Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

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The send off... Family members of the 28 cubs leaving for this year's educational tour to Hong Kong gathered at Changi Airport Terminal 1 on 3rd November at 11pm. A group pictures of the 28 Cubs with scout leaders, teachers and VP Mdm Lee Have FUN ... Stay SAFE   &  Enjoy the JOURNEY  

Written by: Dylan Tay, Sixer 2012-2013 & Guest Scribe At any time, I was going to fail. The prized bowling ball which I had thrown would slide off the oil-slicked track into the catastrophic gutter, rendering my turn useless as I would be unable to hit any pins. “Ohhhhh!” my friend Justin shouted in excitement as the ball curved… Then... YES! The ball did a spectacular curve and hit the only pin left. A spare! The P6s were at the Superbowl bowling complex in Jurong as part of the post-PSLE activities. After we had worn our bowling shoes and had spilt up into groups, we began to bowl. The rules were pretty simple. Roll the ball to hit as many pins as possible to get the highest score! Some people (like me) had a hard time even trying to get the ball on track. So you could imagine my happiness when I got a spare! Soon, we had finished the first round and it was clear (in my group) who was the winner. It was Ethan Lau! Good job! In this manner,

Written by: Justin Kong, Senior Sixer 2012-2013 and Guest Scribe Time: Sat, 19th Oct, 2.15pm-5.15pm Place: NTU SHOOTING RANGE Bang! Bang! Bang! I held the pistol in quivering hands. Bullet shots rang out through the air. The band of bloodthirsty bears was standing there, month open, hands out-stretched, saliva dripping. Thick red blood was stained on each of their brown thick pelts. I reloaded my pistol as the Commando barked out orders. “Hit the head! Hit the ring, hand, leg and…er…tail!” he yelled. How was it possible to hit the tail? Beside me my teammate Bryan accurately hit the head and hand. Ethan stood on my other side grumbling that he had not hit any part. The bears moved towards the shooters with rifles, who seemed to be enjoying themselves. Uh oh, I thought. The bears were advancing. Wait. Aren’t these pokemon? “Okay game over!” the shooting instructor said. We were snapped back to reality. I put my shooting fake pistol down and prepared the next

Written by: Caleb Liow, Sixer & Scribe Striding down the corridors of Hwa Chong Institution, my younger brother and I could hardly contain the excitement in us. It was the day of the Akela Award Presentation Ceremony, and 8 cub scouts from our pack would be receiving this prestigious award . The Akela Award is the highest form of recognition that a cub scout can receive, and it is no mean feat. Stepping into the auditorium , I was greeted by the incessant chatter of the families and cub scouts that were present. The ceremony started with a scout band playing the bugle to announce the commencement of the ceremony. Very interesting!      The MCs started by recalling the past 88 years of Singapore scouting , reminiscing when the first few scout packs started . I learnt that CubSEC (cub scout executive committee) is a organisation in Singapore that organises engaging activities for cubs , including the sixers training course , partnerships with Disney , and a basic ukelele course .

Written by: Andrew Yeo, Assistant Senior Sixer & Scribe Today was the last scout meeting for the year 2013! Saddening as it was, there was a pinch of happiness mixed in. I was happy because I could see all the participants of the Akela award 2013 with their new badges on their jerseys. We started off as usual as the previous meetings. After that, instead of doing what we usually did, we played two games! We ran a lot! For one of the games, we were required to push toilet rolls with sticks. The other game taught us how to navigate using the four main directions-North, south, east and west. All of us enjoyed the games, and had an enjoyable time. Before we ended today’s meeting, Mrs Koh also gave all of us special treat!   Home-baked snacks (cornflakes coated with honey and butter, and were sprinkled with rainbow sprinkles). Upon looking at them, I immediately knew they would taste delicious. Everyone could be seen gobbling up the snacks after our meeting.

