Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by Joanne Koong, Sixer & Scribe Leader We headed for the campfire site with lots of excitement.   The campfire circle was abuzz with chatter and laughter as the Japanese scouts, scouts from Ahmad Ibrahim and Edgefield Secondary School and the Black Knights were already there. When we were seated, we were given glow sticks which we cracked with much gusto. We soon realised that we were surrounded by tall trees and darkness. There was only a lamp at the campfire circle but it went off intermittently. Before long, the campfire started. It was declared open by Mr Matsuda, the adult leader of the Japanese scouts. We started with “Campfires’s burning” followed by various performances by the different groups - dances, songs and cheers.   When it was our turn, we took up our positions enthusiastically and could not wait to show our friends the dance we had practised in the afternoon. We danced to two K-Pop songs: “As if your last” and “Likey”. We got to perform...

Written by Trisha Chan, Senior Sixer & Scribe Today was the day of the exchange program with the Japanese scouts that we met during our trip to Japan the year before. After reporting to Raksha and handing up our Job Week cards. We waited for some cubs and were off. This time, Shafiq, our former Senior-sixer , Kylie and Jasper joined us for this activity. On the bus, we were as noisy as magpies and talking as fast as we could. We were just too excited for what was about to come. Soon, we were on the road leading to Sarimbum Camp. The road was actually a gravel path and every time a car drove on the road, we saw huge clouds of dust rise up. In a blink of an eye, we were facing the Japanese scouts and introducing ourselves to them. We were split into four groups. I was in group four with Min Rei, Joanne, two boy Japanese scouts and one girl Japanese scout. Soon after, we were doing Backwoodsmen cooking. We changed to half u. and took off our scarves. There were six ...

Written by Cheong Yee Xin & Cheong Yee Hui It was a sunny day. Everybody was Kid Zone 1. Baloo talked about how to wear the caps and wear the scarves properly. Then we helped the newer scouts on how to fold their scarves properly. Next, the Leaders collected back the Job Week Cards and money. After the collection, we spilt into 3 groups to coach the Cubs on their respective Progress Badges – Bronze, Silver and Gold. Then the last activity for the day was “brushing up” on our footdrill. After footdrill, it was time to go home. But before that, Raksha gave out the consent forms for 7 April 2018 “Adiji Carnival”. Raksha explained that this is an important event to welcome our new Chief Scout, President Halimah Yacob. All of us are expected to attend this event. All of us are excited and looking forward to the coming event.

Written by Cheong Yew Chung, Asst Sixer & Scribe “Beep! Beep!!!” The Senior Sixers signaled for the Indian file formation and we sat down. That day was not like any other meeting. We assembled at 8am. Today is the start of the week-long Job Week. We are gathered at the school for a final briefing before we set off to the various locations to begin our Job Week 2018. We will be going door to door for simple jobs to earn money for our unit. Mr Cheong told us how much we needed to earn for our bumble bee badges and for the respective specially made woggles. Mr Tan told us what jobs that we can do   and we wrote down in our Job Week card. Lastly, he warned us not to get disappointed if someone refused to give us job. It was heartening to see so many parents in the Kids' Zone, ready to send their kids to the starting locations once the briefing ended. All the cubs looked as though they couldn't wait to start Job Week. This year will also be a good experience for me ...

Written by  Bryab Low, Assistant Sixer & Scribe I woke up early and was in school at 8.10 a.m. because some of the Akela candidates had to be in school early to learn more about how to get the Akela award. A fter that, we went back to the kidzone at 9.00a.m., and then started with the usual horseshoe. We then we started getting ready for the investiture and we learned about the various moves we needed to do for the investiture. It was very fun to be doing the moves all over again and I remembered my first year and my investiture and I was sure that the new recruits were very proud. Once the recruits were all familiarised with the various moves, we started the investiture. There were many of the new recruits’ parents taking photos of their child/children. They were also very certainly proud of their child/children for being a scout. When Trisha, the senior Sixer, asked the Sixers to present their recruits, the Sixer would answer, “yes, senior Sixer!” Th...