Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by: Evangel Wong, Assistant Senior Sixer & Scribe “BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!BEEP!BEEEEP! HORSE SHOE!” The senior sixers blew their whistle and yelled for horse shoe. It was the first meeting after the recruit's camp. All the cubs ran into their horse shoe position and the recruits standing at the back of the horse shoe. After all the horse shoe procedures, everyone gathered in Indian file, with the recruits in two groups. Mrs Koh then assigned the recruits to go to their respective six, as the six warmly welcomed the new recruits in their team. Once everybody settled down, the sixers had to record down the new information about their own cubs. After that was all done, Kaa explained to us the activity for today ..... Each six was going to make one bridge and one tower out of newspaper! We thought it was impossible!!! Kaa then told us the rules and the challenge... we had to build a tower and a bridge in a way so that it can hold a tennis ball for at least 5 seconds! B...

Written by: Daniel Por, Assistant Senior Sixer and Scribe I arrived at school as a service scout just as the recruits were getting into their Sixes. There were five Sixes: Ants, Bees, Crabs, Ducks, and Elephants. I saw many bags propped up against the walls, and in them I could see different shapes. When the recruits were in their Sixes two assistant sixers from our main pack were assigned to each individual Six as a duty sixer/duty assistant sixer. Baloo then began some icebreakers, and when I saw them playing around it was clear that they were full of energy and excitement. After that Baloo taught them about the Jungle Book, and other important scouting information like who the founding father of Scouting was, when Founding Day was. They were also briefed on the Scout Promise and the Scout Law. Meanwhile, the service scouts were preparing for their campfire skit. Many of them had brought spears and homemade shields just for the event. The recruits were then ...

Written by: Claudia Kong, Senior Sixer & Scribe After the long year end holiday, most cubs arrived early for our first scout meeting of the year.  At the sound of the whistles, everyone got into the horse-shoe in a flash. Today horse-shoe is slightly different from the usual, we have close to 30 boys and girls in school uniform joining us. They are our new recruits for 2015. When I saw the recruits, it brought back good memories of me being a recruit... so young... so adorable!!! After all the horse-shoe formalities, Mdm Kerina & Ms Jocelyn Teo took the recruits for some "getting to know you" activities.  Baloo gave out some badges and he encouraged all of us to work towards our next level of Progress Badge. Next, we did some foot drill. We then revised our Scout Promise and Scout Law in our own Six's corner. Although Baloo was very strict with us and ensure that we not only memorized but understand our Scout Promise and Scout Law, I felt that it is im...