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Cub Scouts are boys and girls between the ages of seven and
a half and ten and a half. The objective of the Cub Scout
program is to provide a group environment which is
intellectually stimulating, physically vital and directed
towards satisfying the child’s basic need to face and overcome
challenges.
Our Cub Pack Meets on Monday
night starting at 7.00pm in the Group Hall and starts with the
Grand Howl and flag ceremony and may be followed by a short
talk, a jungle play, a yarn, games. The Grand Howl is a
universal yell used by Cub Scouts all over the world. It is a
greeting to their Leader and a challenge for each Cub Scout to
do their best to keep the Cub Scout Promise.
The Cub
Scout Promise
There are two versions of the
Cub Scout Promise. Individuals (with the assistance of parents)
may choose to use either of the following Promises...
On my honour
On my honour
I promise that I will do my best I promise
that I will do my best
To do my duty to my God, and To do my duty
to my God, and
To the Queen of Australia To
Australia
To help other people, and To help
other people, and
To live by the Cub Scout Law To live by
the Cub Scout Law
Cub Scout adult Leaders are
known by names such as Akela and Bagheera which are derived from
the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. Since children of Cub Scout
age have a lively imagination believing in things from Superman
to Red Indians, the program of the Cub Scouts Section has its
background in Kiplings’ Jungle Book. Unlike many things that
children believe in, the "Jungle Book" provides excitement and
action combined with a strict moral code of the Jungle Law.
There is development from one skill to another (training
expressed in all stories of Mowgli), there is physical fitness,
love of nature, self-reliance, obedience, loyalty and courtesy.
Therefore all parts of Scouting philosophy can find illustration
in the" Jungle Book".
Uniform - Boys and girls wear a Scout uniform and
can be bought at any
Snowgum
store.
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