Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by: Caleb Liow, Sixer & Scribe The annual Jobweek activity had ended. It is an important fund-raising for scouts.Our cub scout unit had arrived at our school for our weekly meeting. The meeting started with the usual flag-raising ceremony. Then, we split into our several sixs to write a reflection on our Jobweek experience; meanwhile , the scout leaders collected our Jobweek earnings. Some had earned a huge sum of money, striving to be the top earner, while some, just barely above their targets.           After every six had handed up their earnings, and reflections completed, we played a simple game with a hula-hoop. With hands linked, each six was supposed to pass the hula-hoop forwards without breaking the link. Once the person at the start of the line had cleared the hoop, he would run to the back and just like this , we had a race. It tested not only our flexibility and agility, but also our teamwork and tactic . Afterwards, we played ...

Here are some pictures of our cubs working hard during this year's job week. Well done cubs! Thank you everyone for your kind support and generous donations. DingDong! DingDong! Anyone home? Cutting bread... Polishing the leather sofa... Washing car... Working@Caltex! Thanks for supporting us! Cleaning shelves@Caltex Thank you for you support us! Cleaning window@DailyScoop Thank you for your support! Checking expiry@Caltex Thank you Caltex! Preparing art material@Abrakadoole Thank you for your support! Cleaning... Baking cookies... Feeding fishes... Sweeping dried leaves... Cleaning toys... Tallying earnings...

Written by: Claudia Kong, Sixer & Scribe It’s another eventful Saturday morning. We had a very SPECIAL horse-shoe today!  During horse-shoe, a simple yet very meaningful investiture ceremony was held for the few P4 recruits that were away last week due to school P4 Malacca trip. Kaa led them in their scout promise, affirmation to be a cub scout and then presented each with our unit scarf. Next, Raksha did a few administrative matters for this year job week  especially for those working in Caltex. She then dismissed us to our sixer corner. Sixers were asked to help pair up their cubs for the forthcoming job week. After the pairing off, we were brought to the PAL room for a detailed briefing of the job week by Kaa. After which, each cubs was issued 2 job week card. We were reminded by the adult leaders the importance of taking care of the job week card. A police report must be made for any missing card. While the main pack was having the job week ...

Written by: Lucas Tan, Senior Sixer & Scribe Today’s meeting was a very important day for the scouts – it was the day of the Recruits’ Investiture. After the two days one night recruit induction camp, the recruits were finally ready to begin their scouting journey. The investiture is a once in a lifetime experience for the recruits – it is the time they become full-fledged  cub scouts. After the usual flag break ceremony, we got ready for a rehearsal for the Recruits’ Investiture. Chil dispersed us into horseshoe formation and the rehearsal began. Each Sixer of every Six with recruits had to lead their Six in the investiture. The Sixer would instruct the recruits and the Assistant Sixer to take a step back. Then, they would march to the middle of the horseshoe formation where Chil was standing. The Senior Sixers would have carried the Singapore flag and positioned themselves in front of Chil. The Sixers would then ask their recruits to face Chil and the Singap...