Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Scout Meeting, 30th April – Fun with Skipping ropes and Beans! By Pelican Scribe Leader Brenda Wang Finally the last week before Exams! This week started with horseshoe, Kimberly was in-charge. She was very scared as it was her first time, but I think she really pulled through and did quite well. The announcement was made shortly after—today was games day! Quite unusual though. We usually don’t get a day completely full of games. After the usual settling of the scout logs and attendance list, we all geared up for the games. The games would be a crucial part in earning points for the Best Six’s title, especially since the points would be shown on the notice board. First up was a skipping game with a few rounds. In the first round, six members would run to the cones and skip for 10 times. Then they would run back where the next person would do the same. It was a little messy, as the cones ‘flew everywhere’ when they skipped. But we (referring to Sue-Jane and I (Timothy absent)) ...

Annual Bukit Timah District Campfire 23rd April 2011 by Pelican Scribe Brenda Wang The annual district campfire is back again! The special thing about this year’s district campfire is that unlike other years, where the campfire was held in Greenridge Primary School, this one was held in West View Primary School. Those who were performing in the campfire reached school at 5:00 pm, and practiced the song ‘Heal the World’. Baloo briefed us on how we could do better and rearranged our positions. As the conductor of the day, my job was to make sure the performers started singing the song at the correct pitch and time. My hands were sore after each practice but after seeing that everyone was enjoying the song, the sore arm did not matter anymore. We soon gathered back to the Koi Pond where the consent forms were settled. Luckily we did not have any issues regarding the consent forms as we were a running late for the campfire. We reached the West View Primary School about 45 minute...

Scout meeting- 16 April 2011 By Pelican Scribe Georgia Yew Kai Wen Through our noisy chatter of what we were going to make for the day, a shrill whistle blew. Not long after that came the familiar voice of our senior sixer Brenda shouting “Horseshoe”! We stopped what we were doing and got ready eagerly for our weekly routine start of Horseshoe formation. We were then told what we were going to do for the day - Making rabbit masks in celebration of Easter. Akela gave us clear instructions of how to make the rabbit masks and with our instruction sheets, we quickly settled down in our own corners. How exciting it was, making rabbit masks of all designs and colors! Almost finished, we heard... “Ten minutes!” Brenda called out. Pressure started to mount. We quickened our pace, determined to turn in completed masks. Lined up in Indian file, we proudly displayed our handmade rabbit masks beside us on our right, hoping fervently that our masks would get chosen. That would mean extra po...

Scout Meeting – Saturday, 9 April 2011 By Pelican Scribe Brandon Khaw ‘Yippee’, time for another fun scout meeting! I wonder what we would be learning today. I thought as I changed into my scout uniform. I hurried to school early as I wanted Akela to sign some of the things I have completed to earn my gold arrow progress badge. Oops! I came one step later. There was already a long queue ahead of me. Well, I just had to wait after the meeting – I hope. We had first aid lesson that day. We learned how to tie an arm sling and reef knot. An arm sling is used to bandage a broken arm and the reef knot is used to connect two strings to hold up the bandage. We then split into our own Sixes’ Corner to practice while the Sixers taught the recruits to tie an arm sling. We had so much fun practicing on each other until Baloo decided to gather us together to practice our wonderful vocal cord….Singing time. Imagine the justice we did to the late Michael Jackson’s song “Heal the World” as ...

03 April 2011 By Scribe Brenda Wang The excited chatter of the cubs filling the Kidzone was obviously due to the solar oven that we were instructed to create last week. However, their excitement was interrupted by the shrill blast of the usual rhythmic pattern of whistles as everyone lined up in their respective position. The irony of this horseshoe was that while we were practising, we managed to tie the flag correctly but in the actual horseshoe, we did it wrongly! We gathered in Indian file and proudly showed our own solar oven. As the three of us (referring to the Senior Sixers) scanned the crowd, many creative pieces were spotted. Some were gigantic, others were small but neat. We picked those which looked very interesting and special. One looked like a microwave oven and another was named ‘The Popcorn Maker’. Points were then totaled up. One solar oven was worth 10 points, while the chosen ones were awarded 5 or 10 points respectively. We were asked to put away our solar...

Job Week for 3 Pelican cubs at National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) For part of this year's Job Week, Jonathan Koong, Ryan Ng and Dominic Yap spent 2 days in one of the specialist onocology clinics at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (17 & 18 March 2011). They helped to get patients ready for their consultations by identifying them and moving them to wait right outside the consult room, pushing wheelchairs, transferring case files to the rooms, took weight and height measurements, scanning patient particulars, etc. Although this was hard work requiring all their concentration, the cubs had a fun and enriching time as well. And they made a bit of money too for their hard work, through a kind donation by the NCCS. This stint was made possible by Mr Winston Tay, an executive in NCSS's Surgical Oncology Department who drew up a proposal, briefed the nurses, tested the IT system for communications between the cubs and nurses, and also supervised the boys. We would ...

Each year, through a tie-up with Caltex, we send 2 cubs each to 3 Caltex petrol stations in our vicinity to perform jobs. This year, Brenda, Selene, Ming Min, Luke, Jinh Wann, Jinh Shenn, Vassee and Marshall took part in the attachment to the petrol stations. They helped to stack up snacks, clean the premises, sell things to customers, and generally make the petrol stations as welcoming as possible to customers who drop by to fill petrol or buy things. It was a really an exciting and interesting experience, and for all of them, apart from making some money, it was about meeting people and learning how business works!

Akela's News Flash on 2nd April 2011 A. Points for Solar Ovens submitted (10 points for each solar oven, and 5 additonal points for solar ovens selected for creativity and special care used): 1. Possum - 120 2. Wombat I - 85 3. Emu - 80 4. Kangaroo - 80 5. Kookabarra - 75 6. Wallaby - 70 7. Wombat II - 70 8. Echidna - 70 9. Bilby - 65 10. Koala - 50 11. Platypus - 40 B. The following cubs have been appointed as Scribes: - Brandon Khaw - Georgia Yew - Mirza There are now altogether 7 Scribes (Brenda, Marcus, Jeremy and Kimberly and the 3 above). As you know, Scribes are appointed for their outstanding writing skills and they write up our Blog reports.