{"id":7,"date":"2013-11-04T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2014-09-09T14:25:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T14:25:42","slug":"beavers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Beaver Section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scouts.ie\/images\/beaver_scouts_title.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"36\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beavers<\/strong> \u00a0are our youngest section.<\/p>\n<p>Our Beaver Section caters for children between the ages of 6-8 years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scouts.ie\/uploads\/images\/overview.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"258\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Beaver Section represents the first steps on the journey into Scouting &#8211; It&#8217;s where we start the adventure and the emphasis is maximum fun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">We currently meet for an hour on Thursday evenings in the Den from 18.30-19.30<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">Our weekly meetings are full of activities and our experienced Leaders ensure that all Beavers have great fun each week.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the best thing about Beaver Scouts? Activities, trips and making friends are all part of what makes it so much fun for girls and boys.<\/p>\n<p>As well as earning activity badges, many Beavers Scouts get to go on camps and sleepovers, often for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Beavers like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Being creative \u2013 making things and singing<\/li>\n<li>Playing games<\/li>\n<li>Going on visits and investigating nature<\/li>\n<li>Learning about themselves<\/li>\n<li>Getting to know other people<\/li>\n<li>Discovering the worlds of science, nature and technology<\/li>\n<li>Exploring the natural and manmade world<\/li>\n<li>Caring \u2013 responding to the needs of others, the local and international community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-C1dZ6nszeyQ\/U6lA5AOFXsI\/AAAAAAAAcGc\/iJxEHfmEKrs\/w1078-h805-no\/IMG_2840.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">We also have lots of arts and crafts, team games and some fun cooking challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">We spend time each week learning about nature and the outdoors and singing songs in preparation for campfires on weekend activities.<\/p>\n<p>The Beaver programme is aimed at introducing younger children to independence and team work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-5Nw0Pz-f4A0\/VA16JsOZE8I\/AAAAAAAAhIE\/59qRP5bmZaQ\/w1078-h809-no\/IMG_4419.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"441\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"maintext\">Most importantly Beavers is about having\u00a0fun and making new friends.<\/p>\n<p>We try to get outdoors once a month &#8211; sometimes for a hike or a cookout, or sometimes to visit exciting locations like the fire station or a local farm.<\/p>\n<p>Last Christmas we even went to Larch Hill scout centre in Dublin to visit the scouting Santa Claus !<\/p>\n<p>We regularly\u00a0participate in county events and we go camping with the scouts and cubs each year in early summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-R8HAsHCD0bg\/U6lBPrSr9ZI\/AAAAAAAAcJE\/gSFz3I88XyE\/w1078-h805-no\/IMG_2826.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also take on tasks so that we find out about responsibility and team work.<\/p>\n<p>We learn lots of new skills by doing them but the most important thing is that we do it with other people, especially our friends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-lyDBb27rmJA\/UvKCtiCaPSI\/AAAAAAAABtI\/gZXAakZ-Oy4\/w1078-h805-no\/IMG_1879.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beavers \u00a0are our youngest section.<br \/>\nOur Beaver Section caters for children between the ages of 6-8 years.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Beaver Section represents the first steps on the journey into Scouting &#8211; It&#8217;s where we start the adventure and the emphasis is maximum fun.<br \/>\nWe currently meet for an hour on Thursday evenings in the Den from 18.30-19.30<br \/>\nOur weekly meetings are full of activities and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P44sZT-7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/renmorescouts.ie\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}