Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by Kei Rui Min, Senior Sixer & Scribe This Saturday, the new recruits, along with the P6s, gathered at the Kidszone 1 to have our first camp of the year! Even thought it was only a day camp, I was still looking forward to it. After being grouped into their sixes, we took turns introducing ourselves. Then, we had a short ice breaker game to see if we could remember each other’s names. We were split into two teams and the recruits would come up one by one and see if they were able to recognize each other.  After that, Baloo began to explain the Jungle Book story and the recruits took turns to be the different characters in the book. Afterwards, we had a foot drill session with Bagheera where we learnt basic drills like ‘sedia’ and ‘senang diri’. Soon, everyone got the hang of it and we were given a quick snack break. Lastly, we got an introduction to scouting by Dragon Heart. The recruits received a handout containing information about scouting. After a recap on the scout pro

Written by Foo Zhen Xi, Sixer & Scribe “Ah yes, the first scout meeting after probably 6 months,” I muttered to myself as I waddled into school. It was the first scout meeting after only being able to see each other on our computer screens. Some people looked brain dead and gloomy and everyone else was excited to see their friends. I only have one scout achievement this year and it is to get my Akela award. There were new recruits joining us this year but the number of people joining decreased due to COVID-19. We started the flag pole raising ceremony and our first activity began. Everyone sat in Indian file as the sixers and assistant sixers practiced folding flags for the flag pole. It was actually much easier to do than I thought. After that, we had six’s corner, where each six gathers in their own corner to discuss about things like badges. I helped Phoebe and Belle with their bronze arrow and briefed them through what they are supposed to do, luckily they understood the instru