Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written By Cheong Yew Chung, Sixer & Scribe “Ok when we call your name please sit down.” the senior sixers said. It was today it was the night hike! Not all looked forward for this but I did as it could allow me to bond with my six more. Soon, we entered the bus, and arrived at the Bukit Timah Hill! At the start of the hike, we were all tired as it was super duper steep! But at the top every one thought they were done but we continued down and everyone questioned: where’s the bus? The leaders told us we were hiking home! Just like that there was a loud and long whine. But we did it anyway. Within the next 1-2 hours we made it to our picnic stop. For 45mins we relaxed and all had fun. But the night had come and we were all forced to on our torches. On the remaining path we all talked and laughed at jokes. And before we all knew it, we were in school and were dismissed. I hope everyone enjoyed the hike!                                    

Written by Bryan Low, Sixer & Scribe Today, we came to school at the normal 9.00 and put our bags own before beginning  our horseshoe and colour party. After that, we sat down in indian file and waited for further instructions.  Baloo came to the front, and told us that we were going to learn how to perform active  listening. He taught us a little on what to do, and then told us and acronym for it; EAR  E - Eye contact; have eye contact with the speaker A - Ask; when we do not understand something the speaker is saying, we should ask  him to confirm. R - Reflect; make sure that you know what he is saying and repeat it in your head so  that you will not easily forget too. After learning, it was time to see if we had listened to Baloo’s lesson! He asked for  volunteers to come in pairs and act out active listening.  A pair did not do very well, while another pair was very funny, so we laughed a lot. After that, we prepared to move to the music room. Why? We

Written by Ross Pary, Asst Sixer & Scribe  Today was an interesting day. We were going to do Tent  pitching! So exciting. It was a great skill to learn. The meeting  started as Mr Cheong let us do the six corner, an activity  brought back from the past. It was basically a short period of  ten minutes. It includes setting goals for our six members for:  proficiency badges and progress badges. After the six-corner ended, Min Rei told us to go the grass patch outside and collect  our tent bags. We got a bit too excited and started taking the tents out of the  bag. Actually, we were supposed to put our tent bags on a  grass spot. Then, we were supposed to sit down on the concrete floor and wait for instructions. Soon after we settled  down, Mr Cheong asked all the sixers to do a demonstration for  the new scouts as they may not have pitched a tent before. The  recruits listened to the sixers closely and put up their tents in no time. Well done! Soon, it was our turn