Handy Beavers win again!

Some of the winning Beavers

Wow, what a morning. I knew that lot at 3rd Ware were a talented bunch of bananas, sorry Beavers, but they excelled themselves today and won the District Beaver handicraft competition! I was able to attend the judging session and award ceremony and the smiles on the Beavers faces said it all.

The Beaver Scouts were invited to enter several different classes which were divided into 6 year olds and 7 year olds. All items had to be based around the general theme of the 25th Birthday of Beaver Scouts. These were:

1. Picture – pen – pencil, felt tip, crayon, painting.
2. Cakes, biscuits, sweets (home made). Cakes are to be small, individual ones, NO large ones accepted.
3. Models from odds and ends e.g. cardboard tubes, boxes, tubs, yogurt pots etc.
4. Home made card for Beavers 25th Birthday
5. Miniature Garden (7 year olds only)

The Beavers brought their entries to Chauncy School, gave them to their Leaders who put a number on them and displayed them and then everyone left. The judges spent a long time looking at each entry, talking about it's good points and particularly looking at whether it fulfilled the brief and was it an unaided piece of work. Then they awarded 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place certificates.

When the Beavers, Leaders and parents returned the Beavers were awarded with their individual certificates and all the points totted up. (Each winning placing earns points for the colony) and the winner was announced. It was 3rd Ware River Lea Colony.

Well done Beavers, I enjoyed attending this event and hope you had fun. You looked as if you did.