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Squirrel’s First Summer
Earlier this year, 1 March 2023, 4th Heswall Squirrel Drey was launched with 12 Squirrels attending weekly meetings and taking part in amazing adventures.
The initial ten Squirrels, aged between 4 and 5, three adult leaders and three young leaders were getting into the swing of things and creating routines and regular activities to help our Squirrels feel happy, have fun, learn new things and earn badges along the way. Find out more…
The Beavan Challenge 2023
4th Heswall win big again at the 45th Beavan Challenge. Competing against Scout teams from around the region we took home the Junior and Explorer trophies.
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Cheshire Hike 2023
On a chilly Saturday in April, thirteen 4th Heswall Sea Scouts and Young Leaders set off walking at 7.00am to take on the 55th Cheshire Hike…
New Squirrel Scouts launched in Heswall for children aged four and five.
It is the first new age range opened by the Scouts in 35 years. FIND OUT MORE
STEM Evening with IMechE
Members of 4th Heswall Sea Scout Group were treated to a Science, Technology, Engineering, & Maths evening, STEM, organised by the Regional Committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and became stars in their promotional video, READ MORE…
Wirral Junior Paddle Challenge 2022
Over 40 young people took on the two leg challenge of kayaks and paddle boards to record their times and become the Wirral Junior Paddle Champion. Each participant raised sponsorship for local youth charities such as Stick ‘n’ Step, a charity for children with cerebral palsy and their families.
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World Scout Jamboree Selection
It is a great honour to be selected to represent Scouts UK at any World Scout Jamboree and one of our Young Leaders has been selected to attend Korea in 2023, find out which member of 4th Heswall has been selected to go.
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Cheshire Hike 2022
On a chilly Saturday in April, fifteen Heswall Sea Scouts and Young Leaders set off walking at 7.00am to take on the 54th Cheshire Hike…
New Heswall Beaver Colony
In the 50th year of 4th Heswall our Group Scout Leader has worked tirelessly to bring to life an all new additional Beaver Colony.
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Heswall Helps Humanitarian Aid Effort
With the increasing humanitarian crisis developing in Ukraine as over a million refugees flee westward to neighbouring European countries, one of our Scout Parents took action.
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4th Heswall Sea Scout to row three thousand miles across the Atlantic.
Harry Twells is a former Sea Scout from 4th Heswall who went on to join the Marines. Harry’s family has a long history of scouting at 4th Heswall…
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Beavers no Bother
The Beavers had a fabulous evening with members of the local police, Detective Constable Jo Jackson and Local Policing Community Constable Haydn Ward.
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Live in Heswall?
Expert at shoe laces and fist bumps?
Help us to start something new, join our team, volunteering is good for you.
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Join the adventure and help us make memories for life, volunteer with 4th Heswall it’s good for you…
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Be part of something special, be part of 4th Heswall this year.
PRESIDENT’S PRIZE WINNERS 2021
For an unprecedented second year running 4th Heswall Sea Scout Group won BEST Group in District.
At the recent West Wirral District AGM and Awards evening we were awarded the President’s Prize for best group in district.
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SUPPORT 4th on BLACK FRIDAY
Black Friday Week is just around the corner, from 20th to 30th November. This is a great opportunity for you to raise much needed support for 4Th Heswall (St Peters) Sea Scout Group by logging in through AmazonSmile.
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Scout Post 2020 is Go For Launch…
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FIND OUT ABOUT WIRRAL SCOUT AND GUIDE CHRISTMAS POST 2020 RIGHT HERE…
Race Round The World
4th Heswall are fortunate to receive great support from our leaders, parents and the community of Heswall.
Please help us to help others with #RaceRoundTheWorld
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Sunset Sailing
After almost six months of Scouting from Home our Sea Scouts have had a fabulous month of September Sunset Sailing.
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4th Heswall is Best on Wirral
At the first ever online West Wirral District Scout annual meeting and celebrations evening 4th Heswall (St Peter’s) Sea Scout Group have been awarded the President’s Prize as the best Scout group locally.
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This week’s try at home badge:
WORLD CHALLENGE AWARD BADGE
How to earn your badge:
- Choose an aspect of local community life and find out as much as you can about it.
- Spend a day volunteering with and finding out about a service in your local community: we understand you can’t volunteer right now, so choose a local charity shop and learn about what they do, how they do it, and who they support.
