We started the year by concentrating on getting fit and working towards the fitness challenge badge. Recycling is always important and so we learnt how to make homemade paper from old bills and bank statements. This was then decorated and used as the basis for cards for Mothering Sunday. We also celebrated Highbury Scouts Centenary by attending the plaque unveiling in Grosvenor Street and then Church Parade. We went to Cranham to plant some trees to commemorate our Centenary.
Following a break for the very early Easter holidays, we had a circus skills evening which was lots of fun. We learnt how to juggle and some of us tried out the unicycles! A fun day at Cranham in June was the highlight of the term. We met several former Scouts and Cubs and even had visitors from Switzerland. A one night joint camp with the Beavers in July proved very popular, and even the rain did not spoil our hike to Cleeve Hill, where we found fossils.
Also, for the first time, we had a 5 night summer camp at Blackwell Court, Bromsgrove. Six Cubs attended from Highbury, as well as 2 from a pack in Charlton Kings, another Cub from