainment provided by the scout, cubs and a few beavers.
after the presentations the entertainment started, we were only expecting about 15-20 minutes of skits and songs but the beavers, cubs and scouts exceeded al expectations and we run for an hour (well done )
after the entertainment the burgers and hotdogs were served and the parents and guests chatted and the children played various games, the last guests left about 10pm the scouts after a late night the night before all decided on an early night and were all in their tents by 11pm and the leaders not long after. SUNDAY cereals and fried breakfast again, then the balloon games started,
lunch was a full roast dinner, after lunch was tidy up and get ready for Flag down.
the end of camp, the beavers, cubs and scouts looking a bit tired. |
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