- Take part in an activity that reflects upon and explores your own beliefs, attitudes and values (this may or may not include religious beliefs). What values do we share as Scouts? Which Scout value means the most to you? Write a short blog that fulfils the above criteria.
- Investigate and try to make contact with Scouts in another country.
- Take part in an activity that explores an international issue.
Save your evidence, photo, video, vlog, journal, interview or adult statement, ask your adult to upload to OSM with a brief explanation of how you achieved the tasks against each tick box for that task.
Requirements can be adapted to suit circumstances and a young persons abilities.
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Scouting in our Modern World
Learn why Scouting is so powerful in our modern world with our Chief Scout, Bear Grylls…
Volunteers’ Week 2020
Volunteers’ Week is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering.
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This week’s try at home badge:
DIGITAL MAKER STAGED ACTIVITY BADGE
Follow the stages from badges 1 to 5, Stage 1 write a set of instructions to operate a device. You could write instructions for a relative on how to set up a video call or take and send a selfie…
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Scouting is Good for Your Wellbeing
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week we look at how Scouting develops robust mental health through fostering resilience and building confidence.
Learn more about the 7 C’s for Fostering Resilience
This week’s try at home badge:
CHEF ACTIVITY BADGE
Chef Activity Badge details…
The perfect badge to try at home and one that your adults may, or may not appreciate.
Demonstrate to them you can achieve all the goals in the link below to get your badge.
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4 Weeks With Fourth
Why not become a role model with 4th Heswall, take part in our four week challenge and see if it’s your cup of tea…
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BIG Campfire Scout Quiz Online
Test your knowledge of all things Scouting with the 4th Heswall BIG Scout Quiz online…
See how you compare against our Sea Scouts and take our quick quiz and get your score as soon as you finish.
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Photographer Activity Badge
Photographer Activity Badge
Give this badge task a try from home, record your evidence. Let me know how you get on, share it, tag it, show it, send it, and you’ll get the badge.
Click on the badge, watch the video for inspiration, upload your work, tick done and send it in.
With your adult’s permission we can publish your work in your gallery own on our website and promote it on social media.
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Artist Activity Badge
Artist Activity Badge
This week’s badge from home is: ARTIST ACTIVITY BADGE
Click on the badge, watch the video for inspiration, upload your work, tick done and send it in.
We can publish your work in your gallery on our website.
Extra Curricular Achievements
Extra Curricular Achievement Badges
Badges from your extra curricular activities.
Many badges can be completed by uploading evidence of your extra curricular activities, such as Musician, Swimmer and Martial Arts.
Dig out those certificates, look for those trophies, upload your evidence and get your badges.
Astronautics Activity Badge
Astronautics Activity Badge
From building your own satellite dish to debating whether life exists elsewhere in the universe, your journey into space exploration starts now.
Update Your Badge Records at Home…
A recent update to the OSM database now means your adult can update your badge progress from home…
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Naturalist Activity Badge
Choose a spot in your garden and ask your adult if it can be left to grow wild, it could be an area of grass, a bush or a tree, or all three. Study the flora and fauna (plants and animals) in your chosen area.
Study it frequently at different times of the day, keep a log or diary of what you see, when it is seen and what the weather conditions are like, take photos and video.
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Community Impact Badge
Think small, your own family community.
Think big, worldwide community online.
Give this badge task a try from home, record your evidence, share it, tag it or send it and we’ll get you the badge once completed.
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50 Years of 4th Heswall
Founded in 1971 by Roger Harding, 4th Heswall Sea Scouts will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021…
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Quiz Masters 2020
A fantastic way to start the 2020 calendar of West Wirral District Scout events with a one-two at the recent annual District Quiz Challenge…
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Beaver Science
We had an experiments evening in Beavers playing with non Newtonian fluid…
Read more…A New Challenge?
We would like to offer more young people, more opportunities to have more adventures and lifetime experiences and you can help…
Read more…Santa Claus is Coming to Town…
Once again our Sea Scouts, parents and leaders had the opportunity to escort Santa around Heswall as he checks on his route and finds out who has been good this year.
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Muddy Moonlit Meander
On a moonlit night in November our Sea Scouts kitted up for a hike through history as they embarked on the 2019 5km night hike.
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4th Heswall Remembers
Remembrance Sunday 2019 was once again a poignant and emotional day.
