Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by: Jessica Koong, Sixer & Scribe leader “ Hey, can you pass me that pen, please? ” All the scouts and recruits were in their sixes, and we were decorating and improving the scout log as a six. I asked each of my cubs and recruits to write a reflection on the scout hike the week before. All of them started scribbling immediately. Some drew while some wrote. One of them even drew a pyramid with 3 sections, and I asked her what it was for. She informed me that the triangle at the pointed tip was what she knew. The middle section was for what she enjoyed, and the last was for what she had learnt. While they were writing/ drawing, I decorated the logbook and helped them draw borders. Soon, we had to paste on each of their reflections! Our log book was complete! Much to our disappointment, Mr. Tan asked us to gather back in Indian File. He then invited some sixers up to the front to show the good and bad examples for job week. He reminded us that we had to be polite, an...

MESSAGE FROM MR TAN CHENG KIONG  CHIEF SCOUT COMMISSIONER SINGAPORE SCOUT ASSOCIATION  1. As we celebrate World Scout Day today, we must remind ourselves of the vison of Scouting - To Build a Better World, and our motto – Be Prepared. When our founder Lord Baden Powell started the Scout Movement more than a hundred years ago, he wrote a training manual “Scouting For Boys” to prepare boys to be responsible citizens who are ready to serve. As Scouts, we must contribute towards efforts to make the world a better place. 2. In November last year, as part of our SG50 International Jamboree, more than 2,500 local and international Scouts engaged the community to Keep Singapore Clean. We also launched the “One Million Good Acts” initiative where we have pledged to collectively do one million good deeds for the community this year. 3. I would like to encourage all Scouts to make service to others a habit. You can start by being observant about your environment so that you ...

Written by: Cheong Yew Meng, Sixer & Scribe It was a normal day, I woke up feeling that something was special today. It was the scouts hike to the Bukit Timah old railway track. I got all my items ready the night before so it was a breeze preparing for this hike. I came to school quite too early and was frustrated as I could have slept in a bit more, but at the same time feeling relieved at least I did not come late. “Beep….beep…. Indian file!!!” The two senior sixers shouted to alert all scouts to come and sit at their respective sixes. The senior sixer, Min Wenn read out the names of the people who put their forms in the scout letterbox. As Min Wenn read out the names, the assistant senior sixer, Nicole, took note of the scouts who sat down. After all the names were called, there were some people standing. Some did not put their forms into the letterbox, while the others sent an email to Mdm Kerina. We did the role count, the worst part about hiking, to know how many c...

Written by: Jasper Koh, Sixer & Scribe We started our day as usual, with a horse shoe. We did everything as usual, raising the flag, the scout promise, one minute of silence and tying a knot on our left side of our scarf. We lined up in Indian file and Mr Tan, the chief commissioner of scouts was there to teach us how to tie a triangle bandage using our scarf. He also explained that it was meant to use when someone’s arm was fractured or sprained and that the person could not move his/her hand so we can use that to support the injured person’s arm. We were dismissed to our six corners and within our six we tried it out on each other. The recruits were grouped according to the same order that was given to them during their second scout meeting which was the Chinese New Year craft meeting. After around 20 minutes, everyone was able to tie the triangle bandage with his or her scarf. The tricky part came, Mr Tan turned it into a competition with the scarf tying. We were to com...