Reach for the Stars 2025
Welcome to Reach for the Stars 2025
1st – 2nd February 2025
Reach for the stars is our virtual weekend camp for Beaver Scouts!
Register now using the link in the registration section.
Most links will only become active during the event
Click on the link for the Reach For The Stars Joining pack: RFTS 2025 Joining Pack (available pre-event)
Watch Opening video HERE
Upload your Reach for the Stars photos by clicking HERE
View the gallery of photos HERE
Download your My Group sheet for use with your photos My Group
Download the poster invite for your group: RFTS 2025 poster invite
How does it work?
The camp has five activity zones. Beavers should aim to complete at least one challenge from each zone!
- Science
- Cooking
- Craft
- Scout Skills
- Adventure
You can do as many as you want – there is no limit! Reach for the stars!
The activities will be available after the welcome video at 10am and will stay open all weekend. Do as many as you can and upload a picture of you joining in (First name and group only – no surnames)! How much can you achieve in the weekend. Send your pictures to your own Colony social media or leaders as well as to the whole county photo gallery so you can contribute to the big picture of the weekend.
Join us for the virtual campfires in the evening with your smores and blanket.
And, of course, because it is a camp, you can’t sleep in a nice comfy bed – time to catch some ZZZZs in a den or a tent – whatever your space allows 🙂
Reach for the Stars will run from 10am on Saturday 1st February 2025 until 4pm on Sunday 2nd February 2025 Taking part in Reach for the Stars costs nothing! You just need to sign up and join in. Reach for the Stars badges will dispatched after the event and may be worn on uniform for 3 months. If you are not from Surrey Scouts and you would like a badge, it will cost £3 for the badge and postage. Details of purchase will available in the joining pack.
Beavers need to be registered for the event by their parents/carers/guardians. Each Beaver needs to be registered separately so if you have two Beavers in your family, they will need to be registered separately. This will allow for the correct number of badges to be dispatched. Leaders may wish organise a Beaver sleepover/camp to coincide with Reach for the Stars. If so, please ensure participants are registered individually. Leaders can request details of activities in advance to ensure they have resources available. Please email tracey.daniell@surrey-scouts.org.uk
The camp starts with an opening video at 10am. Members are then invited to set up their camp and make it as awesome as possible. Activities are then available for Beavers to join in with at their own pace. Beavers need to do at least one activity from each zone but Beavers can do as many of them as they wish. You can upload pictures and videos of the Beavers doing them to the Reach for the Stars website. Beavers can colour this My Group sheet with their scarf colour and hold it in photos. Please remember to only use first name and group name (no surnames please). There will be a closing video at 4pm Sunday 2nd February but the activities will remain open for those still joining in. Most links will only become active during the event Watch the opening ceremony HERE Watch the story time HERE Watch the campfire HERE Watch the Closing message HERE Visit the Activities sections of this event to find what is on offer.
Reach for the Stars 2025 Information
Reach for the Stars 2025 Registration
Reach for the Stars 2025 Programme
Day
Morning and afternoon
Evening
Saturday
10am – Opening video. Learn to sign the Beaver Promise, Activities
5pm Story time
Activity Zones: Science – Cooking – Craft – Scout Skills – Adventure
7pm – Camp fire
Sunday
Activity Zones: Science – Cooking – Craft – Scout Skills – Adventure
Closing message 4pm
Reach for the Stars 2025 Activities
There is a lot going on at Reach for the Stars and you can make it fit to the time you have and what you want to do.
Each activity sheet tells you what you need to do and has links to the Beaver badges that it will help Beavers to achieve. This will be useful information to pass on to leaders so that they can tick off the relevant badges. Make sure that you supply them with some evidence of the activity being completed
Most links will only become active during the event
Opening video HERE
Learn to sign your Beaver Promise HERE
Science:
An exciting tour around the senses!
- Touchy experiments – Instructions: RFTS Science Touch
- Smelly experiments – Instructions: RFTS Science Smell
- Sound-based experiments – Instructions: RFTS Science Making Music and RFTS Science Sound Making Straw Whistles
- Vision-based experiments – Instructions: RFTS Science Senses Sight
- Taste-based experiments – Instructions: RFTS Science Taste
and then, as a bonus:
- Gasses – Instructions: RFTS Science Gasses Lemonade, RFTS Science Gasses Fire and RFTS Science Gasses Growth
- Chemistry – Instructions: RFTS Science Chromatography and RFTS Science Cabbage Water Indicator
- Forces – Instructions: RFTS Science Forces Balloon Rockets
Cooking:
- Pancake bites – Instructions: RFTS Cooking Pancake Bites Watch the video HERE
- Armpit fudge – Instructions: RFTS Cooking Armpit Fudge
- Banana ice cream – Instructions: RFTS Cooking Banana Ice Cream - Watch the video HERE
- Chocolate cookies – Instructions: RFTS Cooking Chocolate Cookies
- Easy scones – Instructions: RFTS Cooking Easy Scones
- Easy cheese straws – Instructions: RFTS Cooking Cheese Straws
- French bread pizza – Instructions: RFTS Cooking French Bread Pizza
Craft:
- Poi making – Instructions: RFTS Craft Poi Making – Watch the video HERE
- Baked bean art – Instructions: RFTS Craft Baked Bean Art
- Marble maze – Instructions: RFTS Craft Marble Maze and RFTS Craft Marble Run Lego instructions – Watch video HERE
- Egg box helicopters – Instructions: RFTS Craft Egg Box Helicopter – Watch the video HERE
- Magic pictures – Instructions: RFTS Craft Magic pictures
- Bubble snake – Instructions: RFTS Craft Bubble Snake
- Mosquito making – Instructions: RFTS Craft Mosquitoes– Watch the video HERE Download the poster: RFTS Craft Mosquitoes poster
- Pasta Skeletons – Instructions: RFTS Craft Pasta skeleton – Watch the video HERE
- How to draw a Beaver Instructions: RFTS Craft How to draw a Cartoon Beaver
- Paper Marbling Instructions: RFTS Craft Paper Marbling
Scout Skills:
- Bee Hotel – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Bee Hotel
- Edible pioneering – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Edible Pioneering
- Lolly stick catapults – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Lolly Stick Catapult
- Mini rafts – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Mini Rafts
- Shelter building – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Shelter Building
- Marshmallow Launcher – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Marshmallow Launcher
- Bird Feeder – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Bird Feeder
- Emergency Aid – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Emergency Aid
- Camp donuts – Instructions: RFTS Scout Skills Camp Donuts
Adventure:
- Scavenger hunt – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Scavenger Hunt
- Tracking – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Tracking
- Leaf spotter – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Leaf Spotter
- Hike away – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Hike Away
- Obstacle course – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Obstacle Course
- Forest Animals – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Forest Animal
- Geocaching – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Geocaching
- Fly a Kite – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Fly a Kite
- Cardboard Den – Instructions: RFTS Adventure Cardboard Den
Extras
- Story time – Watch HERE
- Colouring sheets – Download: RFTS 2025 Beaver Colouring Sheet
Colouring competition
Show us your colouring skills! Download and print this image and upload a picture of your finished version into the special colouring competition link.
Download and print the image RFTS 2025 Beaver Colouring Sheet RFTS 2025 Beaver Colouring Sheet
Upload your colouring completion entry HERE. Participants should upload colouring comp pics with first name and colony name.
