Scout Meeting, 13th July 2013

Written by: Lucas Tan, Assistant Sixer & Scribe

Yeah! The long awaited scout meeting of Term 3 has finally arrived!

Raksha had instructed us to bring four items,

1. Scissors

2. White Glue

3. Colour Pencils

4. Markers

I had a feeling we would be doing something really fun today, and I was right! After the usual horseshoe, Mdm Kerina showed us a pack of ice cream sticks. She told us that we were going to make something very interesting out of these ice cream sticks – we were going to construct what we thought futuristic scouting would be like. For example, we could build futuristic tents or uniforms.

Each Six was limited to one pack of ice cream stick each. We had to use this limited resource to construct our vision of scouting in the future. As soon as we were split into our Sixers’ Corner, we immediately started working on our arts and craft project. We had to take time to visualize the design before constructing the actual model.

Most Sixes had the same idea in mind - to build futuristic campfires and tents. Some even made a new futuristic scout uniform. My Six decided to make a solar-powered campfire. The solar energy would be used to start a fire.

Time’s up. We had to showcase our models and explain why we had built this particular item and what purpose it served. One Six came up with a tent that looked small on the outside but was huge on the inside. They even claimed that there would be a swimming pool, personal toilets, a shopping centre, comfortable rooms to sleep in and even a play area in the tent itself. How I wish that could be true….

In the end, Platypus Six got the highest amount of points for giving a good explanation and making a very interesting item. They received 90 points.

Today’s meeting was indeed a good one to start of a whole new term of scouting.