Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by: Lucas Tan, Senior Sixer 2013-2014 & Guest Scribe This Saturday, the long awaited P6 Scout Activities had finally arrived.I couldn't believe it - We, the Primary 6 Scouts have retired and it was time for our "retirement party".  What did we do? Awesome stuff. The first thing we did was - Archery. We went to Ace Archery and learnt the basic skills of archery. We even got to put our skills to the test! Aim and Draw then... Fire! With a thump, our arrows hit home. The first part was target practice. We had loads of fun attempting to shoot the bullseye! Soon, we did a little more fun game. Using the bow arrow, we had to pop some balloons. Some of us managed to pop the balloons on the first try while others took two or three. It was really great fun, having the feel of being an archer!We felt so pro. After a hearty McDonalds lunch, we went for a few rounds of bowling. With the bowling pins in sight, we ran forward and rolled the bowling ball........ Wh...

Written by: Janice Koong, Assistant Senior Sixer 2013-2014 and Guest S cribe “Call Indian File and take attendance,” Raksha instructed Claudia and Evangel, the Senior Sixers. Within minutes, Indian File was formed, attendance was taken and Chil was ready to brief us on the 2 nd last activity of the year, our night hike. Although the consent form said that we would be hiking from Tanjong Rhu to Marina Barrage, Chil explained that the hike had to be shortened due to the haze. He also explained the various safety precuations and soon we filled two buses, heading to Marina Barrage. After a long ride, we finally reached Marina Barrage. We were greeted by a huge group of people, as there was an event going on. We quickly got into Indian File next to the carpark and waited for further instructions. Chil told us that we would spend the next half an hour or so colouring our kites and after that fly them. The cubs seemed rather enthusiatic and in no time everybd...

I followed the group of Akela Award candidates to the Scout Headquarters in Bishan for our final round of assessment. We were proudly dressed in full scout uniform and the national scarf for the first time, looking extremely neat. Written by: Caleb Liow, Sixer 2013-2014 & Guest Scribe   We arrived at our location and we were split into several groups with other cub scouts from other packs. I was placed in group B3 and we proceeded to complete my quiz. It tested us on our knowledge of the first-aid, track and trail , the history of scouting .... Afterwards, my group played a series of three simple games to assess our teamwork and leadership skills. Upon reflection, I could have performed better and I feel that my group fared best in the “human knot” game and the worst in the “floating straw” game. Even the senior scout observing us was impressed by how fast we entangled ourselves and agreed that we could have co-operated better in the other game. Fi...