Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by Farren Lee, Sixer & Scribe On 28th September, the cub scouts and I went to Marsiling Primary School to participate in the Paper Plane Derby. We arrived at the school with hopes of winning the derby. However, there were a few rules to follow. There were 4 categories in the derby. Flight, flight aloft, aesthetic appeal and accuracy. ·        Flight - Furthest plane wins ·        Flight Aloft - Longest period on-air wins ·        Aesthetics Appeal - Best designed plane scores and wins. ·        Accuracy - Throw through the hoop and win Upon arrival, we headed to the Band Room where we learned how to make some of the paper planes before going to the respective categories. From there, my six went to the flight aloft at the hall and started to toss our planes, hoping it would last as long as possible. We later followed to the distance area...

Written by Ker Rui Min, Sixer & Scribe Last Saturday morning, it was a wrap for this year’s Scout Donation Draw and we were told to return all the money raised, together with any unsold tickets.  After the whistle was blown, we quickly gathered into the horseshoe position. After doing the usual colour party, we got into Indian File. Without further ado, we headed to the Pal room for the collection of the donation draw tickets. While the donation draw tickets were being collected, we were pleasantly surprised as we were told that we would be folding paper aeroplanes today. It turned out that due to the current haze situation in Singapore, our night hike next week would be postponed. Instead, we would be going for the annual North Area Paper Aeroplane Derby! We practised three basic methods of folding paper aeroplanes and a few harder ones. The longest distance, the longest time in the air, accuracy and most creative paper aeroplane – these were the fou...