This is the 8th Amazing Trail! Instead of having the participants record their amazing trail experience in a scrapbook like previous years, we used  tumblr.  to blog the trail. Participants blogged on the fly via smartphones or tablets using its mobile app. The judges could even do some preliminary judging duties on the blogs' contents while waiting for the sixes to report back to school. Here are the links to the sixes' individual blogs: Team Sunbeam Bilby Echidna Emu Kangaroo Koala Kookaburra Platypus Possum Wallaby Wombat 1 Wombat 2

Written by Janice Koong, Assistant Senior Sixer and Scribe It was 4 pm when the senior sixers blew the whistle and all the excited cubs assembled in school. We were going on our annual night hike!   After Chil briefed us on the trail, we set off excitedly in two buses. The ride was long, almost 45 mins! We reached Punggol Waterway (@Punggol Road) at 5, all of us raring to start the hike. Finally, we started the hike at 5.30. After a long walk along Punggol Waterway, we reached a bridge, crossing which brought us to the Lorong Halus Wetland. The Lorong Halus Wetland is an interesting place. It is an organic water treatment system, a nature park and an education centre, all rolled into one! We stopped at the Visitors’ Kiosk where there were several information boards on its history and unique water treatment system. And this was our assignment for the day handed out by Chil. Each Six was to gather as much information as possible and record it in their Scout Log. Four

Written by: Claudia Kong, Sixer & Scribe After the 2 weeks break, many cubs arrived early and greeted each other happily. Having worked on their progress and proficiency badges during the September holiday, some cubs also came early to be tested. This week more than 5 Bronze Arrows and a few proficiency badges were given out! After all the usual formalities… Kaa announced that we were going to learn about Road Safety in today’s scout meeting. He told us that he had planned many exciting activities for us and points will be awarded to our Six. The first activity of the day was, within the given time, as a Six in our Sixer’s corner, we have to list down as many traffic rules as possible. All Six quickly sprung into action and almost all came out with a long list of traffic rules! Next, Sixer had to choose one of the traffic rules from the list prepared by their own Six and put up a short skit. I must say there are many good actors and actresses am

Written by: Caleb Liow, Sixer & Scribe                                           "Beep..."the sound of the senior Sixers' whistle echoed through the air .Taking the cue , we formed horseshoe and conducted Colour party. Afterwards ,we sat in Indian file to receive our instructions :the Sixers were told to form their own six corner. Then , we had to  help the cubs in our six's who have yet to achieve bronze arrow obtain it.4 of my members did not have it, but after reading their record book , I was glad to know that most of them (my six) were almost finished . Raksha announced that she was expecting everyone to have at least the bronze arrow by the end of this year ."Lucas Lim , bronze arrow" Pleased to hear that one of my six  members had obtain a badge, I realized that he was the first new scout to achieve bronze  arrow . I was proud of his effort and encouraged him to receive silver arrow. Our next task: Using the newspapers  we had brought , we ha

Written by: Lucas Tan, Senior Sixer & Scribe Today, Baloo taught us how to do the Colour Party as some of us were unfamiliar with it. Baloo taught us the protocol in doing the Colour Party which is observed weekly in every meeting.   The Senior Sixer would call the Sixer of any six and that chosen Sixer would have to take a step back and march to the flagpole.   The Sixer would say, “Turn,” and the Senior Sixer/Assistant Senior Sixers would have to turn to face the flag pole too.    The Sixer   would then release the attached rope on the flagpole and “break” the flag. The Sixer would have to ensure that the correct side of the flag is facing all the cubs. Once done, the Sixer   would secure the flag and salute.   In return, both the Senior Sixer and the Assistant Senior Sixers would have to salute to the flag too. Then, all three of them would turn back, face the cubs while the chosen Sixer would march back.   As for the Sunset Party, it is merely the opposite of th

Written by: Andrew Yeo, Assistant Senior Sixer & Scribe MAP FOR THE HIKE The day was exciting as we are going on the first hike of the year. Most of us were motivated at the beginning as we gathered outside the library in school at 6.30a.m. :)  I had to help the sixers sort out the submission forms by their Six.   Soon, the senior sixers and I blew our whistle to get the cubs in Indian file to mark attendance. After that, the adult leaders briefed us on the hike and dispersed us go to the toilet and to fill our water bottles up. The two buses loaded with noisy cubs drove us to Venus Drive, a parking lot near the starting point of the hike. After the adult leaders were assigned to each six, the hike began ! Yay! We are finally moving off!!! What's the hold up? At the beginning of the hike, we were all very energetic but as we climbed up a few of the “hills”, we were losing our steam. I obs