Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written By: Jasper Koh, Sixer & Scribe It was a Saturday morning as we started our scout meeting as usual. We got into Indian file and adjusted our lines. Baloo then came and everyone greeted him. The first thing he asked us to do was to get the Sixers to sing the song “Bare Necessities” as we watched the “Jungle Book” book last week. When the Sixers got up, we only sang the song softly and Baloo got us to go back and sit down. Soon, he led the song and everyone started singing along loudly. “Enough of singing, now let’s see if you were attentive and alert during the movie with a quiz,” Baloo said. The prizes were kites! One of the first few questions was : Who is Seethi? Lots of people thought Seethi was an elephant but it was revealed that Seethi was the actor acting as Mowgli. One of the hardest questions that no one answered was what the “Law of the jungle” was. It was actually a very long law and no one could answer it. After the questions, we were divided into gr...

Written: Cheong Yew Meng, Sixer & Scribe It was a normal Saturday scouts meeting but there was a special meeting that was only for the sixers and assistant sixers. We were told by Raksha that we had to come at 8.15am, 45 minutes before the meeting actually began. There was a new parent volunteer whom we address as Mr Cheong. He gave all of the sixers and assistant sixers a good talk about our standard of discipline and told us to work for our progress badges. “Beep…. Beep…. Horseshoe!” The senior sixers shouted. We started the meeting 15 minutes later as the sixers had a good talk by mister Cheong and have not set up the flagpole yet. After all the horseshoe ceremony. There was a minor change in six members. We collected the money for the movie tickets to see the jungle book in the cinema. Then, mister Tan told us that we had to pitch a tent. We went out to the field to watch mister tan pitch a tent. Although it was boring and many six members asked their sixer if the...

Written by: Jessica Koong, Sixer & Scribe leader “Are we there yet? How much longer?” The complaints streamed out of the cubs as we made our way to Nanyang Primary School. We were going for the district campfire! This year, the district training camp was held at Nanyang Primary School and all the cubs felt lethargic from the bus ride. When we reached Nanyang Primary School, a hush fell upon the cubs as we weaved our way into the school compound. On our right lay a field, as green as it could be, and on our left stood a grand sweeping staircase that led to the parade square. Making our way up the staircase, I noticed that the trainees had yet to arrive. After waiting for what felt like an eternity, the campfire started. Ms Lee, the principal of Nanyang Primary School declared the campfire open and a ball of fire whizzed in the air and landed in the stack of wood. The emcees kick started the campfire by playing a game. Then, it was time for the different patrols to perfo...