Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Racial Harmony 20th Aug 2011 By Scribe Jeremy Tan An air of anxiety and curiosity greeted the Cubs on the Saturday morning of 20 Aug 20011. However this was not the usual meeting we had expected. There were 15 unfamiliar youths who donned “JJC”  T-Shirts standing by the sideline. Our imagination ran wild as we wondered who were these 15 youths comprising boys and girls and what were they doing at our pack meeting? What did “ JJC “ stand for? Were they from the “Junior Jail for Children organisation?  Were we so naughty that Akela had to engage the 15 youths to discipline and put us in jail? We silently hoped and prayed it was not. We regretted being naughty and “promises” to be less naughty ran through the minds of many Cubs. Soon after the colour party and sitting in Indian file in our Sixes, the 15 youths took over from Akela and conducted the pack meeting. We were handed survey forms and were asked questions like have we had friends from other races and were we racist...

Scout Quiz 13th August 2011 By Scribe Georgia Yew Finally! the Senior Sixers blew their whistles and started the day. After the horseshoe, we lined up in Indian file and got ready. After the scouts received the badges they earned, six by six we left the Kids zone to the music room. After much complaints, for the room being so hot we settled down to started the main activity for the day, the scout quiz. This game was a inter-six competition, as far as I knew although my Six has not been revising the facts for the quiz, we gave it our best shot! After Akela explained the rules, we got ready for the first question. As the chosen scout from each Six ran to get their question from the SAenior Sixers, the rest of us took out what we had to answer the questions. The fist question had us all gaggled : we all didn't know how to answer it so we gave a random answer, hoping that we would get it correct. After they announced the results, we were disappointed that we did not get it cor...

Scout Meeting 6 August 2011 By Scribe Brandon Khaw It was a day of excitement for 4 cub scouts on 6 August 2011. Jeremy, Jun Le, Ryan and I would be in the Home Economic room to earn our proficiency badge in cooking. We had been discussing the menu for past weeks and finally settled for these scrumptious spread: Starter Sausage Omelet with Melted Cheese Main Course Hamburger Rice Noodle Soup with Fish Ball, Fish Roll and Green Vegetable Fried Yellow Noodle with Fish Cake and Mushroom Dessert Pastry with Honey Dew Flavoured Soya Milk Dip Honey Dew, Watermelon and Nata de Coco with Honey Dew Flavoured Soya Milk Drink We started the day off with our usual horse shoe, colour party. Akela then briefed us about the oncoming quiz for 13 August 2011. He then surprised all of us by giving out the craftsman proficiency badge. Most of us did not expect to receive this although we had completed a number of craft works in the past such as the pelican fridge magnet, bunny mask…….I...