15 November 2024

Tonight we had a firework display at Honeyhill Campsite run by the parents of two of our lads. It was a great display and we were joined by 1st Gillingham Boys' Brigade & Girls' Association, who provided the food, and 1st Ashford Boys'Brigade and Girls' Association. Parents and families joined us and we all had a great time.

8 November 2024

Tonight was all about remembrance. Anchors and Juniors discussed what Remembrance Day is, played build a poppy and watched a video about BB Heroes.  They also made their own poppies.

Company Section and Seniors also looked at remembrance using the poem In Flanders Field.

All sections also had a time playing games.

On Sunday our Juniors, Company Section and Seniors will be joining 1st Gillingham Boys' Brigade & Girls' Association in the Remembrance Day Parade to Rochester Cathedral.

31 October 2024

It might be half term but Zac and Thomas having working hard to improve their kayaking and paddle boarding skills for their King's Badge

11 October 2024

Tonight we had a night full of fun and games for the Anchors and Juniors. We played games such as stingball, four corners, chair blind keys and ship shore. We also made origami dogs.

Company and Seniors had a great time bowling.

4 October 2024

Today, as we celebrated 141 years of Boys' Brigade, we held an open evening to show what we do and hopefully to recruit new members. We were blessed enough to have six new members sign up and are looking forward to them joining us. We still have a few vacancies so if you have a son or daughter who would like to join us please email hello@2ndstrood.org

After the open evening our Company Section and Seniors stayed on for a games evening. Looks like they had fun exercising with the Wii.

27 September 2024

On Friday our Anchors and Juniors were looking at birds. They played bird dominoes, bird bingo and duck, duck, goose.  They also made bird masks.

Company and Seniors were looking at finger prints and matching criminals to their prints.

20 September 2024

Last night our Anchors and Juniors were detectives. They had to find a hidden magnifying glass, work out what animal was missing from Noah' Ark, crack a secret code, find out who the murderer was, work out who was giving a false alibi and remember details from a murder scene.
Company and Seniors played a true or false game and tin can alley with energy drink cans which led on to a discussion on whether energy drinks are good or bad for you and which ones are worse than others.

13 September 2024

Tonight was our first night back after the summer holidays and it was great to see the youngsters back with us. We also had one new boy in Anchors and one Senior who returned after a long absence.

Anchors and Juniors looked at David & Goliath. After looking at a video of the story they made slingshots out of paper and elastic bands, painted stones with the word "Trust" on them, played connect 4 with David vs Goliath (David won, as in the story), and knocking down Goliath with bean bags.

Company and Seniors played ball games and something called New Beginnings, which involves each one having a handful of smarties, choosing a colour and then answering a question about themselves according to the colour they have chosen. This helped them get to know each other more.

During the summer holidays some of our Seniors went on an expedition as part of their King's Badge.  This involved three days of hiking (carrying all of their equipment with them), two nights camping and doing all of their own cooking. They had a great time although it was very tiring.

13 November 2023

What a really busy weekend 2nd Strood Boys' Brigade & Girls' Association had!  On Friday Anchors and Juniors were looking at Remembrance and why we have Remembrance Day each year.  They also spent some time playing games.  Some of the Company and Seniors were getting prepared for Remembrance Sunday and also played a game called follow the herd.  Other members took part in the Nation Chess Tournament.  On Saturday other Company & Seniors took part in the National Masterteam Challenge. Sadly we did not progress to the next rounds in either competition but nevertheless enjoyed taking part. Look out for the National FIFA Championship which we will be taking part in later in the month.
Sunday saw our Juniors, Company Section and Seniors taking part in the Remembrance Day Parade in Rochester along with our friends in 1st Gillingham Boys' Brigade & Girls' Association. We paraded to Rochester Cathedral for a Remembrance Day Service and afterwards to the war memorial for the laying of wreaths.

3 November 2023

Last night the whole Company and their families joined with 1st Gillingham Boys' Brigade & Girls' Association to watch fireworks at Honeyhill, our Battalion Campsite.  The fireworks were provided by the father of two of our lads and were truly spectacular. The videoclips below were a taste of what they were like. The whole display lasted 20 minutes.  1st Gillingham BB&GA provided food and drinks for  about 100 of us. Fortunately the rain held off and everyone went home happy

16 October 2023

We had a really busy weekend at 2nd Strood. On Friday our Anchors and Juniors celebrated the Rugby World Cup.  They had their faces painted with flags of the nations still left in, learned how to pass a rugby ball, as well as  how to do a lineout and a scrum.  The bit they enjoyed most was learning the New Zealand Haka which the All Blacks do before every  match - not sure who is most scary the New Zealand All Blacks or 2nd Strood Anchors and Juniors! Our Company Section and Seniors went 10 pin bowling and had a great time there.
On Saturday four of our Seniors went to Sidcup for a Basic Skills for Queen's Badge Course, which s the first step on the way to the Queen's Badge.
On Sunday we had our Annual Enrolment Service, which was very well attended. During this service we were very pleased to be able to award a President's Badge to seven of our Seniors (this is the second highest award that can be achieved in the Boys' Brigade).  We  were also very proud to award a Queen's Badge to Jack Morris. This is the highest award it is possible to gain in the Boys' Brigade and it has taken a lot of work to achieve it. Amongst the photos below you will see Jack Deans and Jack Morris with their Queen's Badges. Jack Deans was a previous Captain of our Company and he was one of the first people to receive a Queen's Badge after Queen Elizabeth II's  accession to the throne and Jack Morris is  one of the last people to receive his as the King has formally given permission for it to be changed to the King's Badge shortly.

