Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Pelican cubs were at the Jacob Ballas Children's Garden on the morning of 22 September for a Treasure Hunt! The Hunt was in the form of 36 questions, for which answers could be found with the Garden. It was a most interesting and educational assignment, and the Champion Team was the 2-cub team formed by the 2 Senior Sixers, Justin and Jinh Shenn! Well done! The outing ended with a picnic in the Party Place, and free play at the sand pit, the water fountains and the Tree House. Before leaving the Garden, we had a surprise birthday celebration for the 2 twins - Happy birthday Jaddon and Ossdon! Dewey Lin, Cub Scout Scribe wrote: Last weekend, on the 22 nd of September 2012, the Henry Park Pelican Scouts went to Jacob Ballas’ Children’s garden. W e had a very good time there. At the garden. The first thing we did was to place our bags in the Party Place. After we did so, Akela announced that we were going to have a treasure hunt! The clues would be in an envelope, and we would ...

Scout Meeting, 15th September 2012 This meeting was all about fun and games! While Baloo took away a number of cubs for singing practice, the rest of the pack was broken up into 4 groups, and the Sixers were free to play whatever games they wanted. What a rare opportunity, and the groups went to a few corners and started playing the games they had wanted to play, but were not able to in the past, including the perennial favourite, Amoeba. The meeting ended one hour earlier, at 11 am, with a story telling session by volunteer cubs, and this had everybody rolling on the floor, as the cubs proved to be master stroytellers! Afer the meeting ended, some cubs and their parents went to LT1 to hear Akela give a briefing on the yearend trip to Taiwan. Who's spying on us? Is it Akela? Shall we paly "Amoeba"? Master Story Tellers at work Baloo conducting singing lessons for budding singing stars

Written by Claudia Kong (Assistant Sixer) & Justin Kong (Senior Sixer)     –         A cyclist’s point of view …   I woke up feeling very excited, as I will be taking my cyclist badge test today.   I arrived in school at 8.45 am, pushing my bicycle with one hand and holding my helmet and air pump in the other.   Soon, many cubs streamed in with their bicycles and helmets too. At 9 am sharp, Akela gathered us to test us on the important things we need to do to take care of our bicycles and how to be a safe cyclist.   As soon as Akela was done, it was time for us to cycle around the school. I was very anxious as I thought that I would not be able to pass the cyclist test. I was in the last queue.   One of the difficulties that I encountered was the hand signal. It was challenging, as I have to stretch my hands out while cycling. But I manage to do it! Hooray!   –     ...

Having learnt the clove hitch last week, Akela proceed to teach the cubs how to tie a reef knot.As the reef knot is used in a triangular armsling, Akela taught the cubs how to tie a reef know using the ends of the scout scarf. He also took the opportunity to explain the importance of first aid and getting adult help. After a demonstration by volunteers on how to tie a triangular armsling, the cubs were broken up into their individual Sixes to practise the armsling. Once everyone was ready, it was Games time! Each Six was to tie an armsling in a relay, making sure that the arsmling and in particular the reef knot was tied properly.Congratulations to Echidna who came in first, earning 100 points! Points scored: Echidna       100 points Kangaroo      50 Kookabarra   30 Bilby             20 Koala         ...