Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

8 August 2009 Day 1 STC Duty Senior Sixer : Julian Tan Asst. Senior Sixer : Samuel Chin Sixers : Timothy Ng (elephant) Moses Tan (giraffe) Lim Xiu Jie (hippo) Our annual STC is finally here. 32 Cubs gathered at school by 7 am for the start of what promises to be a weekend of hard work, learning, stress and fun. What? Stress and FUN? How can that be? Stress and fun in the same sentence? Duty Sixers today were Lim Xiu Jie (Hippo), Moses Tan (Giraffe) and Timothy Ng (Elephant). After the necessary housekeeping, collection of camp fees and assembling the necessary equipment for the training camp, Cubs boarded the waiting bus for the 30 minutes ride to our familiar Sembawang Terror Sea Scout Camp. As the name implies, this will be a weekend of terror for some. Akela gave a short briefing of what was expected of the Cubs, and Baloo introduced the whistle signals that will be used during the duration of the camp - a long continuous whist...

This blog was written by Akela, and posted by Baloo. UP movie at GV Plaza Singapura, 1st August 2009. The day finally arrived, after a long, long wait! Yes, the much anticipated movie, UP is finally here after the cubs were introduced to it in May. The movie stars Russell, a cub exactly like anyone of our typical cub, who goes with Mr Frederickson, a 78 year old man to South America in a house carried through the air by thousands of balloons. There was a last minute scramble for tickets this morning and last night, with some cubs falling sick and unable to join, and several desperate cubs forgetting to order tickets and wanting to watch the movie. All this was sorted out, and we happily started off in 3 buses to GV Plaza Singapura at 9.15 am. On reaching the venue, the cubs queued up impatiently to buy popcorn, nachos and soft drinks – what’s a movie without these to go along with? Finally, after many commercials, the movie started. It was really great to have the cinema hall all to ...

It's been a long break from our last meeting before the June holidays. Unfortunately,the world saw the discovery and spread of a new flu virus, the H1N1 virus. Many people around the world were infected, with several deaths. In Singapore, the Ministry of Health took measures to firstly, prevent the import of the virus onto our shores. When community spread started, the country geared to mitigate the spread. Some schools cancelled classes due to cluster infection, while most cancelled non-essential activities. Hence, all CCAs were cancelled. We had planned for our Sixer's Training Camp to be held the first week of July. It was cancelled due to the uncertainty of activities due to the H1N1. We were thus, unable to appoint new leaders within our Pelican Cub unit, usually held on the last meeting of July, and the handover ceremony. Today's meeting started with the ceremonial colour party, taken by Carine. Cubs had to take their temperature to ensure none was down with fever, a ...

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30 th May 2009 This blog was written by Akela This Saturday was devoted entirely to the 8 cubs pursuing the Akela Award, to help them complete all the requirements, except for the final test – the interview at HQ. Generally the outstanding requirement was the First Aider badge. The 8 candidates are: Foo Yi Wen Ann Maria Lee Carine Lee Bryan Wang Shaun Teo Brandon Yeap Marcus Tong Samuel Chin The toughest part of the First Aider badge is CPR (or cardiopulmonary resuscitation or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation). The candidates are required to have a knowledge of CPR and demonstrate it by use of a mannequin. Getting the mannequin proved to be a big challenge, but Grey Wolf was extremely resourceful, and managed to borrow one for our use. However as we could only have the mannequin for 3 hours, we had to start the training and testing immediately after the group met. Grey Wolf and Akela demonstrated the CPR method, and the cubs took turns to practice. The girls initiall...

The Amazing Trail ________________________ By Brenda Wang _________________________ The Amazing Trail is back again this year. It is a family event where parents and children get together to participate in games. There is no exception this year. I am sure this year's Amazing Trail theme surprises everyone. The Amazing Sculpture Trail is indeed a special theme. Many people may think that sculptures are nothing. Sculptures are actually educational, and sometimes, tell you about the past. On the day of the Amazing Trail, everyone gathered at the hall to have a final briefing. T- Sculpture with passer-by and team J shirts were handed out along with several clues to the places we needed to go to. On the way out, we were given snacks and water to consume on the trip. The race started. Teams had to go to different locations where sculptures were located. We had to find out the history of the sculpture, the sculptor, or others and take a group photo usually with passer-by...

THE AMAZING XXX TRAIL The 4th Amazing Trail is here, with more than 200 participants eagerly waiting to set off on a journey of fun and discovery. BRIEFING OF FACILITATORS As early as 0745hrs, some 30 facilitators gathered in the AVA room for a pre-trail briefing by Akela and Bertrand. The theme for this year's trail was finally revealed: The Amazing Sculpture Trail. Teams had to travel by public transport to locations as described in the clues given and locate sculptures to earn points. Once there, teams had optional tasks to earn bonus points. The team with the highest points wins. All teams had to be back in school by 1700hrs. Late arrivals would incur penalties. BRIEFING BY AKELA BRIEFING BY AKELA BRIEFING BY AKELA At 0900 hrs, a general briefing was given by Akela to all participants who had gathered in the school hall. Akela outlined the objectives of the trail, and defined markers for all to observe. Parents were reminded to ...