Cubs

Beaver programme

Scout programme

Explorer programme

Our Cub Pack meets on Wednesday at 7.00. We have around 30 Cub Scouts - boys and girls aged 8 to 10 - in our Cub Pack. Cub Scouts enjoy lots of fun activities like camping, cooking, boating, playing games and making things.

Neil Everett leads our Cub section.

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Month	Date	Day	Activity	Duty Six
April	9th	Wed	Easter - No Cubs
	16th	Wed	Easter - No Cubs
	23rd	Wed	George & The Dragon	Blue
	30th	Wed	World Faith Badge	Green
May	7th	Wed	World Faith Badge	Yellow
	10th	Sat	TGU Cub 5-a-Side Football
	14th	Wed	Tournament Evening*	Red
	17th	Sat	Camp/Hike? TBC
	21st	Wed	Naturalist Badge	Tawny
	28th	Wed	Half Term - No Cubs
June	4th	Wed	Penny Hike	Grey
	11th	Wed	Canal Walk	Blue
	18th	Wed	Camp Skills	Green
	20th - 22nd	Fri - Sun	Cub Camp & Gilwell Fun Day
	25th	Wed	Mudlarking	Yellow
July	2nd	Wed	Island Challenge	Red
	9th	Wed	Fires and Backwoods Cooking	Tawny
	16th	Wed	Wet & Wild	Grey
	23rd	Wed	Summer Holidays - No Cubs
	30th	Wed	Summer Holidays - No Cubs
August	6th	Wed	Summer Holidays - No Cubs
	13th	Wed	Summer Holidays - No Cubs
	20th	Wed	Summer Holidays - No Cubs
	27th	Wed	Summer Holidays - No Cubs

* 14th May - 7.15pm finish due to District Awards Event

Over the last year the cub section has been as active and enthusiastic as ever. With a steady flow of beavers and siblings keeping the numbers up to and above our preferred 36 limit our leaders have been working hard all year to keep the programs interesting, challenging and fun.

As well as the usual round of Activity and Challenge badge work keeping everyone busy on pack nights we have also been getting out and about. We started with a day visit to the Tate Modern Gallery, which is a great place to take twenty 8-9 year olds to try and get their artistic side out. Confusing to some (“That’s art!?”), but a fun interactive day out. A full day hike up over and around Box Hill in Surrey looking for butterflies as part of the Naturalist Badge kept us all breathless in May, with perfect weather and views to compensate. The Lost Weekend Camp in May was very popular as we went to Well End in Hertfordshire for a weekend based around maps and navigation. Lots of mud too...

Our annual 3rd Osterley base camp at in November had a medieval theme and centered round a visit to the Tower of London. The cubs love camping and everything about it and the next couple of camps are already planned. We’ve also enjoyed having leaders from all parts of 3rd Osterley join us on camps and activity days.

The pace in the Cub pack is hectic at times but we'll keep it up...

Akela
Neil Everett
Cub Scout Leader