Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Meeting started with the horse shoe and Colour Party. Leonard Lee did the flag break, while Baloo was the Scout Leader-in-attendance. Cubs then fell in Indian File. Baloo practised some foot drill with the Cubs, with some basic commands like Senang Diri, Sedia, KeKanan Pusing and KeKiri Pusing. It was evident that quite a number of Cubs had forgotten the foot drills and Baloo spent some time revising the basic commands with them. There is still much work to polish up the foot drill! Akela then asked the Cubs to show their personal Fist Aid Kit. Akela went through the contents of 10 items required in the First Aid Kit. Most Cubs had a reasonably well-packed Kit. Some, however, were too big while one or two were inadequate. Akela, Grey Wold and Baloo then inspected each Cub's First Aid Kit to ensure that the correct items were packed. ITEMS IN A PRESONAL FIRST AID KIT 1 Adhesive Dressing to dress small wounds 2. Crepe bandage to bandage sprained joints 3. An...

BirdPark Outing on 26 th September 2009 After spending the previous Saturday learning about what the Pelican represents in terms of values, it was time to meet the real Pelicans! The cubs were all very excited as we have arranged a special programme with the BirdPark to let them get acquainted with the birds. On reaching the BirdPark, the cubs were divided into 3 groups, each under the care of Maggie, Amberly and Haniman, the guides for the programme. The cubs were given a pleasant surprise – a pelican key chain would be given to everyone at the end of the programme (provide none misbehaved), and a bottle of Vitagen and a snack would be given out as a welcome treat! The guides then brought the cubs, in their respective teams, to the Pelican Cove, where all the 7 species of pelicans were housed. Another surprise was unveiled – there is actually another species, the Peruvian Pelican, who is a close relative to the Brown Pelican. Perhaps one would be brought to the BirdPark next year t...