Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by: Cheong Yew Chung, Asst Sixer & Scribe It all started when I came to school, I knew this week it was my Six’s turn to set up the flag pole but surprisingly me and my sisters were the first to come. So after a while we got the flag pole set up and did our colour party and got our meeting started. And just by seeing what we brought it was obvious what we were doing. So six by six and recruits we all went up to the pal room. As guessed we were making Chinese New Year lanterns. All of us were so excited, especially the recruits.                                                                                                                   It took us a lot of time just to complete a lantern and some could not finish in time. After that, we sang some Chinese New Year songs. Then “Baloo”, one of our many adult leaders, told us that the week after the next, we would teach the elderly how to make lanterns and sing for them.            After everything, we went do

Written by: Bryan Low, Asst Sixer & Scribe Day 1 I came to school today with an extra-large bag packed with many things as I was going to be taking part in the Recruits Induction Camp because I was an assistant sixer. I walked to the Kidzone very excited as I knew this was going to be a very fun 2 day 1 night camp with the students who were interested to be a scout. When I reached the Kidzone, I saw that many of friends were already there. Mrs. Kong and Raksha helped to group us into four different groups with animal names; Ants, Bees, Crabs and Ducks. After we were grouped, there was a duty sixer and an assistant sixer in each group, except Ants, they had two assistant sixers. We were told to lead our groups to go and find a good spot in the Kidzone to sit down. Then, we were to introduce ourselves and know each other. It was a very fun experience, getting to know the people in my group, some were talkative, while others were shy and quiet. Then, we played a

Written by: Joanne Koong, Sixer & Scribe Leader “Campfire’s burning, campfire’s burning.   Draw nearer, draw nearer…” This marked the commencement of our Annual Campfire. This year’s event was special in more ways than one. Firstly, we had our new principal, Mr Martin Koh, as the guest-of-honour. Secondly, our friends from Girls Brigade and Brownies joined us! Welcome! The downpour in the late afternoon threatened to spoil our fun but our adult leaders out-smarted the bad weather. We had an environmentally friendly campfire – the “fire” was a light bulb placed inside neatly stacked firewood! The sixers, including me, led the songs which the whole pack sang at the top of their voices. The Bee song was clearly the favourite. After every few songs, we did action songs such as Peace by the River, My Bonnie, Father Abraham and YMCA. Everyone did the actions enthusiastically, including the parents and the principal! Soon, it was time for the sixers’ skit – the Left H

Written by Syed Hafiz, Assistant Senior Sixer & Scribe “Beep, beep beep, beep beep!” The whistle that me and Trisha blew signaled horseshoe. When I saw people in school uniform, I was confused. I saw a lot of them. One of the adult leaders told me that they were our new recruits. I was surprised as I saw many of them. Usually, there would be around twenty plus people. But on that day, I saw about thirty plus. They were all very playful. While they were playing games and getting to know eachothers names, we scouts were working on arrows. Mr. Cheong told us by what date we must complete our arrows and progress badges. Aftter all the working, we joined all tof the recruits and played something new to them. Scissors paper stone virus. It is basically if you win someone in scissors paper stone, you must go to the back of the person. The person with the longest line by the time the adult leader says stop wins. Mdm. Kerina taught us how to play a four action game. When she

W ritten by Trisha Chan, Senior Sixer & Scribe Today was the very first meeting of the year. However, it was different, as it was only for Sixers and Assistant Sixers.                      After Bilby did Colour Party, Mr Cheong went though topics such as: How To Be A Better Leader, How To Motivate Our Six Better e.t.c. Each six also learnt how to prepare the Scout Flag and the flagpole. Soon after, we did Sunset Party, Sixers Council, and went back home…