6 October 2023

Tonight our Anchors were celebrating the 140th Anniversary of the start of the Boys' Brigade. Along with playing party games such as musical chairs they each counted out 140 pieces of lego and then created something to do with Boys' Brigade from the parts - most created an anchor.
Company and Seniors played Dodgeball, Company Section looked at what makes a man and what life would be like without God.  Seniors looked at the risks of drinking and driving

29 September 2023

Tonight our Anchor and Juniors went out for a walk in the local countryside.  They were looking at what grows in the autumn.  The  Company and Seniors played dodge ball and looked how can communicate if you can't speak. Some of our Seniors had their candidates meeting as they start on their journey to earning their Queen's Badge.New paragraph

15 September 2023

This evening Anchors and Juniors played lots of games including ship/shore, stuck in the mud and find the hidden object.  They also looked at what they think their skills are.

Company and Seniors played split or share and How long could I last without.......

8 September 2023

Tonight saw our first night back for this session and we were pleased to see almost all of our youngsters there and also a new one join us. Anchors and Juniors played duck, duck goose and also made the Boys' Brigade emblem with coloured paper and pasta.
Company Section had a quiz on the history of the Boys' Brigade while Seniors made a chair out of balloons

14 July 2023

Tonight was the last night of the session and the plan was for the whole Company to go to Shorne Country Park for a picnic and games. However the weather had other ideas and we had to change plans at the last minute. We therefore had an indoor picnic and played board games. The youngsters had great fun and enjoyed the evening. We will now be taking a rest for the summer and will meet again in September.

7 July 2023

Tonight Anchors and Juniors went for a walk along the Strood Community Trail from All Saints Church to the River Medway.  They played in the park and watched the boats on the river. Company Section spent the evening working out logic puzzles which were teaching them  to be Undercover Agents and the Seniors went to an Escape Room.  Next week the whole company will go to Shorne Country Park for games and a picnic.  This will be our last meeting for the session.

23 June 2023

Tonight we took the whole Company to Minnis Bay for an evening on the beach.  The youngsters spent most of the time in the sea (hence lack of many photos) but also enjoyed a portion of chips each.

16 - 18 May 2023

This weekend our Juniors attended the Battalion Junior Camp at Honeyhill along with Larkfield, South Street, 2nd West Kent,18th West Kent and 28th West Kent. It was a medieval themed weekend and included many fun-filled activities including archery, knights of the tin tray, jousting, making a Bearsted Tapestry and catapult school. Spare time actvities included a water slide and attacking the officers in the castle with wet sponges, which ended in a massive water fight. The final challenge was searching for the holy grail after which they qualified as knights - see our photo of 2nd Strood Knights of the Round Table.

26 May 2023

On Friday Anchors and Juniors went to Broomhill Park for the 2nd Strood Hide and Seek competition. Company and Seniors had a games evening.

For photos from our annual camp at Honeyhill last week please click button.

12 May 2023

Tonight was our Awards Night. All our youngsters received the badges they have earned this year. The following also earned special awards:
Anchor of the year - Maeve
Top Junior - Tedddy
Top Year 7 - Luke
Top Year 8 - Daniel
Top Year 10 - Esther
Top Year 11 - Nathan
Top Year 12 - Joseph
Top Year 13 - Leah
Top Squad - Squad 1 - Joseph, Nathan, Esther, Zac and Luke
Jack Deans Trophy - Thomas
Recruit of the Year - Luke
Keith Lower Trophy - Joseph
Captains Award - Paddy
Members Trophy - Nathan
Special congratulations to Leah and Tireni who were both presented with their President's Badge - the second highest award in the Boys' Brigade.

5 May 2023

Tonight was a Coronation special for our Anchors and Juniors. Activities included playing under a parachute and then a game of Excuse me Your Majesty (which is where one child creeps up behind the King, who is on his throne, and say Good Evening Your Majesty in a strange voice and the King has to identify them). They then all made thrones out of lego and played a game of Musical thrones (chairs). They also played a game oh Higher or Lower with the large playing cards and if they turned over the King they won a lollipop After colouring in some coronation pictures they finished up by trying to balance a bag with 2.3 kg in it to show how heavy the King's crown is and to see if they could balance it on their heads.
Sadly we were unable to use the school this week and so we took Company and Seniors bowling.

28 April 2023

Tonight our Anchors and Juniors were out and about. We went to Church Green where there is a great view over Rochester and the River Medway. They sat and drew what they could see and we had some great drawings from them. Afterwards they had a great time playing in the park before we returned to the church.

Company and Seniors had quizzes including Catchphrase, Tenable, Countdown and identifying logos.  They also spent time with some physical games.New paragraph

21 April 2023

On Friday Anchors and Juniors were looking at St George. They played a game of George, George, Dragon ( a version of duck, duck, goose,). Coloured in pictures of dragons, rode a horse (broom) and with their lance (another broom) had to kill the dragon (a cushion suspended from the ceiling by rope) and played sleeping dragons.

Company and Seniors had a murder mystery and a couple of mental puzzles to solve.

31 March 2023

Tonight Anchors and Juniors had lots of fun playing with ballons, throwing bread into a basket (followed by a talk of what happened at the Last Supper} Easter Bonnet making, and an Easter Egg Hunt (after which we had a talk about how Jesus could not be found in the tomb on Easter Sunday). Company and Seniors had a games evening. All the youngsters went home with an Easter Egg.