All members of the 4th Heswall Sea Scout Group that took part in the Heswall Remembrance Sunday Service and Parade represented our group with pride and dignity.
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Thumbs up for Bouldering
Our Cubs gave a big thumbs up to the Boulder Hut after a great session of bouldering, sliding and hanging.
We took our Cubs Bouldering under the guidance of Boulder Hut instructors and our leaders, our Cubs had a fantastic time on the walls and gave Boulder Hut the big thumbs up.
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Brilliant Boggy Beavan
4th make wonderfully wet and muddy memories at the Beavan Challenge.
This year we took 16 Sea Scouts, split into two junior and two senior teams to the 41st Beavan Challenge, organised by West Wirral District Scouts and hosted by Tawd Vale Adventure Centre…
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Sea Safe Cubs
During an evening of boathouse introduction, sea safety and beach games our Cub Pack had a visit from the crew of our local RNLI Station in West Kirby.
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Catamaran Sailing on the Dee
It is ten years since our first ‘Join us for a Sail’ day hosted by Dee Sailing Club, Thurstaston, and we were very pleased to be able to repeat this successful event in the 100th Year of Royal Navy recognised Sea Scouting.
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4th Heswall Take On parkrun…
During our Group Camp in June, the entire camp contingent took part in Wirral Junior Parkrun on Sunday morning.
No rest for the wicked! After fueling up on a breakfast of eggy bread and sausages it was time to get the campers moving at the Sunday morning Junior Parkrun…
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Beavers in Boats
During our Group Camp in June, the entire camp contingent decamped to the lake for some sun, fun and sailing.
Our Beavers and Cubs enjoyed some unaided sailing around the lake in the Wirral Sailing Centre Funboats and also some exhilarating sailing with our senior Sea Scouts in our fleet of Fusion Sailboats.
This was the first time on the water for some of our younger members, but certainly don’t think it will be the last.
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Awesome Orienteering
Our Sea Scouts once again did us proud at the West Wirral District Orienteering Challenge around Royden Park.
The 2018 Orienteering Challenge Event unfortunately had to be cancelled due to frozen ground, so for this year the date was moved to June, and although on the same weekend as our group camp, this didn’t stop our Sea Scouts from taking part.
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Dragonboating 2019
In June our Sea Scouts took part in some Marine Lake tourism and ventured to Southport for some Dragonboating fun.
Volunteers’ Week 1st – 7th June 2019
Volunteering is easier than you think. With full support and training, you can volunteer on a flexible basis. Any amount of time that our volunteers can give to Scouting is highly valued and appreciated.
Scout Troop of the year
The 2019 West Wirral Scout District AGM was held at Heswall Hall in May this year. During the evening our Scout Section was awarded the Blackwood Trophy for the troop that best put the “Out” in Scout.
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New Fleet for Fourth
This weekend our Scouts had the opportunity to sail our new fleet of Fusion sailboats in some challenging yet rewarding sailing conditions.
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Fire, Dragons & Balance Balls
Members of our troop together with other groups from Heswall and Barnston marched from Lower Heswall, along the Wirral Way to the Country Park Camping area for a picnic and celebration,
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RYA Champion
Many congratulations to Caitlin, a former member of 4th Heswall Sea Scouts. Over the Easter break Caitlin won the 2019 RYA Youth National Championships…
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Cheshire Hike
On a clear sunny weekend in April 438 Scouts and Guides from across Cheshire and Scouts from West Wirral took part in the 53rd Annual Cheshire Hike. Read more…
New Fleet for Fourth
To mark RN100, One hundered years of Royal Navy recognition of UK Sea Scouting, 4th Heswall RN44 has raised enough funding and sponsorship to replace our ageing fleet of Laser Pico sailboats.
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Bowled Over
Bowled Over
Our Scouts had a great time at the West Wirral District 10 Pin Bowling competition on a rainy Thursday night in March at Riverside Bowl in New Brighton, Wirral.
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Gale Force RNLI Call
In a near force 10 gale the Starboard watch from 4th Heswall Sea Scouts embarked on a night walk in West Kirby around the Marine Lake. Despite the ebbing tide it soon became clear the wind speeds where going to be a force to be reckoned with.
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Beavers Learn Skills for Life
At 4th Heswall we are lucky to be part of such a fantastic Scout District and in March the 4th Heswall Beavers joined over 100 Beavers from 8 other colonies at the West Wirral District Beaver Skills night.
