Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by Janice Koong, Assistant Senior Sixer and Scribe It was 4 pm when the senior sixers blew the whistle and all the excited cubs assembled in school. We were going on our annual night hike!   After Chil briefed us on the trail, we set off excitedly in two buses. The ride was long, almost 45 mins! We reached Punggol Waterway (@Punggol Road) at 5, all of us raring to start the hike. Finally, we started the hike at 5.30. After a long walk along Punggol Waterway, we reached a bridge, crossing which brought us to the Lorong Halus Wetland. The Lorong Halus Wetland is an interesting place. It is an organic water treatment system, a nature park and an education centre, all rolled into one! We stopped at the Visitors’ Kiosk where there were several information boards on its history and unique water treatment system. And this was our assignment for the day handed out by Chil. Each Six was to gather as much information as possible and record it in their Scout Log. F...

Written by: Claudia Kong, Sixer & Scribe After the 2 weeks break, many cubs arrived early and greeted each other happily. Having worked on their progress and proficiency badges during the September holiday, some cubs also came early to be tested. This week more than 5 Bronze Arrows and a few proficiency badges were given out! After all the usual formalities… Kaa announced that we were going to learn about Road Safety in today’s scout meeting. He told us that he had planned many exciting activities for us and points will be awarded to our Six. The first activity of the day was, within the given time, as a Six in our Sixer’s corner, we have to list down as many traffic rules as possible. All Six quickly sprung into action and almost all came out with a long list of traffic rules! Next, Sixer had to choose one of the traffic rules from the list prepared by their own Six and put up a short skit. I must say there are many good actors and actresses am...