Cub Scouts

Our Cub Scout Pack

Cub Scouts are for boys and girls from 7 1/2 up to 11 years old.

They meet as a group that is called a ‘pack’. The Pack is based on the Jungle Book Story – but not the Disney animated film version.

The 1st Portarlington Cub Pack meets once a week.

During meetings, Cub Scouts can play games, earn badges and learn new skills (sometimes they even teach the Leaders new skills too). Cub Scout activities are usually short and wrapped up in the spirit of make-believe.

Games of every sort are played to ensure balanced training. Leaders use general Pack games, inter-Six games, sense-training games, relays and games that help in the practice of Boomerang tests.

Stories such as Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Book, and other similar stories that involve adventure, humour, history etc., are used and they help Cub Scouts to easily understand the meaning of their Promise and Law. Play acting such as charades also allows the children to use their imagination freely.

Handcrafts are another important activity of Cub Scouts and aim to help children use their fingers and their head to satisfy their creative instinct and to encourage hobbies in their spare time at home.

Our Cub Scout Pack meets weekly at the Portarlington Scout Hall (cnr. of Harding & Newcombe Streets) on Tuesday Evenings, and starts with the Grand Howl and flag ceremony and may be followed by a short talk, a jungle play, a yarn, games and prayers.

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. It is also the highest form of appreciation a Pack can pay to any visitor or friend.

Meeting Time: Tuesdays – 6:30pm to 8:00pm. (Weekly, excluding school holidays)

Ceremonies

Aside from the Grand Howl as mentioned before, other ceremonies include a flag parade which is conducted at the opening and closing of a Pack meeting.

There is also an investiture for new Cub Scouts that involves them reciting the Cub Scout Law and then making the Scout sign and repeating the Cub Scout Promise after the Pack Leader.

Other ceremonies include Badge presentations and a “Going Up Ceremony” from the Cub Scout Pack to the Scout Troop (usually after the Cub Scout has had his/her 10th birthday).

Badges on the Uniform

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